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ANC multicoloured poster. Centre is a photograph of people carrying a flag. Black and white photographs down both sides of past and present ANC presidents…
Document 49 - ”The Stay-Home Call: Why did it fail?”. Congress Voice, issued by Emergency Committee of the A.N.C., 2, 2, May 1960
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 49 - ”The Stay-Home Call: Why did it fail?"…
ArchiveLetter from N Z Cindi to Clemens Kapuo
Letter from N Z Cindi, on behalf of the President, Black Peoples Convention, to Clemens Kapuo inviting him to be the guest speaker at the Annual National…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
The Reverend Michael Scott was born on 30 July 1907 at Lowfield Heath Sussex, the youngest of three brothers. In 1911 his father, an Anglican priest, was…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole MorganAbstractElizabeth Davenport has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Customary Law in South Africa: …
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s…
ArchiveTime for a Change: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Durban
Time for a Change: Opening Address by Jean Sinclair presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Durban on 15 October 1973, discussing: 25 years of…
ArchiveWar and peace
Title in yellow letters. Notice of release of documentary about the history of the ANC from 1912. Multicoloured poster with people in background. One man in…
ArchiveDeclaration of Unity and the Ten Point Programme
Statement approved by the Continuation Committee of the Preliminary Unity Conference of Delegates from the AAC and the National Anti-C.A.D., December 17, 1943…
ArchiveWomens march for liberation
Black and white poster with splashes of red, blue, yellow and green. Artwork of women marching carring a banner with title on it. March for International Women…
EventFinal evacuation of Sophiatown by black residents
Forced removals from Sophiatown had started in 1955 and by 1963 the demolition of the existing houses started. The area was reassigned to White residents and…
ArchiveWhat is the UDF
UDF Press Conference held on 1 August 1983 at Khotso House, Johannesburg. Discussing history and the background of the United Democratic Front from the time it…
Editorial
The year 1983 will test the strength of the trade union movement. Our organisation will be attacked by retrenchment and opportunist political leadership will…
National Womens Day
A2 larger black on white silkscreen poster; graphic of women marching; text: Strijdom, You have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock, You have…
ArchiveA letter from the Department of Manpower to the State Security Council
Riglyne vir bekamping van die wereldwye veldtog om die RSA as die destabiliseerder van Suider-Afrika te brandmerk: verslagdoening vir Mei1983: U22/3/2/13 van…
ArticleThe Johanna
The Johanna, or Joanna, was a British East Indiaman vessel sailing from Kent, England, to Surat, India, under the command of Captain Robert Brown. She embarked…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Glossary
Extra note: In order to standardise the “Terms you need to Know” articles in the Classroom Section, all definitions are accessed from https://www.dictionary…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
I first came into contact with Comrade Devadas Paul David in 1977, soon after a few of us established the Tongaat Youth Club. We were struck by his youthful…
ArchiveMoral decay and social reconstruction: Richard Turner and radical reform by Eddie Webster
This Richard Turner Memorial Lecture was delivered at the University of Natal, Durban on 25 March 1993. The lecture formed part of a long term project on the…
ArchiveEducation as an instrument for liberation.
This Address to a fund-raising banquet for the South African Students Organization in Durban, June 1973, discusses the traditional role of education, looks at…
ArchiveThe Crime is apartheid, the penalty is isolation: Paper presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Johannesburg
The Crime is apartheid, the penalty is isolation: Paper presented at the National Black Sash National Conference in Johannesburg on 22 October 1963,…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment
The Black Peoples Convention National Congress held in December 1973 resolved to reject the involvement of foreign investors and this letter sent from BPC to…
PlaceColinton, 68 Ridge Road, Durban
The dwelling was built in 1898 by architect William Street-Wilson, as a residence for Sir David Hunter, General Manager of the Natal Government Railways from…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
Having analysed SANSCO's ideology and politics, I now examine particular aspects of its organisation. Specifically, I focus on its structure and membership,…
ArchiveWomen fight for freedom
Black and white poster with slash of green and yellow. ANC logo 1912-1987 : 75 years. Quote from Dora Tamana. Photograph of women running across the road with…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, Fourth Quarter 1994: The South African Fellowship of Reconciliation.
The newsletter is about South African Fellowship of Reconciliation (SAFOR) conference held at Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre on 14th and 15th December 1963, the…
ArchiveNaude wins appeal
The Director of the Christian Institute of South Africa, Rev Dr C F Beyers Naude, was charged and convicted in 1973 for refusing to testify before a…
ArchiveOne, so many
Black and white poster, with pink strip across top left hand corner. Notice of a dance performance at the Market Theatre on the 9th to the 14th May 1983. Six…
ArchiveGrassroots 83 : No to PC - forward to a unit
Calendar for 1983. Black and white photographs of President Botha and other leaders and of South African scenes. Red and white images of people protesting in…