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Rally to commemorate Joseph Sithole’s funeral
On 23 September 1984 the apartheid regime banned the funeral of the late Joseph Sithole. Nonetheless, activists in the community decided to continue with…
EventThe Western Desert Force is upgraded
During World War II, the Western Desert Force was upgraded with the addition of two complete corps: the XIII and XXX. General Sir Alan Cunningham was given…
EventWole Soyinka is born
The Nigerian, novelist, playwright and poet, Wole Soyinka, was born at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. Soyinka became the first African to receive…
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
In January, Senator Edward Kennedy of the United States visited South Africa to show his anti-apartheid support to the South African people. He was hosted by…
EventNew Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
A Group Areas Amendment Bill, introduced on 7 March 1982 and enacted on 21 April, maintained the existing commitment to the principle of separate residential…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
Two rival political organisations in Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), led by Joshua Nkomo, and the Shona-dominated…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
Christiaan Frederik Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after C.F. Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his father,…
EventJames Sebe Moroka is born
Dr James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1949 to 1952, was…
ArchiveDead in one's own lifetime
This book contains a collection of papers presented at the NUSAS Art and Liberation Week, held at UCT, 1-4 May 1979. The six papers are entitled "Dead in one's…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
Residential area for civil servants, members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from 1947…
ArchiveNational congress cultural day
A2 litho poster; red, yellow and black; photo by Cedric Nunn of workers performing Sarmcol Workers play in 1987; Text: National Congress Cultural Day; Usuku…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church and Parsonage, Three Anchor Bay
The church building was officially opened by Dr Andrew Murray on 9 July 1879. Eight months later, on 10 March 1880, the congregation seceded from the Groote…
PlaceMill House and Water Mill, farm Naauwpoort, District of Marico
Click on image to enlarge The mill was probably erected during the early 20th century. Its water wheel and cast-iron machinery drove a set of millstones, and…
EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
On 28 February 1980, Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi died in Orlando West, Soweto. Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in…
EventMugabe announces the merging of ZANU and ZAPU
Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) leader, Robert Mugabe announced that Rhodesia's political organisations, ZANU and ZAPU (the Zimbabwe African People's…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a…
EventRetief Goosen is born.
On 3 February 1969 Retief Goosen, a prominent South African golf player was born in Pietersburg, Limpopo province. Goosen, famously known by his nickname "The…
EventMinister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies
Former Transkei Prime Minister and Minister of Public Work Stella Sigcau died at Durban's St Augustine Hospital at the age of 69. Sigcau died of a recurring…
EventThe United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi
The United States (US) shut down its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a terrorist threat. Following the threat, the US and British governments warned their…
EventNatoo Babenia is born
Natoo Babenia, a political activist first in India, resisting British rule and later in South Africa against the Apartheid government, was born at Coedmore…
EventEli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, is born
On 28 August 1908 Eli Weinberg was born in Libau, Latvia. Weinberg was a trade unionist and communist party member. He co-founded the African Garment Workers'…
EventFirst Black-owned newspaper is published
The first Black South African newspaper, Imvo Zabantsundu (Opinion of the People), was published by Thanda Press in King William's Town as an independent…
EventBotswana gains independence from Britain
Previously known as Bechuanaland, Botswana gained independence from Britain on 30 September 1966 under the leadership of Seretse Khama. Khama was elected…
EventBoer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals
Boer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals for surrender to British representatives, Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener…
ArchiveFifty seven years of NUSAS - Have we learned our lessons?
Critical overview of history of the National Union of South African Students in which the speaker questions the success of some of the policies and activities…
ArchiveCrisis News
Crisis News, published by the Western Province Council of Churches, Cape Town, "attempts to tell the truth of what is happening in our country", particularly…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… in articles in Searchlight South Africa , nos 3 and 4 (1989/90). Frank Glass and Manuel Lopes were always in close … See also my book Yours For the Union ,…
ArchiveThe failure of the Coloured Persons Represen
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts of Rhodes University. This thesis discusses the structures instituted by…
ArchiveNUSAS talks to the ANC
Subtitled: Reportback on meeting between the National Union of South African Students and the African National Congress held from Sunday, 31 March to Tuesday,…
ArchiveInterview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi
Interview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi who was a refugee in Kenya in the late 1970s. An adherent of the black consciousness movement, he became involved in…