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ArchiveSince June 12, 1986...
Red poster. White block in centre with title in white letters on black blocks, giving information on people detained. Black borders at top and bottom. Bible…
ArchiveDawn Souvenir Issue 1986
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Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909 1 The President, in formally opening the…
BiographyIvan Toms
Ivan Toms was born in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) on 11 July 1953. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in…
BiographyZuleika Sarojini Christopher
Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in 1924 in Greenwood Park, Durban, where…
ArchiveSouth African Communist Party 1921-1986
Black, red and white poster. Artwork of a hand and a fist smashing words 'war against exploitation, oppression and racism'. 1921 - 1986 is 65 years. Artwork of…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
Bessie Amelia Head was born at Fort Napier Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa, the asylum her mother was committed to at the…
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…
BiographyBarney Simon
Barney Simon, South African theatre director (born April 13, 1932, Johannesburg, South Africa—died June 30, 1995, Johannesburg), was a long-time force behind…
ArchiveNatal and the 1960 Republican Referendum
Thesis has been submitted for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal,…
ArchiveMay Day 1986 COSATU rally Tape I
COSATU - a giant has risen - the launch of COSATU after 4 years of talks took place in the first week of December 1985. This movement encouraged workers to…
BiographyLefifi Tladi
The thinker, poet, and painter, Lefifi Tladi, was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng…
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
Diana Mitchell was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, or what was then known as Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 16 November 1932[i]. She was famous for many things,…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940. His father was Ismail Jacobs, a tailor. His paternal grandfather was Manan Jamie…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… resistance campaign in South Africa spanning the years 1906 to 1913. We were following in the footsteps of the great …
Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946
Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946
Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
BiographyJulius Louis Saks
Optometrist Julius Louis Saks was the first son of Sidney and Deborah Saks. His family emigrated to South Africa from England in 1905. Sidney Saks became a…
BiographyGaus Shikomba
Born on January 27 1935, at Onashiku shaLaban near Oshakati in Oshana Region, Shikomba joined OPO in 1959 and subsequently Swapo in 1960. He joined the South…
BiographyJan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk was born in 1911 into a strict 'dopper' home. Hoogendyk was married to Jackie, an accountant. He enlisted with the South…
BiographyJames “Jobe” Hadebe
James “Jobe” John Hadebe was born on 29 October 1923 in Frankfort in the Orange Free State. The son of a clerk and descendant of the Hlubi chief, Langalibalele…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
1960 Mar- Norman Phillips of the Toronto Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
By 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered in Orlando West to begin a protest march against the imposition of the Afrikaans language as the…
BiographyGeorge Edward Peake
George Edward Peake was a founding member and national Chairperson of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) in the 1960s. He was born in the…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. K. Gandhi founded Indian Opinionin June 1903…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
The accepted view of black, and especially African, politics after the Rivonia Trial, held by historians and other scholars of South African resistance, is…