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EventForeign Affairs Deputy Minister Pahad is born
Aziz Pahad, SA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was born in Schweizer Reneke, Western Transvaal (North West Province). Pahad had been a m ember of the…
EventInternational Conference on Sports Boycott against SA commences in Paris
On 16 May 1985, The International Conference on Sports Boycott against South Africa started their three-day conference at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The…
EventSenior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee
On 19 July 1988, Zollie Malinga, Bulenani Ngcuka, Omar Badsha, Jonathan Shapiro, Rehana Rossour, Veronica Simmers, Saleem Mowzer, Ngconde Balfor and Nams…
EventJan Smuts is born
Jan Christian Smuts, who became South Africa's second Prime Minister in 1919, was born on the farm Bovenplaats near Riebeeck West in the Cape. Smuts had a…
ArchiveChallenge to the churches: report of a consultation on the church and the liberation of Southern Africa, held at Mindolo, Kitwe, Zambia
Report of a consultation held at Mindolo, Zambia on November 25-30 1979, to discuss the role of the church in the struggle for liberation and includes papers…
PlaceTrevean House, 258 Wakesleigh Road, Bellair, Durban
This imposing dwelling was designed and erected in 1882 by well-known architects Robert Sellers Upton and Philip Dudgeon. A billiard room was added in 1898…
PlaceCape Town Theatre Laboratory
Founded in 1998 by Royston Stoffels and Warrick Grier, the Cape Town Theatre Laboratory was established in Woodstock, Cape Town. In October-November 2000, the…
EventSharlene Surtie-Richards was born on this day
The South African actress was born on this day in Upington, in the Northern Cape. She is known for her roles on television soap operas such as Egoli and the…
ArchiveAn address by the General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party
Address by Moses Mabhida to miliant partisans at Luanda on 26th July 1981 to mark the 60th anniversary of the SACP. Discusses the statement by the government…
ArchiveAmandla!Maatla!: en film om sydafrikansk ungdom
Amandla! Maatla! : a film about South African Youth made in Sweden by Magnus Bergmar and Kjell Soderlund in 1984A colour poster, advertising the release of…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 15 Belvedere Avenue, Oranjezicht
The House was Erected at the turn of the 19th Century and is one of the earliest Structures to have been Built in Belvedere Avenue, itself an Architecturally…
PlaceVictorian terrace House complex, Grove Road and Albert Road, Mowbray
These 9 dwellings form part of a unique Street Block that dates from the 1880s, and consisted of two terraced rows, of identical late-Victorian Double-storey,…
PlaceVictorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens
This row, of Double-storey Semi-detached Residences is presumed to have been erected in 1881 as part of a speculative Housing Development scheme. The land was…
PlaceCuthbert’s Building, Eloff Street, Johannesburg
The firm of WM Cuthbert & Co, shoe merchants, was established in 1882. Their Johannesburg building was designed by architects Stucke & Bannister and was…
EventTennis champion Frew Mcmillan is born in Springs
On 20 May 1942, Frew McMillan, doubles player with Bob Hewitt and Wimbledon tennis champion, was born in Springs. On his own, McMillan also won two pro single…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe receives an honorary degree
Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer and musician, received an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare in recognition of the major…
EventAZAPO’s first contest in SA democratic elections
The Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO) performed abysmally in the 1999 elections, managing to secure only 0,2 % of the vote which gave them one seat in the…
EventNew Afrikaner Political Party
Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political party in order to contest the 1999…
PlaceKaNgwane
KaNgwane was the Homeland of the Swazi people living in South Africa. It was situated along the border with Swaziland, and its capital was at Louieville. In…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… [15] Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989) who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, …
ArchiveThe student movement in the struggle for democracy
Speech by the guest speaker, Joe Phaahla, President of the Azanian Students' Organisation (AZASO), at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South…
ArchiveStudent political action
Report by the Student Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal,…
ArchiveHistory of Wages Commissions: formation, aims and structure
Working notes from the National Union of South African Students Labour Directive, July workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, 2-4 July 1982. Discusses the…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 5: War on sellouts!
In this pamphlet APDUSA expresses their concerns over the results of the elections on August 22 and 28 1984 ; as well as what the consequences will be of those…
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
Oral interview, in Kimberley, South Africa, with Robert Sobukwe (1924 to 1978), who was elected Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959…
ArchiveYouth On The March To Freedom
A1 Yellow, orange and black on white; litho poster; graphic youths marching and dancing; text: Youth on the March to Freedom; there can be no turning back; I…
ArchiveLegislation and race relations: a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations
This book provides a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations. Acts from 1909 to 1948 include among others those relating to…
PlaceLongkloof, Main Road, Hout Bay
The building dates from the late 19th century when it served as the wine cellar on the farm Moddergat, then owned by the Boonzaaier family. After the farm was…
Interview with Omar Badsha by Marian Nur Goni
An email interview with Omar Badsha in 2009 conducted by Marian Nur Goni for a masters theses. Afrapix: Some Questions Email interview with Omar Badsha in…
PlaceThe Pretoria Synagogue
Click on image to enlarge The Old Synagogue Building in Pretoria. It is now no longer used as a Synagogue but is now a Grade II Provincial Heritage Resource…