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ArchivePlay it again Sam
Black and white poster. Notice of a concert at Baxter Concert Hall on 24th November. Artwork of a piano and two men dancing carrying umbrellas. Produced for…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
Artist Proof Studio (APS) offers a three-year printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
As population in the freehold townships swelled, overcrowding and rack renting became the order of the day. Black property owners in Sophiatown were themselves…
Luli
Deep Level Mining Only twenty years after the first mine was started at Langlaagte, gold had become the most important industry in South Africa, bringing…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
1994 to 1995 In December 1994 and January 1995, armed youth gangs in Alexandra Township outside of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, destroyed the homes and…
ArchiveUrban design
Sepia poster with black lettering and artwork. Information poster by University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Town and Regional Planning…
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…
EventCardoso's murderers convicted in Mozambique
Six men accused of killing Mozambican investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One of the suspects,…
ArchiveProtecting prisoners
Coloured photograph of two men sitting on a bed in jail. One in a white uniform with a red cross on the pocket of the jacket. Words at bottom - interviews…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in…
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
At Thursday evening's session of the Industrial Commercial Workers (Amalgamated) Union of South Africa, Mr. Selby Msimang (president) delivered his annual…
14. Suicide among indentured
By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. Among the many problems that faced them, and apparently…
The ANC and the Women’s League
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner One day when I got up to go to work it was very cold, and it was raining outside…
ArchiveUDF Unites
Two posters side by side. One white on black and one white on black. Images of two men held apart by one man in centre. Words 'constitutional proposals divide…
ArchiveWorkers Power Builds Unity
A2 red, yellow, black on white litho poster; drawing of workers holding hands; text: Workers Power Builds Unity; workers Power Builds Co-ops; Working class…
ArchiveFor our land well die: forced removals in So
White poster with black lettering. Black and white artwork of men holding flag with title on it. Notice of lectures, films, videos, poetry, drama and…
ArchiveNational service need not be military service.
ECC Poster. Dark blue poster with title in white lettering. Black and white images of soldiers on right hand side. Blue, green and yellow blocks of men in…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
1942 28 June, Martin Tembisile, who later becomes known as Chris Hani, is born in the village of Sabalele in Cofimvaba (then named St Marks) region, Transkei…
ArticleNdebele
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the organization’s early years. Events…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
A series of legislations were passed by the NP led government in the 1950s as it sought to deal with dissent and entrench apartheid. Leading political…
Presidential address by Alberth Luthuli to the Annual Provincial Conference of the Natal Branch of the African National Congress, 5 July 1956
(Press report) "The struggle for freedom must go on no matter how hard the struggle might be! It must go on because Freedom is the noblest human attainment…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
For the oppressed people of South Africa the commemoration of the twentieth year of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rightsbears a very…
Statement In Court By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. G. M. Naicker, When Charged With Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26, 1948
Your Worship, We are charged with the offence of contravening Section 20 (r)of the Act No. 22 of 1913 in that we did wrongfully and unlawfully aid or abet…
ArchiveFrontline states: ANC together: in struggle
White poster with black lettering, and black border. Green outline of South Africa, with black and white artwork of men with rifles marching across it. Image…
ArchiveSupport Sharpeville Six
A2 red and black on yellow; graphic men and nooses; text: Support Sharpeville Six; We will not allow them to hang; Ried Mokoena, Reginald Sefatsa, Therese…
ArchiveJazz Tour Contro Lapartheid
Black poster, title in green letters. Black and white photograph of three men in a jazz band. All other wording in orange lettering. Notice of jazz concerts…
Freedom Day Call by Albert Luthuli, 3 June 1956
In his national Freedom Day Call, ANC President-General Albert Lutuli calls on all lovers of freedom in our land to commemorate the past deeds for freedom and…
PlaceNdabeni
The racially segregated suburb of Ndabeni was established in about May 1901 near Maitland,North of Pinelands and some 8 kilometres East of the city centre. …
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Few people, including most English-speaking South Africans, know anything at all about the Afrikaner people, their history and their national aspirations. Yet…