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Turbulent priests or movement intellectuals? Christian voices and international opposition to apartheid in the 1950s by Rob Skinner
African Freedom Struggle - In Denmark by Christopher Munthe Morgenstierne
Transcontinental Connections: Alfred B Xuma and the African National Congress on the World Stage, by Timothy Bennett-Smyth
Legendary photographer Alf Kumalo dies by SAPA
George Bizos: How we got here by Carien du Plessis, 21 October 2012
Statement by Denis Goldberg, ANC at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
This gathering is truly a solemn event, convened to mark the international Day of Solidarity with South African and Namibian Political Prisoners.We wish to…
Former ANC Rivonia Trialist, Denis Goldberg speaks during Israeli Apartheid Week
First Annual Denis Goldberg Lecture - Close the Gap, 6 October 2012
Mandela - Tambo: friends, comrades, leaders, legacy by Professor Denis Goldberg
ArchiveArmed and Trained: Nelson Mandela’s 1962 military mission as Commander in Chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe and provenance for his buried Makarov pistol by Garth Conan Benneyworth
In the Shadows of the Archive: Investigating the Paarl march of November 22nd 1962 by Bianca Paigè van Laun
EventUN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states and organizations to assist families of persons persecuted…
EventThe Board of Censors prohibits the screening of the controversial film on the life of Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ
EventLebo Mathosa, South African entertainer, dies
EventAlfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite after whom the Nobel prize is named, is born
EventLibyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi is killed
Umkhonto we Sizwe ANC Choir from the 70’s
Towards Black Economic Control - Presidential Address by Mosibudi Mangena
Message from the President by Mosibudi Mangena
A Talk Delivered By Azapo President, Mosibudi Mangena, 26-28 September 2003
A Talk Delivered By Azapo President, Mosibudi Mangena, 22 September 2001
A Steve Biko Memorial Lecture Delivered By Azapo President, Mosibudi Mangena
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
The South African government closed down the daily newspaper 'The World' and its associated 'Weekend World'. The actions provoked worldwide shock and protest…
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
Black upholsterer and poet, Benjamin Moloise was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985. Moloise was accused of murdering a black police officer…
EventANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.
African National Congress (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was arrested on a charge that he did not own a reference book. Subsequently Sisuslu was confined to his…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began playing soccer at a young age and…
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
One of SAA’s early aircrafts, a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East London to Durban…
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
The Minister of Sport, Piet Koornhof, announced a relaxation of apartheid rules for sport and declared that the government is working towards eliminating…
EventElectric lights are installed in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
Adderly Street is possibly the most historically rich street in Cape Town. It gets its name from the man who vehemently opposed a proposal by the British to…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief - Chapter 15
From the book: A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula