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EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… after a Black person was shot dead by a railway policeman on the New Brighton railway station. People from the nearby 'location' rushed to the scene and, on…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… establishing himself as one of the main mining magnates on the Witwatersrand. Through his association with Cecil John … relatively wealthy by the age of 30…
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… Donald James Woods was born in Elliotdale, Transkei on 15 December 1933. He was educated at Christian Brothers … being banned. While he was banned he began…
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… (SASO), banning the organisation and its structures. On 28 April 1978, AZAPO was formed but harassment, detention … provided fresh momentum for the re-launch…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… Father Michael Lapsley was born in New Zealand on 2 June 1949. He was trained as an Anglican priest in … targets. While living in Zimbabwe, he discovered he…
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… Just after midnight on 30 October 2002 eight bomb blasts rocked Soweto. Seven of the blasts occurred on main commuter railway lines running through the…
EventRoman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago, cleared of genocide charges
… On 15 June 2000, Roman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago of … by a Court of Law in Rwanda. Bishop Misago was arrested on 14 April 1999 and charged with helping…
EventHouse of Representatives impeaches American President Bill Clinton
… publicly denied having had a relationship with Lewinsky. On 6 August 1998, Lewinsky gave testimony before the grand … president to ever have appeared before…
EventDemonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho
… On 17 September 1998, demonstrators closed down businesses … demanding him to use his power to annul the election. On 17 September 1998 the protesters closed…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban . She went to the … practice and effects of torture and…
EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… A labour shortage at the gold mines on the Rand resulted in the importation of Chinese labour in … Africa recommended that labourers be imported from China…
PlaceCuylerville
… and Thomas WAKEFORD. Settler Handbook Content: No. 33 on the Colonial Department list, led by John Bailie of 7 … was the first of the settler ships to…
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… Museum was founded as the Staatsmuseum of the ZAR on the 1st of December 1892. In 2010 it was one of the … and was founded as the Staatsmuseum of South…
ArchiveFOSATU education workshop: July 14
… Notice of a FOSATU workshop at Milner Park Showgrounds on July 14. List of events. Black and white photograph of people performing on stage. White, black and…
ArchiveMass meeting : ANC Dobsonville Branch
… Black and white poster. Notice of meeting on Sunday 15th September 1991, at Kopanong Community Hall. Regarding ANC's position on the patriotic front. Speaker…
ArchiveThe Black Sash National Headquarters report 1973 to 1975
… Headquarters report for National Conference presented on 10 October 1975, discussing: General Elections, Campaign on African Women, Migrant Labour, Program…
ArchiveLaw week
… Black and white poster. List of university courses on different aspects of law, dates and speakers, at S.S.1 and S.S.2 on Monday 17th to Friday 21st May. …
ArchiveMayibuye : Journal of the ANC
… Mayibuye in black, green and gold lettering on yellow background. Notice of April issue - On sale now in red letters. List of contents in green …
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… piece of Government-Owned Land between the Farms) on the west. It occurs in the records as early as 1853 and … Gold was Discovered in 1886 , various families…
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 February 1968. Baker's design for Stonehouse was … a long-windowed hall with two-storied…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin
… For The United Kingdom I first met Abdulla Kajee on the quay at Durban in July 1929, when I stepped off a … and Hindi-speaking descendants of indentured…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… the Council to admit 4 women into his Chemistry Class, on a trial basis. Owing to the exceptional standard of work … UCT was formally Established as a…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… him out of the train, and his luggage was tossed out on to the platform. The train steamed away, and Gandhi … was unceremoniously thrown off a train coach…
ArchiveWomen march for peace!
… Yellow poster with black lettering. Title in yellow letters on black background. Notice of rally for all women from all parties on 23rd September 1989 at…
ArchiveSharpeville commemoration lecture
… poster with black lettering. Photo of police with body on the floor. Notice of lecture on Thursday, 2st March at Arts Major. Speaker Dr Julian …
ArchiveTGWU Annual General Meeting
… Advertisement for TGWU AGM at Ipelegeng Centre, Soweto on Sunday 26th August 1984. Black, green and red poster. … Image of black hand holding flag with…
ArchiveNothing to smile about
… A2 black on yellow silkscreen; picture of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona … Apartheid education, nothing to smile about; take action on education; Join academic…
ArchiveA Healthy and safe workplace is your right
… black lettering. Artwork of workers in work attire; set on a jigsaw puzzle. With Technical Advice Group (TAG) logo on a puzzle piece; contact details of the…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… a new terrain of debate. In Dakar, Davos, Paris, and on countless occasions within the country, we sought … partnership;raising our discourse from one…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… a new terrain of debate. In Dakar, Davos, Paris, and on countless occasions within the country, we sought … partnership;raising our discourse from one…