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The ambiguities of dependence in South Africa
"The ambiguities of dependence in South Africa: Class, nationalism, and the state in twentieth-century Natal" by Shula Marks, 1986
ArchiveList of grievances sent by African pupils to the Regional Director of Bantu Education in the Western Cape
A list of grievances sent to the Regional Director of Bantu Education, later published in the Cape Times on 2 December 1976
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
Queenstown was founded in 1853. It was intended to be a Military Outpost designed to protect the British subjects from attack during the time of the Frontier…
ArchiveWorkers take control!
Red title on white border. Black and white artwork of workers marching. CCAWUSA - AGM. Johannesburg Branch. Sunday 21st September 1986.
ArchiveVenda: Second Definitive Series
Black and white background with 'Venda' in orange letters. Coloured replicas of postage stamps of snakes, issued in Venda in 1986.
Palestine : a homeland denied
Grey poster with red and black lettering and hooded black and white head and shoulders. Years in red numbers 1948 - 1967.
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
The Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976 did not just drop from the sky. The Black students of South Africa did not wake up one day and begin resisting Bantu…
Adcockvale, Port Elizabeth Suburb
Suburb of Port Elizabeth. Laid out in 1949 and was named after a former mayor of the city, WC Adcock; known as Adcockvale.
Iziko lamakrestu lomzansi Afrika: Ifo la ba kreste Afrika Borwa
Programme, in English, for a symposium to be held on 13-14 August 1976 on the theme Encounter of African Religion with Christianity.
ArchiveHunger striker: Henry Fazzie: Age 67 years: UDF
Black and white poster. Photograph of Henry Fazzie holding a microphone. Detained on 4th August 1986. Issued by Grassroots Publications, Cape Town.
ArchiveStay-away: June 16 South Africa Youth Day
Yellow, red and black poster. Black and white image of Hector Pieterson being carried on June 16 1976. COSATU and UDF logo.
EventKenneth Kaunda becomes the Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)
Later in 1964, on 24 October, Zambia gained its full independence from Britain and Kaunda then became the first President of Zambia.
ArchiveMinutes of the ordinary meeting of the urban Bantu council
Minutes of the ordinary meeting of the urban Bantu council of Johannesburg, held in the Bantu Council Chamber on 26 August 1976.
SAHO Milestones
2000 June - Registration of SAHO as an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
In the Cape and Natal, the overwhelming majority of garment workers have always been Coloured, Indian and Malay, while in the Transvaal, until the Second World…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… of the Indian Congress, went to gaol twice during the 1946 passive resistance campaign. His daughter-in-law, … resistance campaign, his sons Yusuf and Molvi…
ArchiveBlack Consciousness Movement of South Africa: speech given to the assembly of the IUEF, held in Geneva, 22 November 1975
The address outlines the role of the Black Conciousness Movement in the 1976 Soweto uprising and emphasises the need for action for liberation.
ArchivePresidents address to the 53rd Congress [of
President's address to the 53rd Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 30 January - 4 February 1976.
ArchivePresidential address delivered at the Conference of the All-African Convention
Presidential address delivered by W. M. Tsotsi at the Conference of the All-African Convention held in Queenstown, 17th to 20th December 1956.
Archive7. Alternative service projects
Page 7 of folder 2858. White, yellow, black and blue poster. Copies of posters issued in 1986 for the 'Working for a Just Peace' campaign.
The New Nation
A2 red and black litho; picture youths running; text: Are you part of the big rush for... the New Nation? Coming January 1986
ArchiveVote to build NUMSA
Black background. Yelow and red lettering. Notice of NUMSA Shop Stewards elections, Jan/Feb 1996. Black and white photograph of two NUMSA members dancing.
ArchiveA statement of the National Executive Committee to all units of the African National Congress
Statement by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the ANC National Executive Committee to the ANC regarding the changed situation after June 16th, 1976.
ArchiveJoin all the catholic bishops of Southern Africa in a mass for peace
Cream poster with black lettering. Notice of a Mass at St Peter Claver Church, Mamelodi East, on Sunday 26th January 1986. Image of a dove.
ArchivePolice bill: Who foots the bill?
Offset litho; black and yellow; Police bill: Hector Petersen was the first to die in Soweto on 16 June 1976: Who foots the bill?
ArchiveStorm Klockan: Chile: no. 13
Coloured artwork of a man ringing a church bell. No.13 - Stormklockan Dec 1948 in bottom left hand corner. Albin Amelin in bottom right hand corner.
ArchiveQuote from Joshua Nkomo
Black and white poster. Photograph and quote of Joshua Nkomo, ZAPU president 1964, Gonakudzingwa. International Conference on Zimbabwe, Mogadishu, 29 -31st…
ArchiveNamibia Day
Namibia Day, August 26th 1966,commemorating 22 years of heroic armed struggle. SWAPO logo. Artwork of soldiers fighting. Photograph of a tank and weapons.
Joint communique of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference and the African National Congress
Journal article containing a joint communique of the South African Catholic Bishops Conference and the African National Congress, April 16, 1986 after a…
ArchiveWorld day of prayer and fasting for South Africa
Black poster with white lettering. Notice of day of prayer on 16th June 1986. Soweto. 10th Anniversary. Photo of black man holding black baby.