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Masango Caleb job Mayekiso
… of raising funds from white liberal and inviting them to address ANC meetings.Between 1952 and 1960 he was a member … of May Day and June 26 in the eastern…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to the Treason Trial victory and the resistance of women to passes at its end. There had been tough…
BiographyEsther Barsel
… on 17 October 1924, Esther Barsel (nee Levin) came to South Africa in 1927 when she was three years old. She and her mother followed her father to South…
Letter to Farzanah
… Omar Badsha's first book of photographs, Letter to Farzanah was published in 1979 in commemoration of the … children. Through Badsha's social documentary…
ArchiveLetter from Desmond Tutu to P W Botha A letter to Pretoria
… Open letter from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to PW Botha, excerpted as "A letter to Pretoria" in a briefing paper by the Amercian Committee on … Letter from…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… by handing over the port and twelve offshore islands to the Namibian government. This followed in the wake of … Joint Administrative Authority (JAA) in…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… in 1956 when she adopted a mute Black boy (6). She wanted to send the boy to the school for the deaf in Worcester . The police forced … support for the…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
… Province of South Africa) Bishop of Johannesburg, returned to South Africa from his long leave spent in England. Reeves was not welcomed back by the South…
Britain is to send more troops to Egypt to help quell nationalistic unrest.
… Britain is to send more troops to Egypt to help quell nationalistic unrest. …
ArchiveNo to Removals
… collage with soldier, people being removed; text: No to Removals, yes to an undivided South Africa … No to Removals …
ArchiveFree to learn
… April 2002. List of GCE activities that week. Demands to abolish school fees and other costs to education. Eight logos across bottom of poster. … Free to…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, - 26 February 1937 WORKERS' PARTY … I write to keep you informed of…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… the constitution, nor should it be entrenched through the back door. 2. Minority privileges should not be protected … 4. Provinces should not be given powers…
Challenges to capitalism; Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Communist state
… content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new curriculum but further updates … grade 11 sections are under construction…
ArchiveA call to conscience addressed to Catholics by their Bishops
… Address by Bishops to Catholics on social and interracial justice, moral courage … A call to conscience addressed to Catholics by their Bishops …
BiographyMolly Blackburn
… Sash, which she had left as a result of its inactivity, to campaign for justice and the upliftment of black … her assistance. In 1983, she was asked by…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… a successful import-export business. The family was forced to relocate to Bloemhof, a nearby town, following the Great … campaign he actively participated in…
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… and rifles, forcefully moved the families of Sophiatown to Meadowlands, Soweto . Their possessions were loaded at the back of police trucks, and dumped in…
ArchiveCall to Whites
… Offset litho; red on white; Call to Whites; You, the UDF, and the future … Call to Whites …
ArchiveWhere to register?
… coloured background with black lettering. Lists of places to register with coloured artwork of different places. … Where to register? …
ArchiveA call to soldiers
… strip at top of poster with title in white letters. Call to defy apartheid call-ups. Black and white photo of soliders … A call to soldiers …
How to vote
… Small multicoloured illustrations. Voter education on how to vote in Transitional Local Council areas. Artwork of city … How to vote …
ArchiveTime to act
… graphic of paint tube painting South Africa; text: Time to act, United Bond Permanent; UDF unites, Apartheid divides: … Time to act …
BiographyStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
… Paul Kruger is believed to have been born on 10 October 1825 on his grandfather's … he and his family accompanied Piet Retief on his trek to Natal. Here he…
BiographyChief Maqoma
… Rharhabe division of the Xhosa nation. Implacably opposed to his father's ceding of the land between the Fish and Keiskamma Rivers to the Cape Colony, Maqoma…
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
… by Helen Joseph At long last 1962 arrived and I could say to myself, "It's THIS year" ”” this year that my bans would end and I would be free again, free to…
Bathandwa Ndondo
… the death of his grandmother, his mother took him to her elder sister’s family, the Ntsebeza’s, in Cala, Transkei (now Eastern Cape) to raise him. He…
BiographyLewis Nkosi
… and brash." In 1960, Nkosi accepted a fellowship to study at Harvard University, and left South Africa on an … Rogosin and William “Bloke” Modisane for the…
ArchiveUnions to form council to cover SAB factories
… Unions to form council to cover SAB factories …
South African Labour history
… There are different ways to tell every story, and the same is true of history. For … resources including links / timelines / books / articles. "Bound To…