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PlaceBree Street 173, Cape Town
The two-storey building with cast-iron balcony dates from the late 19th century and houses a number of commercial concerns. It was declared a National Monument…
EventEli Weinberg arrives in South Africa from Latvia
Eli Weinberg arrives in South Africa from Latvia. Eli Weinberg (1908-1981), a member of the South African Communist Party and trade union activist, was famous…
PlaceEmfundisweni
Emfundisweni, or more correctly Mfundisweni, was founded in 1862 as a joint project of missionaries from the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society and the…
ArchiveCircular on the London office
The External Affairs Office of the Black Peoples Convention was set up by a resolution to handle foreign public relations and programmes for the welfare of…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to the Twenty-second Biennial Conference of the South African Indian Congress, 19 October 1956, Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg
A spirit that refuses to submit to Tyranny Once again another biennial Conference is upon you. It is my good fortune to be privileged once more to open your…
Address to the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 28 October 1999
Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Premiers, Honourable Members of the House, Ladies and Gentlemen; I would like to thank you most sincerely for the…
Closing Address of Comrade Nelson R Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC 16 December 1990
This is an abridged version of the Deputy President's closing address Comrades and distinguished guests. This consultative conference has been called by the…
ArchiveMandelas moment of truth at CODESA
CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa - even the name belies its function) has come to pass; and for the oppressed the only truthful statement made…
Call for peace
Statement calling for peace as the past years was characterised by the most brutal violence unleashed agaisnt people as all peace-loving South Africans are…
ArchiveWhither Methodism
This is a speech containing an exctract from an address given at a seminar on Africanisation in Natal. This was transcribed from a tape recording of the…
Summary notes of a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation: Geneva, 20 April 1986
Report from a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation in which the South African government's position on influx control was discussed,…
ArchiveIn a few moments I am going to be shot as a hostage ...
Black, communist party poster. Title in red letters on white background coming through prison window. Quote by Gabriel Peri, foreign editor of the French…
ArchiveThe role of the Trade Unions in the National Liberation Struggle
An article about the National Liberation Struggle as their decision to join the United Democratic Front was made as part of their response to certain political…
ArchiveSWAPO Solidarity Freedom Justice
A2 poster litho blue red green black on white; SWAPO flag; text: 19th April 1985 25th Anniversary SWAPO Solidary Freedom Justice South West African People's…
PlaceCeres Road, entrance to Wolseley
Ceres Road was located at the entrance to Mitchell's Pass, and adjoined the Village of Wolseley. Both were established after the railway line from Cape Town…
EventA resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban
Africans made a unanimous resolution for a “National Day of Mourning and Protest” on which Africans countrywide would be ordered to stay at home. The…
The quest for appropriate representation
"The quest for appropriate representation" by Andries Walter Oliphant was originally published in VryeWeekblad. In this two page spread Oliphant explores what…
ArchiveThe future of the United Democratic Front
A circular about how the United Democratic Front was formed, its role, the relationship between the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress…
ArchiveBantu Education Act, Act No 47 of 1953
The Act was to provide for the transfer of the adminiustration and control of native education from the several provincial administrations to the Government of…
The birth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
This article which was published in WSCF Journal, Volume 1 No 2, 1979, pages 26-31, traces the birth and development of the Black Consciousness Movement to…
ArchiveReport on proceedings at the National Formation School held at the Fedsem 11th-13th May, l973
The Formation school was opened by the acting president Henry E. Isaacs, who briefly outlined the nature and purpose of this school. The report includes the…
ArchiveBlockade Namibian uranium
White poster with black lettering. Campaign against Namibian uranium contracts. (CANUC, London). Artwork of a signpost pointing west to Nambia and east to…
UCT Summer School 2020
Please note the following history related courses will be offered at the 2020 UCT Summer School. Local and South African History MASSACRE ON THE…
ArchiveCODESA - a gallery of rogues...
Those of us who, out of a sense of duty and for the sake of accuracy, spent more than 12 hours in front of the television viewing the antics at CODESA, found…
PlaceAdendorp, Eastern Cape
Village some 8 km South of Graaff-Reinet, in the Sundays River Valley. Named after the former owner of the Farm, NJ Adendorff, who sub-divided it into…
ArchiveResearch report
Research report on the study conducted to describe and analyse the effects of labour migration on marriage and family life. The fieldwork on which the study is…
African National Congress Youth League held the 25th elective national congress
African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) held the 25th elective national congress in Midrand, Gauteng province. Collin Maine was elected the new…
ArchiveNegociations: imposer: CGT
CGT poster. Light blue background with title in medium blue letters. Artwork of an eaten apple. Initials CGT in red letters on dark blue triangle. Word …
PlaceFaure Street 3, Gardens
The building dates from the 19th century, and together with its impressive cast-iron verandah, is an excellent example of late Victorian architecture. It was…
EventFinal evacuation of Sophiatown by black residents
Forced removals from Sophiatown had started in 1955 and by 1963 the demolition of the existing houses started. The area was reassigned to White residents and…