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At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.
At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre when the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli is attacked with AK-47's. Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Although out of active politics, Gomas observed with keen…
ArchiveSpeech delivered by Joe Slovo
Joe Slovo's speech to mark the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the SACP on the 30th July 1981 in Maputo. Reflects on the history of the SACP and its…
Archive4000 dead and still counting
Black and white poster with title in red letters. Artwork of a dead face with names of people who died on December 2/3 1984, at Union Carbide in Bhopal, India,…
ArchiveEnd Conscription Committee report
Report and addendum to the report of the End Conscription Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of…
ArchiveJustice for Tunay campaign
Black, red and white poster. Photograph of Tunay Hassan. Died in the custody of the Dalston Police, United Kingdom. Picture of the police station. Notice of a…
ArchiveUnited Womens Organisation: mass meeting
Black and white, with artwork of soldiers sitting on a tanker, holding weapons. Notice of a mass meeting to be held at the Nonzwakazi Methodist Church 0n 13…
ArchiveList of organisations which support and are affiliates of the Regional UDF
List of all the organisations which supports the United Democratic Front who are also the affiliates of the regional United Democratic Front from different…
ArchiveTrojan horse
Yellow poster with black lettering. Notice of interfaith commemoration service. 15 October 1987. St Georges Church, Belgravia Road, Belgravia Estate. List of…
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
The gardens were established in 1967 and they are of particular scientific and environmental importance. They contain the only remaining examples of Karoo…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
A series of legislations were passed by the NP led government in the 1950s as it sought to deal with dissent and entrench apartheid. Leading political…
David Goldblatt: oblique apartheid look by Kenneth Baker, 5 December 2012
"South Africa in Apartheid and After: David Goldblatt, Ernest Cole, Billy Monk," which opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last weekend, will…
PlaceLesotho
Two-thirds of the Country of Lesotho consists of Mountains. The highest Peak, Mount Ntlenyana, is 3,482 Metres above sea level. The Drakensberg range forms the…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr John Philip, paid a visit to the Eastern Cape. His aim was to…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
South Africa's issues of governance, a rise in opposition rhetoric, and a president and ANC under fire have all coalesced in the National Assembly. Speaker…
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
Your Excellency, President Bouteflika, Your Excellencies, Ministers and Ambassadors, The Business Delegations from Algeria and South Africa, Distinguished…
PlaceNyanga Township
Nyanga, a sprawling, poverty-stricken illustration of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, Nyanga is one of the oldest Black townships in Cape Town. It was established in…
ArchiveSolidarity Service
White poster with black lettering. Photo of Nicolas Boiki Majesty Tlhapi. Missing since 1986 in detention. Standing for the Truth Campaign. Image of a dove…
ArchiveMusic Concert
Top of poster white with title in dark blue and dark blue image of a saxophone player with the word music interwoven and musical notes. Bottom half of poster…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress: Year of the Cadre
Poster with white background and mostly black text. Some text in red. Calendar for six months from January to June 1985. List of important dates. Yellow, red,…
ArchiveKopano Ya Jaraya MGWUSA Tsamayiso
A2 black and yellow on white silkscreen; Municipal and General Workers Union of South Africa logos; text: Kopano ya Jara ya MGWUSA Tsamayiso; puo: Kago…
ArchiveWorld Press Photo Exhibition 84
Notice of photo exhibition at Shell Gallery, 9 Riebeek Street, Cape Town on 26th April 1984. Black and white photo of small boy carrying large gun, with white…
PlaceMunicipal Hall, Jansen Street, Milnerton
This unique building dates from 1904 and was originally erected as a concert and dance hall. One of its surviving features is a special sunken dance floor. The…
YWCA Building, 178 Long Street, Cape Town
The building was restructured in 1903 by J Parker, of the architectural firm Forsythe & Parker, and was dedicated to the memory of Minnie and Maria Bam, the…
EventJames La Guma dies
James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African…
EventEducationist Ernest Moloto dies
Linguist, educationist and teacher, Ernest Sedumedi Moloto, who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana…
EventFirst international tour in 27 years for South African Proteas
On this momentous occasion, South Africans were welcomed in India with garlands and standing ovations, and played to capacity crowds. South African cricket,…
PlaceGA Riches Printer Building, 423 Smith Street, Durban
The building, designed in a classical-revivalist style, is an important component of Smith Street, one of the most historically significant roads in the Durban…
ArchiveMinutes of the National Conference of the Black Sash held at Durban
Minutes of the National Conference of the Black Sash held at Durban from 13 to 16 March 1986, discussing: Minutes from previous conference, Headquarter's…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
Robben Island is located off the coast Cape Town and was named as such by Dutch explorers who encountered many seals on the island. It was however, discovered…