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EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… The roots of White women's suffrage in South Africa began with the founding of the Women's … to vote. This development was tied to denying the vote to Black…
EventAmy Johnson, a female aviator, lands in Cape Town in record time
… her pilot's license from the London Aeroplane Club in 1929. After purchasing a second-hand aircraft, she made … the first woman to fly solo from Britain to…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
… Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan Village township. He … as a 15-year-old in 1961, attracted by the…
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… On the 6 June 1898 1989, Jacobus Johannes Fouche was born in the Orange Free State (OFS) of South Africa. Fouche was … South Africa from 1968-1975. Fouche…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana , in the Transkei on 26 … equally formative one. In Bizana,…
ArchiveKeith Haring in the Pop Shop
… Offset litho; red, black, full colour, double sided. … Keith Haring in the Pop Shop …
ArchiveWe wont fight in the SADF
… Black, white and yellow poster. Photograph of conscientious … We wont fight in the SADF …
ArchiveIn the factories: Mayday is ours
… Black and white; with artwork of people at work. … In the factories: Mayday is ours …
ArchiveNo to imperialist intervention in Grenada
… Black and white poster. Photograph of American troops … No to imperialist intervention in Grenada …
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… The Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria was established in 1854, when it separated from the Rustenburg congregation. … Bosman Street where a new church building…
ArchiveHigher diploma for planning in developing areas
… Light brown and black poster. Photograph of a man building a shack with two … Town and Regional Planning. Information regarding diploma in planning in…
ArchiveSolidarity with African women in struggle
… Brown and black poster, regarding the emancipation of women. Artwork of … Solidarity with African women in struggle …
ArchiveRemember Those Who Died in Uitenhage
… A2 black and white litho; photo collage soldiers shooting people … Remember Those Who Died in Uitenhage …
ArchiveIn the world: Mayday is ours
… Black and white; with artwork of workers and workers tools … In the world: Mayday is ours …
Slavery in South Africa
… It is hardly known in India that there was a considerable importation of slaves … from India. This aspect of history is little known even in South Africa…
In the world: Mayday is ours
… Black poster with white lettering. Image of world with tools … In the world: Mayday is ours …
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… disclosed that the South African Police (SAP) were in Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe) actively helping in the fight against Nationalist guerrillas. This…
BiographyHamilton Naki
… Hamilton Naki was born in the small village of Ngcangane in the Eastern Cape in … from those around him. Mr Naki was already a hero, as a black man of scant…
EventThe highest temperature in the shade is recorded in the Cape
… On this day in history, the highest temperature ever recorded in the shade was noted at Goodhouse, in the Cape Province. The temperature reached 47, 8º ……
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… Africa 1996 CCT 37/96 Constitutional Court 4 December 1996 In its earlier decision in Ex parte Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly: in re … the…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
… of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is born in Rorke's Drift, Kwazulu-Natal . He was the only Black student of the South African College, now…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… Racism in Isolation South Africa has for decades been the only … Africa the whites maintain their colonial rule over the black population, or the majority…
ArchiveDivide and profit : Indian workers in Natal
… Offset litho; black and red; Divide and profit : Indian workers in Natal : Shamim Marie … Divide and profit : Indian workers in Natal …
ArchiveVerkiesings in Suidwes-Afrika
… Memorandum, written in Afrikaans, regarding elections in Namibia, under United Nations Resolution 435 of 1978, … to the Minutes of a Meeting of the AG…
BiographyPenelope Jane Dunlop
… Penelope Jane Dunlop (P.J. Powers) was born in Durban , KwaZulu-Natal on 16 July 1960. She chose PJ … Afro-pop in 1983 which expanded their audience to…
EventFamine anniversary in Ethiopia
… American television's first airing of the famine crisis in Ethiopia, the world celebrated the day as famine … home with bags of seed and agricultural tools…
ArchiveSteve Biko died in detention 12.9.77
… Red, white and black poster. Artwork of Steve Biko. Initials PD UCT in bottom right hand corner. … Steve Biko died in detention 12.9.77 …
EventColdest day in Pretoria
… The Coldest day in Pretoria in recent history was on 12 June 1963. The temperatures … were that low and it has never been as cold since. In winter the daily…
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party resurfaced in KwaZulu Natal in the late 90's. In order to prevent open hostilities the ANC, IFP and United … into…
PlaceBlockhouse in Hekpoort, Krugersdorp
… of Major-General G Barton, who commanded British forces in this Area in 1901. Known in its time as Barton's Folly, it differs substantially from … Blockhouse…