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EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… 'the Johannesburg Stock Exchange should be established. On 8th November 1887 Woollan founded the JSE by providing a … changed several times throughout its…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… and the Rastafari Movement. He was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1887, and as a young man developed a love for … Times and Orient Review, where he developed…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… began to take up colonies in Africa. South Africa took on a new significance and importance to the British Colonial … the British and the Zulu and at the…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… border into Lesotho. Their target was a cluster of houses on the outskirts of Maseru where members of the African … by the SADF during the 1980s. Read…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… On 4 May 1978, the South African air force flew over … It was the South African Army’s first major air assault on a SWAPO refugee camp and military base. It…
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… It began when President Brand planted a couple of trees on the 25th Anniversary of the Republic (the Orange Free … was declared a National Monument under old…
educating African youth and provision of large scale scholarships tenable in various
… On negotiations and suspension of armed actions Preamble … regularly consult with ANC membership in all regions, on all major issues. 3. Appropriate…
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… M. Naicker, waited upon the Prime Minister, J. C. Smuts, on 9 November 1945 and presented the following memorandum. … to consider favourably: (a) extending…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Propagation Centre] had suggested publishing a book on Muslim history in South Africa. Al-hamdu lillah, I have to … to Achmat Davids for reading the…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… Youth Day marks not just the sacrifices made by the youth on that day, but also of those children who defied “Bantu … Bank in Pretoria. Youth Day is…
PlaceEmpangeni
… Empangeni, a town about 160 km from Durban on the R34 just off the N2, is positioned in the hilly … This thought to refer to the number of crocodile attacks…
PlaceHazyview
… during summers, typical of the African Bushveld whilst on Safari. Hazyview is central to the Kruger Lowveld Region … complex in Hazyview. Most of the Town’s…
ArchiveI comunisti umbri aderiscono alla marcia perugia-assisi
… Partisto Communista Italiano. Multicoloured footsteps on white background. …
ArchiveBlack Sash Border Region
… Report on the activities of the Black Sash Border Advice Office, 1987 …
ArchiveSputnik: monthy illustrated digest of the Soviet press
… Calendar for 1988 on multicoloured photograph of summer in the Artic, Walruses. …
May Day
… A2 black and red on white; photo workers demonstrating; text: MAY DAY …
ArchiveEen volk land stryd: Boikot elections
… Silkscreened; black on green; Een volk land stryd: Boikot elections: Aksie Jeug …
ArchiveSSRC Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 1, August 1977.
… Newsletter containing poetry and articles on the liberation struggle in South Africa. …
ArchiveCall to whites: Durban Education Conference report back
… Silkscreened brown on yellow; Call to whites: Durban Education Conference report …
ArchiveStop short
… Red and white poster. Artwork of a traffic sign with title on it. …
Taxi talk: Soapies wet our TV screens
… Article about the way women are portrayed in soap operas on TV. …
ArchiveIntroductory essay: the South African Communist Party, 1950 - 1994
… Introductory essay on the South African Communist Party from 1950 to 1994. …
PlaceWellington Road 23 -25 and Mortimer Road 7
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 September 1985. …
PlaceCE Froelich Shop, 58 Voortrekker Road, Pearston
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 October 1987. …
ArchiveSecond banning order for Jack Simons
… Second banning order for Jack Simons issued on 3rd December, 1964. …
ArchiveLetter from I B Tabata to A P Mda
… Letter from I B Tabata to A P Mda reporting on a meeting with Mandela and Sisulu. …
ArchiveProbation
… Inner-Party circular on the issue of a probation period for new members. …
ArchiveKgosi ke Kgosi : ka batho
… Red letters on yellow background. Black and white photo with red border. …
ArchiveHave you been paid lately?
… Yellow poster on green background. Black lettering. List of complaints. ANC …
ArchiveStaatsveiligheidraad, 16 Julie 1979: Besluite
… Decisions made at a State Security Coucil meeting held on 16 July 1979. …