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EventOver 7000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation of the Afrikaner Volkswag
Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the Afrikaner Volkswag (People's Guard), a cultural organization led by…
EventOver 17 million arrested under pass laws
Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok said that between 1921 and 1986 more than 17 million people had been arrested under influx control laws in South Africa.
ArchiveLetter from Jack Simons to Ronnie Kasrils
Letter from Jack Simons to Ronnie Kasrils in reply to letter of 11 February 1984 regarding FRELIMO and Mozambique and looking at a strategic approach to…
ArchiveNational Forum
The National Forum was formed in June 1983 from organizations to the left of the ANC. They comprised Azapo, Azasm, Soya, Action Youth, Cape Action League and…
ArchiveWorkers AIDS rally
Green, red, yellow, black and white poster. Notice of a rally on Tuesday, 11th May, 1999, at Park Station, Johannesburg. NEHAWU logo. COSATU logo. List of…
ArchiveThe call of Islam : We stand by the Palestinians
Notice of a meeting at Hanover Park Civic, on Friday 22nd January 1988. Issued by Call of Islam. Image of scales. Image of a woman with a scarf over her head.
ArchivePhambili ngemnfundo yabadala
Red, yellow, black and white calendar for July to December 1987. Issued by the English Literacy Project. Artwork of three African women. Letters of the…
ArchiveBuild a better church for the future of all our youth
Blue background with title in red letters. Coloured photographs of people at church. The month of compassion August 1985. Request for donations and gifts to…
ArchiveWomen : a power for change
Black poster with pink lettering. Title repeated four times. Notice of National Conference by South African Council of Churches from 24th to 28th June 1985. …
SACTU 30th Anniversary Rally
A2 silkscreen poster, black and yellow; SACTU graphic; text: SACTU 30th anniversary rally; speakers Samson Ndou, Margaret Nhlapo, Amanda Kwadi, James Mndaweni…
ArchiveNAMDA conference 85
Black background with white image of South Africa with red half circle at the bottom. Meeting to discuss healthcare for all. Wits Medical School on 26th…
ArchiveAzanian Youth Organisation
Profile and description of Azanian Youth Organisation. Azanian Youth Organisation was relaunched in 1987 as an umbrella structure for youth aligned to the…
Bay View House, 132 St Georges Street, Simonstown
The double-storeyed building dates from 1803 and retains a number of fine Georgian and Victorian features. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
PlaceAgricultural Publications Building, Vermeulen Street, Pretoria
The Building was erected in about 1914 to accommodate the premises of E.P. Grant, a general merchant. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
ArchivePreliminary list of participants: International/Regional Organisations
Preliminary list of participants: International/Regional Organisations at the World United Against Apartheid for a democratic South Africa Conference in Arusha…
Training programme for trainers in nonviolent-action conflict handling
Minutes of a meeting held in the Church of the Province of South Africa (CPSA) Boardroom, Khotso House on August 22, 1988, regarding a training programme for…
ArchiveCG Smith provident fund
In 1981 during a wave of strikes which virtually paralysed the Natal sugar industry and quickly spread to other industries, thousands upon thousands of workers…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War, was said to have…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
Artist Proof Studio (APS) offers a three-year printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
Pre-1860s South Africa is still a predominantly agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
"We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
The text that follows is a brief summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. You can read far more detail by going to SAHO's TRC feature In an…
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…
ArchiveOur Party
Address by Dan Tloome at a meeting in London on 30 July 1986 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the SACP. Outlines the history of the SACP and its…
ArchiveThabo Mbeki speaks
Green, yellow and black poster. Coloured photograph of Mbeki. Notice of ANC 87th Anniversary Rally, on Saturday, 9th January 1999, at Ahtlone Stadium. List of…
ArchiveNUSAS Law Directive
Report by the Law Directive to the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 28 November to 3…
South African Labour Bulletin
Pink poster with black lettering. Front page of Labour Bulletin, Volume 13, Number 7, November 1988. List of contents of bulletin. Artwork of a person with…
ArchiveUnite and organise to resist repression
Notice of an anti-apartheid conference on 24-25 September 1988 in Cape Town. One person one vote. Black, white and red poster. Artwork of people marching…
ArchiveDependants Conference Anniversary
Black poster. Red cross, red initials DC, red numbers 25, with three rows of white barbed wire across it. 25th Anniversary 1963 to 1988. Dependants Conference…
ArchiveSanctions now!: demonstrate!
Yellow background, red and black lettering. Noticve of a rally organised by the Anti-Apartheid Movement, London, on Saturday 24th October 1987. Assemble at…