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EventOscar Pistorius South African sprint runner is born
Sprinter, Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (also known as the “Blade Runner”) was born on 22 November 1986 in Sandton, Johannesburg. He was born with fibular…
ArchiveThe Childrens Emergency (with particular ref
The Children's Emergency (with particular reference to the Port Elizabeth Area): Paper Presented at National Conference on 15 March 1986 discussing children's…
ArchivePosition paper: Action on education
Position paper presented at the 56th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, held at the University of Cape Town, 24th - 30th November…
ArchiveColoured Persons Communal Reserves Act, Act No 3 of 1961
The Act was to apply the Mission Stations and Communal Reserves Act 1909, of the Cape of Good Hope, to coloured persons settlement areas within the meaning of…
ArchiveBefore Dawn Culture in Another South Africa (CASA)
CASA TOOK PLACE IN AMSTERDAM IN DECEMEBR 1987 AND WAS ATTENDED BY 300 SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS, OF WHOM 120 CAME DIRECTLY FROM SOUTH AFRICAN AND 180 AS EXILES…
ArchiveOpening address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students
Opening address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4…
Speak
Front page of Speak magazine No. 16, August-October 1987. Blue poster. Title of feature article: "Fighting our slavery: Domestic workers organise" in english…
ArchiveUnban the ANC Mass Meeting
Notice of Mass Meeting on Tuesday 10th June at Khotso House at 12.30. White poster with black lettering. UDF Logo. Press release, dated 7th June 1986, from the…
ArchiveRally
Notice of rally at Dube "Y" on 29th September 1984. Speaker Rev F Chikane. White poster with black lettering. Black and white image of man holding cross in one…
ArchiveBiography of Oupa John Hlomuka
Biography of Oupa John Hlomuka. Oupa John Hlomuka was born on 24 June 1953 in Evaton where he attended school until standard 8, he joined the Azanian people's…
ArchiveBiography of Tseko Simon Nkoli
Biography of Tseko Simon Nkoli. Simon was born in Soweto on Boxing day in 1959 but grew up on a farm in Heilbron in Orange Free State. He began high school in…
PlaceTrovato, 44 Coach Road, Wynberg
This impressive manor house with late Victorian and neo-classic architectural details was designed by Herbert Baker and was erected in 1898-1902 for Carl…
PlaceDevonshire Villa, 33 Carstens Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
The dwelling is an excellent example of late Victorian architecture and was erected in 1893-94 by WN Cook, an affluent draper and silk merchant of Cape Town,…
EventSouth African cricket player Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Rhodes is born
South African right handed batsman, Jonathan Neil Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province (now known as Kwazulu Natal) on 27 July 1969. Better…
PlaceKruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.
Paul Kruger used to be a member of the church in Pretoria. This church still has the chairs Paul and his Wife used to sit on during services, with the same…
PlaceResidence, 21 Cuyler Street, Uitenhage
The construction of the original structure with its Cape Dutch and Georgian features, dates from approximately 1840. It is thus one of the oldest dwellings in…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, 23 Main Street, Jansenville
The building was designed by architect Carl Otto Hager, whose plans were later revised by AH Reid of Port Elizabeth. The cornerstone was laid on 16 August 1884…
EventNegotiations between Nelson Mandela and Mangosutho Buthelezi
30 March 1990 Negotiations between Nelson Mandela and Mangosutho Buthelezi 30 March 1990 Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (ANC) and Mangosutho…
ArchiveA bill
A bill to amend the comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit United States depository institutions from providing certain financial services to…
EventZimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees
Three Zimbabwean intelligence officers were on trial in Harare, Zimbabwe for attempting to car bomb a house in Bulawayo, occupied by African National Congress …
EventThe World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration is launched
On 28 March 1979, The World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa was launched in Oslo, Norway. The initiative enjoyed the…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 73 Musgrave Road, Berea, Durban
This is a double-storey manor House designed by Architect P Piekes. Erected in 1904-05, it is an excellent example of the Natal Verandah House, popular at the…
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
On 4 March 1980, Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) won Zimbabwe's first free elections, securing 57 of the 80 common…
PlaceVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
… Falls was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1989. The designation highlights the falls’ significance not …
ArchiveFor freedom without hunger: aspects of the South African Congress of Trade Unions with reference to the Western Cape
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of BA Honours in Economic History at the University of Cape Town by Barbara Sudano,…
ArchiveTambo pokes a few holes in the blanket
Newspaper article in the Mail and Guardian newspaper of June 5 to 11, 1987, entitled Tambo pokes a few holes in the blanket. Examines the debate over the…
ArchiveRegional mini-conference report, Lusaka
Report on an African National Congress mini-conference held in Lusaka, Zambia, April 1985. Discussed strengthening the underground, the armed struggle,…
ArchiveAction against students and intimidation of students
Appendix C to the President's Report at the 45th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 6th-14th July, 1969…
ArchiveForeign African labour in South Africa
African National Congress paper on foreign African labour in South Africa. Covers control of foreign labour, recruitment of foreign labour in the mining…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Belvedere Avenue, Oranjezicht
The double-storey Structure was erected soon after the turn of the 20th Century, and is endowed with a number of prominent Architectural features including…