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EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
The prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa (now known as Namibia) was resumed by the International Court of…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa. Their task was to…
SABC’s Matthews was Motsoeneng’s willing enforcer-in-chief: FJT (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
A statement by the FJT leadership described Matthews’ resignation as acting group CEO at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) as “long overdue”. …
ArchiveNicaragua on the 19th July was liberated after 43 years of dictatorship
White poster with black lettering and artwork. Short history of Nicaragua and its liberation. Quote from A C Sandino. Map of Nicaragua. Photographs.
A legislative assembly is instituted in Gazankulu. Self-government was granted on 1 Feb. 1973.
The Doncaster is wrecked west of Cape Agulhas. All on board are lost.
United Nations A/RES/S-16/1 General Assembly 6th plenary meeting, 14 December 1989
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
The child is not deadthe child raises his fists against his motherwho screams Africa screams the smellof freedom and heatherin the locations of the heart under…
Web-published response by Thabo Mbeki to Archbishop Tutu ‘s 2004 Nelson Mandela Lecture
United Nations A/RES/S-16/1 General Assembly 6th plenary meeting, 14 December 1989
Friedrich von Lindequist, new governor of German South West Africa, arrives in Lüderitzbucht.
ArchiveProfile: Les Kettledas, NUMSA`s National Secretary for Collective Bargaining, talk to Snuki Zikalala
66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1946 the Government passed the Asiatic Land…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
The Chairman General Assembly United Nations Organisation West Minister London Africans South Africa Protest against [proposed] incorporation South West…
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
On 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town. He completed his higher education diploma at the University of Cape Town…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
Certain historians have erroneously asserted the the Great Trek was motivated over the issue of the abolition of slavery but the fact of the matter is that…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
Public lecture by Hermann Giliomee in honour of Richard Elphick given at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn, USA, May 4 2015 Nelson Mandela and the last…
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, at the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg, Orange Free State, caved in…
EventThe SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International…
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
This book recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria’s communist movement. Meticulously researched – and the only English-language book on the Parti…
ArchiveWe want to die here say aged
Newspaper article in which elders from Black communities express their opposition to being evicted from their homes and forced to move to Glenmore Township
ArchiveHow do we close the wage gap?
Multicoloured cartoon poster showing salaries from top of company to the bottom. 1995 campaign by NUMSA. NUMSA logo.
ArchiveHave we Just been to the Nationalists?
ArchiveWe are Africa these are our stories
Multicoloured poster. Photographs of four artworks and the people who painted them. Notice of an art exhibition at Central Methodist Church, Johannesburg, for…
ArchiveWe remember June 16: victory is certain
White poster with red lettering. Red artwork of a clenched fist on top of a cross surrounded by smaller crosses.
ArchiveWe remember June 16 : Victory is certain
White poster with black lettering. Image of black cross with hand raised in centre surrounded by nine small black crosses. Victory is certain in white letters…
May Day Rally we demand workers rights
Pink and cream background with green letters. Title only.
ArchiveMay Day Rally we demand workers rights
Pink, green and cream background with title in black letters. Title only.
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
A2 silkscreen yellow green black red blend on white; graphics of people working; soliders, people marching; text: We call for an end to conscrption: We live…
ArchiveThe Unity We Need Is Peoples Unity
A1 black on green, silkscreen, graphic Lilian Ngoyi; text: The unity we need is people's unity; we need it all, we need it here, we need it now; Organise…