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ArchiveThe Crime is apartheid, the penalty is isolation: Paper presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Johannesburg
The Crime is apartheid, the penalty is isolation: Paper presented at the National Black Sash National Conference in Johannesburg on 22 October 1963,…
ArchiveWhites in a changing society
Joint Communique from the African National Congress Five Freedoms Forum in July 1989. Conference was an opportunity to develop an understanding of the…
ArchiveANC-TIC: report back
Green and white poster. Notice of a meeting at New JISS centre, corner Battery and Queens, Mayfair. Two items on Agenda and list of speakers. Also notice of…
ArchiveEmergency Convocation of Churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
The Emergency Convocation of Churches in South Africa was decided upon to work on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure the government to the…
ArchiveFarm evictions: Democratic Partys policy
Newspaper article on the Democratic Party's policy regarding farm workers and farm evictions.This was in response to an appeal by the Anglican Bishop of…
ArchiveObstacles to free and fair elections in Namibia
UN Resolution 435, which provided for free and fair elections in Namibia, was implemented on 1 April 1989. A Special Representative of the UN Secretary General…
PlaceThe Red House, Hiddingh Avenue, Newlands
The Red House is one of South Africa's oldest buildings, having been built in 1729. Lord Charles Somerset lived here and so did the Mayor of Claremont. It was…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 31 Carstens Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
The construction of this double-storey House dates from the 1880s, probably at the behest of CG Prince. It has a number of fine Victorian and art-nouveau…
EventKing Kong cast granted passports to perform in London
After long and protracted negotiations with the South African government, 60 passport applications for the African members of the original “King Kong” cast…
EventThe highest temperature in the shade is recorded in the Cape
On this day in history, the highest temperature ever recorded in the shade was noted at Goodhouse, in the Cape Province. The temperature reached 47, 8º…
EventRev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party
Rev. Allan Hendrickse was elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party of South Africa at its thirteenth Congress in Bloemfontein. The party declared its…
EventWinnie Mandela receives a 6 months’ sentence
Winnie Mandela (now Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), restricted to a Black township at Brandfort, Orange Free State, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment …
EventList of detainees is released
The government, for the first time, released the official list of all detained under the Preventive Detention clause of the Internal Security Act (ISA) since…
EventStart of daily television transmissions
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) started regular daily television transmissions on a single channel after seven months of trial transmissions…
EventBenni McCarthy of Bafana Bafana is bought for nearly R40 million
Benedict Saul (Benni) McCarthy of Bafana Bafana, accepted a contract of R38, 5 million to play for the Spanish club Real Club Celta de Vigo. The amount (over…
EventTrans-Kalahari main road is opened
The first road in Africa south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, the Trans-Kalahari main road, was opened. The road, linking Maputo in…
EventNewspaper editor John Tengo Jabavu dies
John Tengo Jabavu, the founder of the first Black-language newspaper, Imvo Zabantsundu (Native/Bantu Opinion) and political leader dies in Cape Town. He was…
EventThe Childe Herold is shipwrecked
The Childe Herold is shipwrecked The Childe Herold is shipwrecked off Dassen Island. A 463-ton British wooden ship, the Childe Herold, en route from Bombay to…
100 Years ‘Emancipation of Slaves’ by John Gomas, 1 December 1934, South Africa
100 Years “Emancipation of Slaves” First Published: 1st December 1934 as A call to National and Social Emancipation. The pamphlet was sold for 3d.; …
ArchiveLesotho Conference on non-violence direct action
Memorandum regarding the Lesotho Conference of non-violence direct action. It was set up by Transformation of Resource Centre in Maseru and held at Roma…
ArchiveOffensiewe optrede teen SWAPO
Memorandum sent from General Magnus Malan, Chief of the South African Defence Force, to the Chairman of the State Security Council (SSC), with regard to…
PlaceAnniskop, Hill in Karoo-Namibia
Hill some 13 km North-West of the confluence of the Annis River with the Orange River. Near the hill is the joining of the Orange River and the Annis River…
PlaceAmatsukeni, Waterhole in the Sandy Bed of the, Nwaswitsonto River
Waterhole in the sandy bed of the, Nwaswitsonto River, in the Kruger National Park! The name is Tsonga for 'at the anthill' and refers to the large white…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others, 12th June 1964: Judges remarks in passing sentence
The remarks of the Honourable Judge President Mr. Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Nelson Mandela and others, held in the…
PlaceNaauwpoort
This place is situated in Ditsobotla, North West. The name is Dutch for 'narrow pass' or 'narrow gap'. In 2011 it had a population of 7848. In the vicinity is…
ArchiveInterview with SASO leaders
Oral interview took place in the SASO office when Gerhart visited to make an appointment for a formal interview with Steve Biko, which took place the following…
ArchiveNaude wins appeal
The Director of the Christian Institute of South Africa, Rev Dr C F Beyers Naude, was charged and convicted in 1973 for refusing to testify before a…
ArchiveJune 16 marches
Title in black block with white letters. List of venues and speakers for marches in black letters on white poster. Black and white image of Hector Petersen…
ArchiveUitenhage massacre: why?
Black and white, with artwork of dead bodies lying in a pool of blood, and UDF flags flying at the top of the poster. Notice of a mass rally to be held at…
EventThe State of Emergency is declared in thirty six magisterial districts.
The increasing popular resistance and violent township protests amid the 1980s forced the South African government to declare a State of Emergency. On 20 July…