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ECC peace festival concert
… Yellow, black and white poster. ECC poster. Concert on Friday 28th June. List of attractions. Artwork of two people dancing and clothes on the floor. …
ArchiveAgreement between Linda Malinga and Linda Bernhardt
… Agreement between Joe Malinga for and on behalf of Brenda and the Big Dudes and Linda Bernhardt for and on behalf of the United Democratic Front. …
ArchiveDefiance campaign: Mandela
… and white poster. Notice of a Mass Meeting at Great Hall on 2nd June 1982. Acronym BSS on bottom right. White artwork of people marching. …
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front demands unshackle Mbeki
… A booklet about the release of Govan Mbeki. On the 5th November at the age of 77 Mbeki walked free after 23 years on Robben Island. …
ArchiveUDF unites people
… red letters outlined in black with yellow images of people on bottom half of letters. Unites people - in black letters. All on white background. …
ArchiveChief Albert Luthuli : 1898 - 1967
… Words "the length of the term of slavery depends largely on the oppressed themselves and not on the oppressor". …
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… bomb exploding. We could have done this much, much earlier on numerous occasions. We did not want to be seen as terrorists; we are trying to put on pressure…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
… a sign that the Indian wearer must clearly be westernised. On noticing the new summer fashions adopted by Durban's … tie and adopt the open-neck shirt effect…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… Charlotte Maxeke was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young … performed for the Queen. Maxeke then travelled to the US on a church…
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… On 28 June 1894 the Natal Legislature planned to introduce … Franchise Bill intended for disenfranchising Indians. On the previous day (27 June 1894) Indian…
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
… South African artist, was born in District Six, Cape Town on 21 June 1936. Davis became a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he…
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… 10-stamp battery mill that was used to crush the ore on site has been removed and is on display in the mining district in Main Street, in downtown…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… including a School Building and a Hall, were opened on 8 October 1913. In 1914 the Building and grounds were … was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… The new government, led by Samora Machel, took over on June 25, 1975. Machel became independent Mozambique's first President until his death on 20 October…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… detainees: Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border; Arthur Goldreich, caught in the … Central Police station after bribing a…
EventGabon gains independence from France
… On 17 August 1960 Gabon, the last of the four territories, … Equatorial Africa, achieved independence. Gabriel LÁƒÂƒ©on M'Ba become the new president, he…
EventWW2: British 8th army marches into Tripoli
… On 23 January 1943 the British 8th army marched into Tripoli, … British Liberation of Tripoli, Germany was deeply involved on a second war front, with Russia…
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… Andries Dreyer was born on 10 January 1872 in Philadelphia, in the present day … he qualified as an N.G Kerk missionary in 1896. He went on to minister in…
EventP.W. Botha and Kenneth Kaunda in a historic meeting
… meeting between Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and Kaunda on 25-26 August 1976. The two leaders were together for … gave not even the slightest hint that they…
EventThe first indications of protest over Afrikaans in Soweto schools
… traced in part to the cutbacks by the Apartheid government on education for Black students. The result was that Black … task. This coupled with the Apartheid…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… dates back to 1471 when Portuguese explorers descended on the country. On their way to India, Portuguese explorers discovered the … Assembly, the journey to…
EventHarms releases his report
… The one-man Harms commission released its report on its investigations in the activities of South African … Nofomela and David Tshikalanga came forth to…
EventThe Big Three are convicted of treason
… than twenty other suspects. Though several were released on bail after one year, the Big Three were kept in Pretoria … Chikane and Tom Manthatha were found…
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… On 12 October 1780 Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief was born … Vallei, now known as Wellington. Retief grew up on the vineyard, Welvanpas, in what became the…
EventThe Sunday Times political journalist is suspended
… the newspaper after her admission that she passed a story on spy allegations involving the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka, on to…
EventThousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
… On 11 September 2001 thousands were killed after terrorists … the fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Trading on Wall Street stopped and the Federal…
EventCharles Swart, a student ranger from Mangosuthu Technical College, is killed by a leopard
… trailed and shot the animal while it was still feeding on Swart's body.The attacks by bigs cats on humans were largely blamed on Mozambicans who try to cross…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… and he called the TRC "the fierce unforgiving assault" on the Afrikaner by the African National Congress (ANC) led … true reconciliation could be achieved by…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… theorist and philosopher, Friedrich Engels died in London on 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. … entitled Conditions of the Working…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… surrendering, and subsequently their chief followed suit. On the day he was taken prisoner, chief Malaboch twice … at suicide failed. He was tried by a…