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EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in Verulam, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He is the second child of five children of his parents. He…
EventSouth African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang, Club Kevin Carter, commits suicide
Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, committed suicide just three months after winning the Pulitzer Award for feature…
ArchiveThe Constitution says that I have a right to dignity and access to health care services
Red, black and white Treatment Action Campaign poster. Artwork of a pregnant woman. Steps to take regarding health of mother and baby and HIV status.
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… went to prison in protest against a law restricting Indian land ownership ( see pegging act and Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act ). Indian’s…
ArchiveCircular from the SASO National Executive Committee to all SRCs and other Black organisations
Circular to all SRC's, local committees and other Black Organisations calling on Black students to work together for liberation, following the deportation and…
ArchiveMinutes of the Meeting between RSA and Angola representatives at Mocamedes on 1 November 1978
Minutes of discussions held between South Africa and Mozambique to normalise relations between Angola and South Africa. Issues discussed included the…
ArchiveDiscussions between Mr Silvino Da Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde, and Representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information: Sal Island, 11 September 1983
Report on discussions held between South African and the Republic of Cape Verde with regard to negotiations between Angola and South Africa. Includes a letter…
EventScores of soccer fans die in a friendly match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates
Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates met in a pre-season friendly at the 23,000 seater Oppenheimer Stadium, near Orkney, Western Transvaal (now North West…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
The President of the African National Congress Comrade President Zuma will be visiting Upington as part of the launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on the…
EventMinister of Police and Prisons announces that twenty-one trade unionists have been detained
Louis Ie Grange, Minister of Police and Prisons, stated in the House of Assembly that twenty-one trade unionists have been detained since the beginning of 1981…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… vulnerable to British governance coveted by aspirations of land, labour and the subjugation of the indigenous people of … The determent of their settlement…
EventCanadians, Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod discover insulin, saving the lives of many diabetics
Insulin is a peptide hormone used to treat diabetes for patients that would otherwise die. Before its discovery, people with diabetes had had a very short life…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
Honourable Minister of the National Intelligence Services, Ronnie Kasrils, Honourable Deputy Ministers, Chairperson and members of the Parliamentary Joint…
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
The first Indian people in South Africa are reported to have arrived on board the Truro from Madras to work in the sugar cane plantation in Port-Natal. The…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… dues on trade and the extraction of exorbitant taxes from land owners and local rulers further impoverished its … laws and actions led to peasants? losing…
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
Namibian born model Michelle Mclean was crowned miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand in 1992. Mclean had won the 1991 Miss Namibia pageant as well as making it…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
Funmilayo Ransome Kuti was born Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas on 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Kuti founded a women’s organisation with 20 000…
Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994: Part 1 - Autobiographical Writings
From the book: Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994 by Mewa Ramgobin and Ian Edwards
Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994: Table of Content
From the book: Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994 by Mewa Ramgobin and Ian Edwards
ArchiveChildren are the flowers of our struggle and the principal reason for our fight
Black and white poster for International Children's Day on 1st June 1983. Blocks with various images of people and children.
ArchiveMessage to the people in Bophuthatswana and other Bantustans from the United Democratic Front
Press statement calling on all the people who are trapped inside bantustans to unite and participate actively to end the circus shows staged by the bantustan…
Prime Minister P.W. Botha and President Samora Machel of Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord
Prime Minister P.W. Botha and President Samora Machel of Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord at the common border on the banks of the Komati River a step hailed…
Message to the World Festival of Youth and Students by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, July 1985
Let the fortieth anniversary of the victory over fascism inspire and mobilise the world youth for Peace, Freedom and Justice. We count on your continued…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: address in mitigation, 12th June 1964
Hanson argues mitigation for the accused, Nelson Mandela and others, on the last day of the Rivonia Treason Trial, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
Ellen Phyllis Hellmann was born in Johannesburg in 1908. Her father had immigrated to South Africa from Germany in 1894. She studied Social Anthropology at the…
EventSouth Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric
Beyers Naudé, or Oom Bey, as he was affectionately known, passed away at 3:30 am on Tuesday morning 7 September 2004 at a retirement home in Johannesburg . He…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
Within the old South Africa, 10 homelands were created. The 'separate development' policies (Apartheid) of H.F. Verwoerd resulted in the 'awarding' of 'self…
EventEgyptian and US Archaeologists discover a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile
On 20 December 1991 (21 December according to other sources) Egyptian and American Archaeologists discovered a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile in…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… painted wall traditions do not appear to predate the land war of 1882-3. Up to that time their architecture made … among the Ndebele may be found in the…