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EventEfforts to End the Anglo Boer War fail
… meets with General Louis Botha in an effort to end the Anglo-Boer War, but Botha finds the British conditions unacceptable. The battle of Wolwekuil is fought…
ArchiveLetter from Oliver Tambo to the NEC Secretariat
… Letter from Oliver Tambo to the NEC Secretariat regarding the NWC agenda, giving the Zambian Security adequate notice of the ANC's intention … Letter from…
EventMiners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines
… 2,800 South African miners embark on a strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances. Located at Vanrhynsdorp, the mines…
ArchiveOpening address to the 56th NUSAS Congress
… Opening address at the 56th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Durban, … November 1978. Refers, inter alia, to challenges faced…
ArchiveResistance politics will never be the same again...
… Article by the United Democratic Front on the seven-month state of emergency, leaders who were in … gone underground to avoid detention were re-emerging and…
ArchiveStatement of the South African Council of Churches
… containing a statement by various church bodies including the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, IDAMASA, the World Council of…
ArchiveDecember 16 to 26: Xmas against the emergency
… an image of a mans hand in a fist; holding barbed wire and the logos of NECC, SACC, UDF and COSATU on the fingers. The other image of people behind prison…
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
… in Parow, Cape Town on 22 February 1982.[i] He is one of the most popular Afrikaans hip hop artists in South Africa.[ii] His breakthrough single was the song…
EventManilal Gandhi leads a resistance group across the Natal
… Certificate given to active supporters of the Passive Resistance Campaign During the Defiance Campaign, Manilal Gandhi leads a batch of Passive Resistors…
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…
ArchiveBriefing by Mr D Simpson, Head of the State D
… African office in London where Mr Simpson explained the context of talks with the Soviet Union in December 1982 and that the Soviet Union would lilke to see…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, … up again. We haven't seen much happening here but now the coloured students have…
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
… again and I had to find my feet in my new home. After the lonely time in prison Esmé’s house was quite a shock. She … conversations. Now there was a…
ArchiveBantu Education: Yet another assault on the people!
… Call to the people to adopt the policy of the All-African Convention and oppose Bantu Education. … Bantu Education: Yet another assault on the people! …
ArchiveUnity Movement members charged under the Terrorism Act
… Statement by the Unity Movement on the political trials of members of the movement who had been arrested and charged. … Unity Movement members charged under…
ArchiveCOSATU salutes 32 years of the Freedom Charter
… Copy of the Freedom Charter. Yellow poster with black lettering and large group of people across the top of the poster. … COSATU salutes 32 years of the…
ArchiveWhere are the black NG churches moving to
… Article about the development of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk after African ministers publically denounced apartheid. The article appears to be…
ArchiveThe road to peace: resource material on negotiations
… booklet on negotiations. Includes theory on negotiations, the Freedom Charter, the Constitutional Guidelines and the Harare Declaration, and chapters on…
ArchiveLetter from Chester A Crocker to the Honourable R F Botha
… Letter from Chester Crocker to the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, on the continuing negotiations for the withdrawal of Cuban troops…
ArchiveStrategic priorities for building the African National Congress
… Speech delivered by Popo Molefe at the African National Congress Organizing Committee National Workshop 6 - 9 November 1990. The paper discusses strategic…
ArchiveTell de Klerk: stop the violence and repression
… of soldiers and a tank and a person lying dead on the floor during the emergency campaign. Organised by the Anti-apartheid Movement. … Tell de Klerk: stop…
ArchiveDivine obedience: a letter to the Minister of Justice
… Journal article containing an open letter to the Minister of Justice, the Honourable A Schlebusch, from Alan Boesak about the South African Council of…
ArchiveSave the Sharpeville six protest: no apartheid executions
… white poster. Artwork of a noose. Notice of a protest at the South African Embassy on the 16th March. Issued by SATIS (Southern African the Imprisoned…
ArchiveJoint Statement from the ANC, UDF and COSATU
… Negotiations: fighting with new weapons. Statement is the text of the official report of a meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, dealing with key issues facing the…
125 people die and fifty are rescued when a hijacked Ethiopian Boeing plunges into the sea at the Great Comoro.
… are rescued when a hijacked Ethiopian Boeing plunges into the sea at the Great Comoro. … are rescued when a hijacked Ethiopian Boeing plunges into the sea at…
ArchiveGrounds of appeal and addendum thereto in the matter of expulsion from the African National Congress of South Africa
… Grounds of appeal of expulsion of seven members of the ANC for criticising the National Executive Committee and its conduct. … Grounds of appeal and addendum…
EventMozambique stresses its continued support for the ANC
… Mozambique stresses its continued support for the African National Congress (ANC), in a statement made at the funeral of twelve ANC members killed in the…
EventThe International Monetary Fund buys gold from SA
… The International Monetary Fund announces that it will agree … gold from South Africa, subject to certain conditions. The price of $35 per oz. is agreed upon…
ArchiveWe will not move: the struggle for Crossroads
… A report compiled by the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) covering the period 1975 to 1978 detailing police raids and the intended closure of…
President P.W. Botha suspends Amichand Rajbansi, leader of the House of Delegates, from the Cabinet and appoints a judicial com
… President P.W. Botha suspends Amichand Rajbansi, leader of the House of Delegates, from the Cabinet and appoints a judicial commission of inquiry to ……