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EventMinnie Dlamini, the South African television personality is born
Minenhle “Minnie” Dlamini was born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 7 July 1990.[1] Minnie attended Northlands Girls’ High School and studied at the University of…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
Early in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian passport by Haile Selassie, and classified as a…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
On 21 December 1988, the Pan Am Flight 103 was flying its transatlantic route from New York to London, when it was destroyed by a bomb. All passengers and crew…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
On 18 April 2005, Zimbabwe celebrated twenty-five years of independence after the overthrow of white majority rule, under the then Prime Minister Ian Smith. …
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
The Fawcett Commission headed by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent…
ArchiveThe open school Exhibition
Light cream background with blue lettering artwork of boy sitting drawing at easel
May Day Rally
Cream poster with red lettering. Words - venue, docc, com and baray in red letters.
ArchiveA vote in Aug is a vote to defend apartheid
White poster with red lettering. Red outline of box with image of two crossed guns.
Africa mayibuye: Chris Hani
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Book launch of Death of an Idealist
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Painting of the Sharpeville Massacre by Paddy Bouma
Painting of the Sharpeville Massacre by Paddy Bouma Source: mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.blogspot.com
ArchiveKhetho yavho ndi tshiphiri tshavho
Blue, black and white poster issued by the IEC. Artwork of a woman voting with a small boy.
PACT : elite culture
PACT in blue letters in blue outlined oblong box. Photo of a man with glasses. Blue border.
ArchiveSydafrika - ett hot mot varldsfreden
Red, black and yellow poster. Boycott South Africa campaign. Artwork of an atom bomb. Issued in Sweden.
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit separately. After the onset of apartheid Black South Africans…
The French Revolution
On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which would last…
ArchiveCalendario Tempo 1982 Mar Abr
Multicoloured poster. March - April 1982 calendar. Artwork of a woman with a rifle holding a small boy and a dove of peace.
Dont Support Apartheid
A2 maroon on yellow silkscreen; graphic fist crushing ballot box labelled apartheid parliament; text: people's power; don't support apartheid
ArchivePeace, freedom and the vote!
White, green, black and yellow ANC poster. Artwork of a hand casting a vote in a ballot box, covered in butterflies and crosses.
ArchiveCulture on trial
White background with green lettering. Three green lines for border. ACAC Logo. S.A.M.A. Logo. Title only in green outlined box.
ArchiveSix testimonios: bearing testimony - the stories of six ordinary lives
Personal life stories of six residents of Grahamstown's black townships: Nomelikhaya Lukwi, Nontebeko Tom, Gertrude Sukele, Ndoda Siwa, Johnson Mountain,…
ArchiveEl Salvador
Multicoloured poster. Photograph of a young boy, wearing a red scarf over his mouth, with his fist raised, holding a large bunch of flowers.
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South African artists of all races’. The first iteration of Art South…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
Origins The organisation known as Al-Shabaab originally emerged from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) movement in Somalia. The ICU began as a loose grouping of…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
Rumours had it that the Insurrections Ensemble was working on a piece loosely based on Aime Cesaire’s version of the Tempest for 2015. It has been hard to say…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
ArchiveForward to COSATU National Congress
COSATU meeting. Title in red letters on black background. Yellow poster with black letters. Black box at bottom with agenda. COSATU Logo
ArchiveWe are rich because others are poor
Black, white and red poster. Black and white photograph of a small Asian boy. Issued by Trocaire, Catholic Agency for World Development, Dublin.
Vi ar Afrikas framtid!
Black poster with white lettering. Photo of boy with bicycle in front of stop sign in informal settlement. Isolera Sydafrika Kommitten (ISAK). Isolate South…