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ArticleLife in Sophiatown
As population in the freehold townships swelled, overcrowding and rack renting became the order of the day. Black property owners in Sophiatown were themselves…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
Please note that this section is detailed and we have broken it up into 3 pages: Use the page navigation on the right or bottom of the page Introduction …
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major political…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
By 1895 Britain was getting more confident about taking action in South Africa. Joseph Chamberlain was appointed Colonial Secretary. He joined forces with…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
On 13 January 1949 an Indian store-keeper in central Durban assaulted an African youth. This incident resulted in a wave of violence, starting at the Indian…
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 …
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 4: indentured labour
Multicoloured poster. Produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photographs and history of indentured labourers recruited from India…
ArchiveJanuary 1990 : EDA : Calendar
Black and white January to December 1990 calendar by Environmental Development Agency. History of EDA. Black and white photograph of a man in a blanket riding…
EventBeauclerk Upington dies
Beauclerk Upington, advocate, politician, yachtsman and president of the South African Football (Soccer) Association (1913-22), died in Cape Town under…
EventPetrus Jacobus (Arrie) Paulus is born
Petrus Jacobus (Arrie) Paulus, General Secretary of the Mineworkers' Union in 1967, is born in Pretoria. Click here for more on Arrie Paulus. Read more about…
ArchiveSouth African Students Organisation: histori
The document traces the early history leading to the formation of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). An undated, estimated budget and…
ArchiveErnesto Recorre America
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna. Poster number 1. Short history of Ernesto 1928 - 1955. Multicoloured poster. Quotes from Che and Fidel. Artwork of Che as a boy…
Vote ANC
ANC election campaign poster. Dark blue background with yellow lettering. Nine black and white photographs of short history of the ANC. Coloured photograph of…
ArchiveIndustrial unrest in South Africa
Paper by I B Tabata on industrial unrest and strikes by Black workers in South Africa. Provides a brief history of the rise of capitalism in South Africa and a…
ArchiveThe development and formation of the end conscription campaign: paper presented at National Conference 1984
The development and formation of the end conscription campaign: paper presented at National Conference on 17 March 1984 discussing history of the end…
Vote ANC
ANC election campaign poster. Dark blue background with yellow lettering. Nine black and white photographs showing bits of history of the ANC. Coloured…
ArchiveOxford: 1970s: the youth take charge
Brown, red and black poster. Large photograph of the Soweto Uprising in June 1976. Quote from Nelson Mandela. Short bits of history and photographs from 1970…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
Introduction During the late 1970s and early 1980s the issue of drawing up a Workers’ Charter became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s…
ArchiveMay Day 1985 (Tape III)
Meeting with workers to explain history of MayDay and why workers celebrate. Cultural performances by worker groups.Role-plays reveal real problems facing…
ArchiveMay Day 1985 (Tape II)
Meeting with workers to explain history of MayDay and why workers celebrate. Cultural performances by worker groups.Role-plays reveal real problems facing…
ArchiveMay Day 1985 (Tape I)
Meeting with workers to explain history of MayDay and why workers celebrate. Cultural performances by worker groups.Role-plays reveal real problems facing…
ArchivePresidential address delivered at the Conference of the All African Convention meeting at Bloemfontein
Presidential address delivered at the Conference of the All African Convention meeting in Bloemfontein. Summarises history of dispossession and military…
ArchiveSouth Africas working class: a pillar of the
Paper by Jack Simons on South Africa's working class presented by Ray Simons to the ANC in-house seminar on Constitutional Guidelines in a democratic South…
ArchiveSouth Africas racist state and the national
Paper by Jack Simons on apartheid and the democratic revolution. Examines the history of political systems in South Africa, looks at the Constitution, racial…
ArchiveSimon Tembuyise Mndawe
Black and white poster. Artwork of two African heads and spears. Short history of Simon Tembuyise Mndawe, detained 22nd February at Nelspruit police station…
ArchiveDraft reply to commission of enquiry request for oral evidence
Explanation of the Constitutional nature of the National Union of South African Students, National Student Assembly, the financing and administration of NUSAS,…
ArchiveMemorandum presented by National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations - August 1972
Official memorandum presented by the National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations, including NUSAS (the Schlebusch…