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ArchiveDemand the release of all political prisoners - stop apartheid executions
… White border with black lettering. Multicoloured artwork of people holding placards with demands. Image of industry in the background. 35th Anniversary of…
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… Advocate Anton Lubowski (37), secretary-general of the South West African People's Organisation (Swapo), was … Bureau (CCB) was held responsible for the…
African National Congress of South Africa: A brief on political prisoners
… Letter of complaint about prison regulations, censorship of letters and other issues, written by political prisoners … in Robben Island Prison, to the…
ArchiveThe meaning of Black Consciousness in the struggle for liberation
… The meaning and definition of Black Consciousness in South Africa is discussed as well as the challenge of developing community projects. The formation of…
Address at the Welcome Ceremony of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 25 August 2002
… Friends, Peoples of the World: On behalf of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the … a new Millennium. The time has come to reflect anew on the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Wednesday, … week ago we heard the happy chant and mock stick fighting of an…
EventThe first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC
… TV series, merchandising, conventions, and millions of devoted fans (Trekkies) all over the world. Unlike most … believed intelligent life existed on the…
ArchiveA reply to Livingstone Mqotsi and the anonymous members of the Unity Movement in Zambia by a member of the Unity Movement in South Africa
… Circular by Leonard Makhuza Nikani, a member of the South African Unity Movement, regarding a circular sent out by Livingstone Mqotsi and members of the…
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… Congress regrets to announce the untimely and sudden death of Seretse Choabi in London on August 19, 1991. Seretse was … though he continued to work in the…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… (now Limpopo Province). The founder and first president of the National Federated Chamber of Commerce (NAFCOC), Maponya is also a trustee of the Urban…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… a wheat farm called bloublommetjieskloof in the district of Malmesbury in the Cape Colony, Maria Magdalena Laubster … Germany. She was elected to the South…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were being tailed by … at Marius Schoon who was not home at the…
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
… president Clarence Makwetu announced the PAC's suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for election … express their political aspirations…
EventThe Black Consciousness Movement of Azania is formed in London
… Following the waning of the influence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), members of the movement formed new groups and some joined other … The Black…
ANC statement on the passing of Epainette Mbeki, 7 June 2014
… A The ANC has learned with sadness the passing of Epainette Nomaka Mbeki this morning at St Dominic hospital … has made South Africa poorer given her long…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of the Transkei Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African … government. Holomisa, who would become…
ArchiveA message to the people of South Africa: Authorised summary, 1968.
… Message conveyed in a pamphlet on the year 1968 to people of South Africa regarding gospel of Jesus Christ in South Africa against the policy of racial…
ArchiveStatement by the South African Council of Churches, June 1975
… Statement by South African Council Of Churches regarding a report by Le Grange, Commission of Inquiry on the Christian Institute and reaction from South…
ArchiveConsumption in the land of plenty: T.B. in South Africa
… Cream and brown poster. Notice of a Medical Students Conference on the 2nd to the 4th August at UCT Medical School. Artwork of crowds of people at bottom and…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… The Lowveld Massacre We would like to thank the leadership of the Province, the Region as well as the Branches for … scores of people were injured, as if the…
ArchiveReport of the political action commitee to NUSAS Congress 1983
… the Political Action Committee to the 60th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Durban, 29 Nov-3 Dec 1983. Discusses how activity…
ArchiveThousands of women and children are involved in this struggle
… black and white poster. Photographs and short histories of women who are in prison or have disappeared. Artwork of map of South and Central America. Poem by…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban
… Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban on 12 to … regional reports, pensions, labour, minimum wage, minutes of previous conference,…
EventA group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
… At 20:10 on 23 June 1946 a group of White men attacked and assaulted Indian Passive Resisters. … day. He had asked the government to stop "hooliganism" of…
EventThe use of Dutch is ratified in the Cape parliament
… petition that was submitted to parliament by the District of Albert (Burgersdorp) in 1857. The petition served as a formal plea for the use of both Dutch and…
EventBritish secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands
… Lord Kitchener, British secretary of war, was drowned in the spring of 1916 near the Orkney Islands. Kitchener had been sent to … Prime Minister Herbert…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present as History
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner I have shown in The Eye of … up. But mentally the white public is kept in a continuous state of war…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg
… appointed and ordained as the first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg a month after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. The following year he was elected…
ArchiveThe birth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… One day in July 1968 a group of students formed a separate caucus at the annual conference of the University Christian Movement being held outside ……
EventAKA, the Prince of South African hip hop is born
… January 1988.[1] He started out his hip hop career as part of a group called Entity, whose most popular record is “Touch … Video Awards in 2011. He also…