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WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden
… WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye on the current situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in general, 01 March 1984
… them through a referendum to accept this strategy in their own interests, in the interests of continued white … the light of reactions to it of the vast…
BiographyChris Qwazi
… Qwazi, a photo-journalist, started out as a freelancer in the 1980s at a time of increased resistance against Apartheid in Port Elizabeth , and the Eastern…
BiographyElijah Thomas Zondi
… Elijah Thomas Zondi was born on 22 October 1917 in Pietermaritzburg to Thomas Zondi, an evangelist and … Mchunu. He attended the Burnside Community School…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… Potenza Between 1921 and 1936, the number of Africans in the cities increased from about half a million to over one … created for Africans, Coloureds and…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… In the final stages of the South African War (Anglo Boer), … mining town of Okiep. Okiep was a small copper mining town in the Cape Colony, that eventually…
BiographyBee Berman
… Bee Berman was born in 1949 in Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape).After her … exhibition), depicts the poverty faced by the Coloured and Black…
BiographySylvester Stein
… Sylvester Stein was born on 25 December in 1920 in Cape Town, and was brought up in Durban. He studied … , where he spent three years working with a staff of…
BiographyHannah Margaret Stanton
… born on 30 November 1913, Teddington, Middlesex, England. In 1956 she went out to visit her brother, Fr Tom Stanton CR, in South Africa and decided to stay…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… The African National Congress (ANC) in exile developed strategies to influence public opinion … the ANC who would like to conduct a dialogue with the SA…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now … muster. Xuma decided to enrol at Tuskegee, the…
ArchiveThe Laity Conference is in October: how will you be represented?
… Notice of a Laity Conference. Light green and black poster. Artwork of people in church. … The Laity Conference is in October: how will you be represented? …
Archive10 years Soweto: Children and youth in the struggle against apartheid
… Offset litho; black and brown; 10 years Soweto : Children and youth in the struggle against apartheid … 10 years Soweto: Children and youth in the struggle…
ArchiveOASSA 4th National Conference : Social Services in a changing South Africa
… Offset litho; black, green and red; OASSA 4th National Conference : Social Services in a changing South Africa … OASSA 4th National Conference : Social…
Press Conference in Lusaka: Oliver Tambo, 25 June 1985
… for united action. We have called on our people in the various organisational formations, in different … Africa as a whole, not by a white minority, not even…
BiographyCaesarina Kona Makhoere
… Caesarina Kona Makhoere was born near Pretoria in 1955. Her father was a policeman and her mother worked as … domestic worker. At a young age she was…
ArchiveDeaths in detention and apartheid wars are tearing our country apart
… Silkscreened; black, green and brown on yellow; Deaths in detention and apartheid wars are tearing our country apart … Deaths in detention and apartheid wars…
BiographyZainunnisa “Cissie” Gool
… Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool was born in Cape Town in 1897. One of South Africa's most popular and renowned … had helped to form in 1902. Abdurahman was also the…
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
… Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses on Cape Town's black…
ArchiveInternational Seminar on the Role of Transnational Corporations in South Africa
… Black, grey, red and white poster. Photograph of police and protestors. One man lying dead. Notice of a seminar in London on 2 - 4th November 1979. … Seminar…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… Harry Schwarz (born Heinz Schwarz) was born in Cologne, Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing … Council, Schwarz focused on opposing forced…
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… muralist and graphic artist, was born on 1 June 1926 in East London, Eastern Cape. In 1946 he studied drawing under Henrich Steiner in Florence, … and…
EventIndian people march in Durban to protest against the Ghetto Act
… the Asiatic Land Tenure Act, or Ghetto Act takes place in Durban. The Asiatic Bill was one of the many anti-Indian … demonstrators. During the gathering,…
EventThe Proteas become the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia
… The Proteas, is one of the most successful national teams in the country and the world. Their record in test cricket is quite outstanding for such a young…
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
… Born in Cape Town on September 25, 1949, Percival Sonn, … in the unity process aimed at integrating both white and black players into the sport that marked…
ArchiveOASSSA 4th National Conference: Social Services in a changing South Africa
… Green section at top of poster contains title in white letters. Black artwork on white centre of poster of African people … OASSSA 4th National Conference:…
EventPriscah Jeptoo is born in Nandi Kenya
… Long distance runner Priscah Jeptoo is ranked third in the world in long distance running. She only began competing in top competitions in 2008 but has…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in Kimberley on 28 October 1908 to Ernest Oppenheimer and … Lina Pollock. Oppenheimer completed his primary education in…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… In 1907, four years prior to flying on his aeroplane in Kimberley, John Weston embarked on the construction of his own aeroplane in Brandfort, in the Orange…
BiographyGovan Mbeki
… (Oom Gov) joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the 1950's and remained a communist and a firm believer in the superior morality of socialism to…