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General South African History Timeline: 1970s
1970 11 June, It is announced that Security Police have arrested the leader of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC), Dan S. Montsitsi in…
PlacePhuthaditjhaba, Free State
Phuthaditjhaba is a Sotho town in the province of the Free State. Flanked by the drama of the Drakensberg Mountains and the Maluti Mountains, Phuthaditjhaba is…
ArchiveNo jobs: make us sick
Multicoloured poster. Photograph of men looking for work at the street corner. Notice of a NUMSA Job Summit Campaign from 30th June to 31st July 2002. List…
ArchiveWorkers Art Exhibition
Black and white poster. Exhibition of poetry, songs and speeches on culture, from COSATU and NACTU and UFITUSA. Date 31st August to 1st October 1991. Venue -…
ArchiveOptions for a redefinition of NUSAS structure and functioning
Paper delivered at the 51st Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 8-15 July 1974. Discusses…
Document 29 - Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations
1. Introductory Notes These submissions to the Constitutional Assembly come at the end of the process of public participation in drawing up our new…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the…
ArchiveDetention without trial : 100 artists protest
White poster with black block in centre showing artwork of dead flowers hanging down. Black lettering at bottom on white background. Notice of exhibition at…
ArchiveStatement by United Democratic Front National Executive Committee on National Launching of the United Democratic Front
The National Executive Committee held a meeting on the 30th and 31st of July in Johannesburg to decide on the launch date and to define a common approach and…
EventThe International Monetary Fund buys gold from SA
The International Monetary Fund announces that it will agree to purchase gold from South Africa, subject to certain conditions. The price of $35 per oz. is…
Dont vote
White poster with black lettering. Black and white image of an apartheid boot. Notice of mass meetings. One at Riverlea Methodist Church on Thursday 31st…
ArchiveExhibition of alternative comix
Notice of an exhibition of comics from 31st May to 27th June, at Market Theatre Complex. 10th Anniversary year of The Market Gallery. Yellow, black and white…
PlaceAlbertyn’s House, Simonstown
The structure was erected in 1799-1801 by Alexander Tennant, in Simonstown. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 August 1979. …
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment
The Black Peoples Convention National Congress held in December 1973 resolved to reject the involvement of foreign investors and this letter sent from BPC to…
ArchiveCome to the fair
End apartheid poster. Yellow poster with black background advertising Open Day on Tuesdy 31st May at St. Georges Church, Parktown, by the 5 Freedoms Forum…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1994
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from 29 to 31 July 1994, discussing: Reports from headquarters, regions, finances, magazine,…
PlaceBurundi
Burundi is a relatively small country located in central Africa, and the name and approximate territory has a continuity with the Kingdom of Burundi which was…
PlaceBlenheim House, 4 Baird Street, Uitenhage
This imposing dwelling with its notable Cape Dutch features was erected in 1815 as a single storey structure. A second storey with a well-decorated fretted…
EventExecutive member of the Brits Action Committee (BAC),Abel Molokwane is murdered
Abel Molokwane (31), executive member of the Brits Action Committee (BAC), was shot dead in Oukasie, Western Transvaal by unknown gunmen. The BAC was formed to…
Meeting of the ILG
Minutes of a meeting of the National Interim Leadership Group (ILG), 31 July 1990. Discussed authority and powers of the ILG, function of the ILG and frequency…
ArchiveA brief general statement on the political situation in South Africa
Statement by the ANC National Executive Committee on the current political situation in South Africa, as examined by the meeting of the ANC National Executive…
ArchiveResistance posters of the 1980s
Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition of posters at Roodepoort Museum, from 26th March to 31st May 1997, at Civic Centre, Christiaan de Wet…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
OUR LAND AND JOBS NOW! PEOPLES’ MANIFESTO AND A PLAN OF ACTION FOREWORD BY THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF JULIUS MALEMA FOREWORD The year 2019…
ArchiveMarch for A Peoples government
A2 silkscreen black on white; photo of youths marching with ANC banner; Text: ANC Youth League Anti-Republic Day Protest: March for a people's Government: …
ArchiveBirds of a Feather Flock Together
A2 pink, red and black on white litho; graphic of three birds labled ANC, UDF, and hammer and scycle, on chain with ECC; logo reads: KGB ANC approved; text: …
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…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority of the National Action…
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in the Mpumalanga Province, East of Pretoria. Established in 1890 as Witbank, it is at the centre of a coal-mining area in which…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
For each individual photographer, there was the struggle to overcome the blind spots resulting from an internalised apartheid ideology. To see what had not…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
Documentary Photography is not encouraged because I think it threatens the core of what this country is about. It’s a very powerful medium, it touches on…