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EventPass laws are suspended in South Africa
The South African Commissioner of Police announced that the pass laws, applicable to the African population, were suspended until normality had been restored,…
ArchiveNEUSA General Meeting
Notice of NEUSA general meeting at Funda Centre, Saturday 1st June. Cream background with red wording and images. Image of map of South Africa with hand…
ArchiveEducation Charter Campaign Transvaal launch
Education Charter Campaign poster. Blue and white. Open book in centre with venues and times. Conference at Ipelegeng Centre, Soweto on 13 October 1984 and…
ArchiveSWAPO news and views: fighting for freedom and justice in solidarity
SWAPO news and views: fighting for freedom and justice in solidarity. Book discussing: New year messsage to the Namibia people, Comrade Enerst Kadungure calls…
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
The Zimbabwean political activist and writer Diana Mitchell, who has died aged 83, was an active opponent of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and later used her…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship Michael Guthrie Scott was born on 30 July 1907 in the village…
ArchiveGreat power conspiracy
This book examines the relationship between super world powers such as Great Britain, United States of America, France and the Federal Republic of Germany and…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
BATTISS, JUNOD, FRANZ and GROSSERT. 1958. The Art of Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter. BEINART, Julian. Undated. The Popular Art of Africa…
ArchiveDissension in the ranks: White opposition in South Africa
Book that covers debates by the Liberal Party, the South African Institute of Race Relations, the Black Sash, the African Resistance Movement and the South…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 11) “Bantu Education or the Street” The first half of the 1950s was the…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner This book tells the story of Frances Baard, a black South African woman who was a…
ArchiveInterview with SASO leaders
Oral interview took place in the SASO office when Gerhart visited to make an appointment for a formal interview with Steve Biko, which took place the following…
ArchiveSpeak : women making history
Yellow poster with black lettering. Black and yellow artwork of children. Black and white image of women marching. Story of the march by women on 9th August…
South African Labour Bulletin
Large outline in red of profile of a man's head and shoulders holding open book. Various black and white images of people working around the head. Title in…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held in Johannesburg
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg 2 to 5 November 1959. Discussed were minutes of previous meeting, resolutions, press…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
South African novelist, Andre Phillipus Brink was born on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of…
Artist. Activist. Historian. This man is preserving the past to protect the future (beautifulnews.co.za)
Art is an act of resistance. It asserts our agency. Omar Badsha has identified not only as an artist, but an activist for most of his life. Born in 1945, he…
EventDr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi born
Dr Benedict Vilakazi, poet and writer, is born in Groutville, KwaZulu Natal, home to Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chief Albert Luthuli. He was the first Black…
NEUSA General Meeting
A2 dark red silkscreened on yellow paper; picture of hand with book, map of Africa, cars coming to meeting; text: The Doors of Learning and culture shall be…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
“The truth is revealed in people’s eyes. Words have so little value. You need to get under people’s skins. See what is inside.”[1] -The Shadow of Imana:…
Archive9. Know your rights
Page 9 of folder 2858. ECC poster. White with black lettering. Advertisement for ECC booklet "Know Your Rights in the SADF". Cartoon of a girl saying goodbye…
ArchiveImperialist conspiracy in Africa
This book contains a collection of selected articles by I B Tabata, the president of the Unity Movement of South Africa. The articles range over a number of…
ArchiveThe awakening of a people
The author has endeavoured to enhance the awakenig of the people; of the oppressed, by evolving the All-African Convention with new ideas in light of…
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
Prelims Preface Chapter 1: The chow-chow pickle jar. Chapter 2: Stepping out. Chapter 3: Indian Delights. Chapter 4: Fahmida's Worlds. …
ArchiveWe are there because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
Green, yellow, black and white poster. History of Zimbabwe. Artwork of an African man and child with a book. Photographs of scenes from Zimbabwe. Green map of…
PlaceKruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.
Paul Kruger used to be a member of the church in Pretoria. This church still has the chairs Paul and his Wife used to sit on during services, with the same…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede I knew Anton Muziwakhe Lembede for only four years before his tragic and untimely death…
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
Leaders of Port Elizabeth's Black secondary school children decided to end a four month boycott of classes. This followed after negotiations took place between…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
Location: back to this day in history search archive The state of emergency entered its 100th day after it was announced on July 20. P W Botha in an attempt…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
Former Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former South African prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was born in…