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ArchiveMuseum films
Orange, black and white poster. Notice of forthcoming films at S.A. Cultural History Museum. List of films and dates. Street map of venue in background.
Museum films
Notice of forthcoming films at the S.A. Cultural History Museum. Pink and blue poster. Artwork of Chinese children playing a game. List of films and dates.
ArchiveSolidarity with the people of Swaziland
Multicoloured poster. History of oppression in Swaziland under the Mswati regime. Call for a democratically elected National Constitutional Forum. List of…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 8: SACTU and workers under apartheid
Multicoloured poster produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. History and photographs of SACTU under apartheid. Artwork of new South…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 7: the early black unions
Multicoloured poster produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photographs and history of early black unions. Artwork of new South…
Black Sash Calendar 1988-90
White background with black lettering. Calendars for years 1988 and 1990. Issued by The Black Sash. Short history of cartoonists Tony Grogan, Jonathan Zapiro…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 1 :working the land
Multicoloured poster. Issued by the Department of Labour. Artwork of new South African flag. Short history of land labour. Photographs and artwork of people…
ArchiveTrade unions face the future
THE voluntary liquidation of the Trade and Labour Council marks the closing of a chapter In South African labour history. It also marks the beginning of a new…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which was popular in the Nguni ethnic group (Zulu). It…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land dispossession, economic impoverishment, and exclusion from…
Archive1992: AAB
Black and white poster. Calendar for 1992 from the Anti-Apartheid - Bewegung, Osterreich (Austria). Important dates in history of freedom of other countries…
ArchiveMay Day in SA
May Day poster. Black background with title in white letters. History of May Day in South Africa in blocks in black lettering. Blocks with images of workers…
Books for Workers from Ravan Press
A2 red, yellow, black on white; litho; graphic of workers holding books; text: Books for workers from Raven Press; Worker books, politics, trade unionism,…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 6: militant white workers
Multicoloured poster produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photographs and history of origin of white workers unions. Artwork of…
ArchiveArchives tell our stories
Multicoloured poster. Advertisement for the National Archives in Pretoria. Photographs of important events and people in our history. Logo of the Department of…
ArchiveAddress by Umkhonto We Sizwe Army Commander, Comrade Joe Modise at MK Military Seminar
Speech by Joe Modise at an Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Seminar, Lusaka, Zambia, 25-26 April 1990. Examines the history of the MK and looks at strategies for…
ArchiveNUMSA: early beginnings
Black, white, yellow and red poster. Notice of 10th Year NUMSA rally on 24th May 1997. Short history of NUMSA. Black and white photographs of people…
ArchiveHeritage Day: 24 September 1996
Brown, black and white poster. Photograph of Enoch Sontonga, and a short history of him in three languages. Artwork of Lovedale Church. Words of Nkosi Sikelela…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 10: rebirth of the Democratic Labour Movement
Multicoloured poster. Issued by the Department of Labour. Photographs of people striking. Short history of birth of trade unions in South Africa. Artwork of…
ArchiveLetter from Barry Streek, Secretary General, NUSAS, to NUSED Executive and others
General circular letter from Barry Streek, NUSAS, with an outline of the history of university apartheid in South Africa and the Acts and other Government…
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
Johannesburg – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost forgotten museum, rich with the city’s history. Located between the Brixton…
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
Simon's Town Magistrate's Court is next to Goede Hoop in Simon's Town and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. This museum depicts…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
On 6 June 1995 a historic resolution was taken by the Constitutional Court to abolish the death penalty. The court ruled that capital punishment, as provided…
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
On 23 June 1835 Port Natal was renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 37. It is thought that the first…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 35 - "New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott:…
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
The first International Women's Day was launched in several European countries in March 1911. It was celebrated on 19 March and over a million men and women…
ArchiveOur Party
Address by Dan Tloome at a meeting in London on 30 July 1986 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the SACP. Outlines the history of the SACP and its…
Make your statement
Multicoloured poster.Truth and Reconciliation Commission poster. Artwork of people talking and thinking back about past history. List of TRC offices and…
ArchiveSharpeville commemoration lecture
White 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 Cobbing …