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EventArchaeologist Robert Broom dies
Archaeologist Dr. Robert Broom died at the age of 84. In 1947 he discovered 'Mrs Ples', the 2 million year old skull that is believed to be a distinct relative…
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…
ArchivePeople read their work at CAP
Title in white letters on black background. Black and white image of three people reading a book with No. 1 on it. Meeting at Chapel Street, Woodstock on…
Release political prisoners
Red poster with title in yellow letters. May 1986. Black and white image of people behind bars, one with raised fist. NUSAS Action for democracy. Quote from…
ArchiveAvenge Tobruk by total war
Cream, maroon and black poster. Artwork of two fists holding a letter V on top of a nazi. Date of August 1942 pencilled in. Words 'hear the communist party…
ArchiveOxford: 1950s-1960s: the people resist!
Black, brown, cream and red poster. Photograph of march to Union Buildings by 20,000 women on 9th August 1956 to protest against the pass laws. Issued by the…
ArchiveGrahamstown Advice Office Report for 1975
Grahamstown Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 16 March 1976 discussing residence laws, migrant labour problem, forced removals, wage…
ArchiveCommittee Reports
Appendix B of the Minutes of the National Union of South African Students 53rd Congress, held at the University of Cape Town, 30th January - 4th February 1976…
PlaceKeerom Street 14, Cape Town
This town house was erected on land, granted to Hermanus Smuts, in 1751 and once belonged to Johan Jacobus Graaf. It was declared a National Monument under…
EventBram Fischer is released from prison on health grounds
Abram “Bram” Fischer was a lawyer, chairman of the South African Communist Party and an anti-Apartheid activist. He joined the SACP, a close ally of the…
ArchiveHamba kakuhle comrade Ace Ayanda Silika
Black and white poster with image of Ayanda Silika who was shot dead in Crossroads while allegedly escaping from the custody of members of the Unrest…
ArchiveStatement by the United Democratic Front issued by Azhar Cachalia (National Treasurer)
Statement by United Democratic Front issued by Azhar Cachalia National Treasurer on 8th October 1986 at Khotso House, Johannesburg, in response to the…
ArchiveJune 16: South Africa's Youth Day
Speakers notes for the 12th anniversary of June 16th, 1976. Examines the significance of the day, the enemy reaction, the responsibility of the youth, and the…
ArchiveNUMSA 5th National Congress
Notice of NUMSA 5th National Congress on the 25th to the 29th September 1996 in Johannesburg. Yellow and orange background with black and white photographs of…
ArchiveNUMSA demands
White poster with black lettering. Images in red in background of two people. List of demands for 16th June to be public holiday. In memory of 16th June 1976…
ArchiveExhibition : Towards a peoples culture
Black and white poster. Notice of various art exhibitions of art from 11th to 22nd December 1986. Arts Festival '86 Logo. Photograph by Paul Grendon. Artwork…
ArchiveNelson Mandela: freedom at 70
White, black and red poster. Artwork of Mandela behind window jail bars with candles. Quote from Mandela in April 1964. World Youth Action Against Apartheid…
ArchiveOxford: 1970s: the youth take charge
Brown, red and black poster. Large photograph of the Soweto Uprising in June 1976. Quote from Nelson Mandela. Short bits of history and photographs from 1970…
ArchiveVerkiesings in Suidwes-Afrika
Memorandum, written in Afrikaans, regarding elections in Namibia, under United Nations Resolution 435 of 1978, filed an Appendix to the Minutes of a Meeting of…
XIII - The Courts
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa In any society where courts exist they tend to play a significant role in the system…
ArchiveCape Youth Congress: hamba kahle
Yellow, black, green and white poster. Notice of a funeral on 18th July 1987, at Bonteheuwel, for Ashley Kriel. October 1966 - July 1987. Black and white…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
South Africa History Online has embarked, with the support of the NIHSS, on researching the role of the arts under apartheid. We hope that our work will…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
South Africa has early human fossils at Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were the hunter-gatherer San (‘bushman’) and…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
The International Socialist League (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of the South African Labour Party (SALP) as a…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the 1960s and the 1980s South Africa was ruled by the National Party. The NP…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
On 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (now Gauteng) areas. This was the first…
ArchiveCentenary of the South African postcard
Notice of an exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum from December 1996 to January 1997. Multicoloured artwork of a rural hotel and ox wagon scene in South…
ArchiveWomen say justice before reconciliation
WOSA Gender Commission 1996. Women's Organisation for Socialist Action. WOSA Logo. Black background. Multicoloured artwork of two women, one naked with a…
ArchiveTeachers consultative meeting: teachers unite
A3 silkscreen black on yellow poster; text: Progressive Teachers League PTL calls on you to attend a Teachers consultative meeting;- 1000 teachers to be…