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ArchivePresidential address presented at the Black Sash National Conference
Presidential address presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 31 October 1960, discussing: Pass Laws, wages, state of emergency, Apartheid, human…
ArchiveNamibia Day 26th August
White, blue, red, green and black poster. Number 21 with a rifle across it. SWAPO poster marking 21 years of the armed struggle from 1966 - 1987. SWAPO logo.
ArchiveConcert in the park
Black poster with red and white lettering. Venue - Ellis Park on 11th January 1986. Photograph of huge crowd of people at Ellis Park. List of performers.
ArchiveImmediate prospect for SACP
Article in Voice of Women , Number 3, 1983, on the immediate prospect for SACP. It discusses the Suppression of Communist Act of 1950, the Freedom Charter,…
ArchiveYou Have Touched the Women
A2 silkscreen black on white; photo graphic of 1956 Women's March; text: You have touched the women You have struck a rock! National women's day August 9th
ArchiveSoweto Students Representative Council: We shall share sufference and joyous moments
The circular, issued by the SSRC, calls for a one year commemoration for all students who died in the political unrest in Soweto on 16th June 1976
ArchiveA brief history of student action in South Africa, plus a brief history of English/ Afrikaans /non-white student relations
Brief history of student action in South Africa from 1916 to 1971 and brief history of relationships between English, Afrikaans and Black students from 1924 to…
ArchiveNon-violence news: the South African fellowship of reconciliation
This is a journal article about the struggle to survive, also attached is an extract from the May 1986 Newsletter of the Pretoria branch of the black SASH.
ArchiveNon-violence news: the South Africam fellowship of reconciliation
This is a journal article about the struggle to survive, also attached is an extract from the May 1986 Newsletter of the Pretoria branch of the black SASH.
PlaceAlgoa Park, Suburb of Port Elizabeth
Suburb of Port Elizabeth about 6 km North of City Hall. Established in 1956. It takes its name from Algoa Bay, the Bay which it's situated on the Coast.
ArchiveSoweto Youth Congress
White poster with green lettering and green border. Notice of Opening Rally at D.O.C.C. Orlando on 23 May 1986. List of speakers and attractions. Soweto Youth…
ArchiveBoykottiert apartheid
Black and white poster. Photograph of a family living in a makeshift shack. German anti-apartheid poster. Quote from Winnie Mandela dated 1986. JUSOS in der…
ArchiveNow that you have touched the women, you have struck a rock you have dislodged a boulder you will be crushed
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of African women behind barbed wire. Commemorating the 9th August 1956 when 20,000 women marched to Pretoria to protest against…
EventOver 17 million arrested under pass laws
Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok said that between 1921 and 1986 more than 17 million people had been arrested under influx control laws in South Africa.
ArticleAfrica Timeline
100 000 BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahara Desert region, the people develop the use…
PlaceWelgelegen Ilanga Colliery, Mpumalanga
iLanga Coal Mines (Pty) Ltd. owns and operates Coal Mines in the Ermelo and Witbank Coalfields. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Middelburg,…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and indeed on my own…
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
Irma Stern is considered one of South Africa’s most prolific and powerful artists who played a leading role in introducing avant-garde art to the country.Born…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
Following almost 400 years of Portuguese presence, Mozambique became an independent state in 1975. A civil war broke out between two factions FRELIMO, backed…
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
Sandra Reynolds was born on 4 March 1934 in Bloemfontein, Free State.[i] Reynolds was nicknamed the “Grace Kelly” of South African tennis.[ii] She claimed the…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
When the system of apartheid was implemented in South Africa in 1948, certain laws had to be put in place to maintain white domination in all aspects of South…
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
Padeophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police. Paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his…
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
South Africa announced that it had completed destroying its stock pile of anti-personnel mines. A total of 261 423 were destroyed, while 18 000 were retained…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in…
ArchiveOur Party
Address by Dan Tloome at a meeting in London on 30 July 1986 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the SACP. Outlines the history of the SACP and its…
ArchiveThe war against Soviet colonialism: Unitas f
Red, white, black and pink poster. Notice of a meeting on 19th March 1986 at SS10. SMA presents a Unita Officer, freedom fighter speaker. Issued by the…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 14 Langley Road, Wynberg
The Structure was erected at the turn of the 20th Century and has prominent Victorian Architectural features. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
ArchiveThe challenge of Black Theology to the present S.A.
Lecture delivered by Rev M. Ngakane, Deputy General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches in Benoni on March 6, in 1976 about the challenge of…
Exhibition
Notice of exhibition at UCT Orange Street Campus, Cape Town. 11-12 December 1986. Orange, purple, red, black and white poster. About time - images of South…