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Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Royal Visit - 1947
… the Indian community had no personal grievance against His Majesty the King, but was the Head of the British … to the man who had legalised oppression on one…
ArchiveMandela Freedom Concert
… on 16th July. Image of Mandela with a black blindfold over his eyes. List of bands. Issued by Mandela Birthday Committee. …
ArchiveWorkers face guns
… when they attempted to discuss with the factory manager his 'first and final' wage offer of a 5 percent wage increase. …
ArchiveSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu: 10 years
… Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, executed on 6th April 1979, with his photograph and a rifle. Quote from him. Died on the 6th …
ArchiveCommunity arts project: winter school
… clown in the rain, holding an umbrella and paintbrushes in his hand as well. A notice advertising for various art …
Culture from Exile: Dakawa Art Centre By Jongikaya Mene
… coordinates programmes which assist local artists in their work and development. Presently the Dakawa art centre is …
ArchivePress statement: Death of Japhta Masemola
… of Japhta Masemola who sacrificed twenty-six years of his life to rid our country of the scourge of racism. …
EventKgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch (Mmalebogo, Lebogo) dies
… the Bagananwa in Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) who led his followers in the Boer-Gagananwa war of 1894, dies in …
Cassim Mohammed Bassa dies
… estate agent, community leader and sport activist, died in his sleep in a hotel in Johannesburg , where he had been …
ArchiveLetter from Jack Simons to Comrade President
… Jack Simons to Comrade President sent as a cover letter to his four page typescript comment (included) on the address of …
ArchiveGo well, son of man
… (Stanley Khumalo). Also known as 'son of man' Copy of his letter to General Secretary of SACP. Page from Umsebenzi, …
ArchiveSimon Tembuyise Mndawe
… 22nd February at Nelspruit police station. Found hanged in his cell 9th March 1983. …
EventEli Weinberg arrives in South Africa from Latvia
… Communist Party and trade union activist, was famous for his photo-documentary contribution to the liberation …
ArchiveThe Mandela Document
… by Nelson Mandela to P W Botha in July 1989, stating his views on the armed struggle, relations with the South …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… they young chief was determined to get the better of his uncle, Ndlambe, who, together with the paramount chief, … when he showed great reluctance to meet…
ArchiveEmerge and See
… poster. Artwork of a man with four arms and a gag across his mouth. List of artists. … United Nations Centre Against Apartheid 1984 …
EventAnother death in police custody
… in police custody in Parys, OFS (now Free State Province). His relatives reported extensive bruising and swollen face … A Crime Against Humanity: analysing…
ArchivePress statement on the release of the Sharpeville Six
… Six as they calls on State President to exercise his presidential pregotative to save the lives of the …
ArchiveComments on the financial allegations contained in the 4th interim report of the Schlebusch/le Grange Commission
… Cites sections of the auditors' certificates to support his refutation. …
EventWalter Benson Rubusana, founding member of the ANC, is born
… a founder-member of the African National Congress (ANC). His father, Rubusana kaMbonjana, was a senior councillor, or …
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… the state the power of the people, and pressure on the apartheid state increased. The state did still have the …
PlaceGuinea
… remains below the poverty line, nearly 2 in 5 children work, approximately 1 in 3 children under the age of five is …
PlaceThe Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
… in its own right,” remarks Christien. “Over 7000 people work at this establishment and unsurprisingly many have opted …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… architecture, with its complex's facades and detail work! The tiling on the front porch and in the two arches of …
PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
… of arms to be placed in the second-floor pediment. The work of Anton van Wouw (1862-1965) attracted the attention of …
EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… embarked on the Sao Gabriel accompanied by his pilot, Pedro de Alenquer. Vasco's brother, Paulo, … on the Azores where Da Gama delayed sailing because his…
Roseberry Sonto interviewed by David Bailey, Cape Town, 2007
… Rose Sonto describes student organizing in his high school in Malteno, in the Eastern Cape, in 1969, …
EventMpush Makambi wins IBO champion title
… Fight. He was later voted boxer of the year because of his exploits in that title match. …
EventSA politician Roelf Meyer resigns.
… Roelf Meyer announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party (NP) in …
ArchiveSpeech opening 47th Annual NUSAS Congress
… the experience of being Black in South Africa and his hopes for a better South Africa. …