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ArchiveFOSATU education lectures
Cream background with black lettering. Notice of a series of lectures from Monday, July 11 to Tuesday, July 19, at University of Witwatersrand, on history and…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
Beige, red, black and white poster. History of imperialism and the start of the first world war. Various artwork of people fighting. Map of Africa divided up. …
PlaceLime Kilns, Farm Grootgeluk, Nelspruit
These old limekilns are easily overlooked even though they are on a National Heritage site. So take the time, have a look and relive some of the history of the…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 5: South Africas fir
Multicoloured poster produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photograph of original Food and Canning Workers Union formed in 1941 in…
ArchiveSpeech delivered by Joe Slovo
Joe Slovo's speech to mark the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the SACP on the 30th July 1981 in Maputo. Reflects on the history of the SACP and its…
ArchiveJoburg City : Whose City?
White poster with black lettering. Notice of an oral history research project and photographic exhibition, at Johannesburg Art Gallery, Joubert Park. Black and…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
Yellow, red, black and white poster. History of cotton in the Southern United States of America, the start of the Civil War, and the end of slavery. Series of…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
Blue, black, red and white poster. Artwork and photographs of German people, including Hitler. History of the Nazi occupation and attrocities and start of…
ArchiveWe are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain.
Yellow, brown, black and white poster. Map of ancient world. Ancient civilisations. History of how the Spanish destroyed the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas of…
EventUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the United Nations
The UN adopts and proclaims the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The day is recognised and celebrated as International Human Rights Day. For a link to…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by abolitionists like Granville Scott and William Wilberforce,[i] for the…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
Two different current Narratives refugeesTo many Afrikaans speaking white people in South Africa the narrative of what in South Africa is called ‘The 2nd…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
This museum is also known as the Natal Settlers Museum. The property originally extended from the Bay to St Andrew's Street, and belonged to a man named: …
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 December 1978. Newlands in Cape Town is home to the Josephine Mill which was built in 1840…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
The first prison building in Tshwane, built by Alexander Anderson at the corner of Pretorius and Paul Kruger streets, has an appealing History. Anderson was a…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
Thelma Gutsche a South African scholar, historian and film critic dies in the Cape. Thelma Gutsche was born to Dr and Mrs J Gutsche in Somerset West in the…
EventMarc Lottering was born on this day
On this day Marc Eugene Lottering, one of the most prominent comedians and entertainers in South African history, was born in Cape Town. [i] Endnotes [i]…
ArchiveTwenty years of our lives: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Cape Town
Twenty years of our lives: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Cape Town on 10 March 1975. Discusses History of Black Sash,…
ArchiveNUSAS in the 1970s
Position paper by Neville Curtis, President of the National Union of South African Students, prepared for the 46th Annual Congress of the Union, 14th to 25th…
ArchiveNatal and the 1960 Republican Referendum
Thesis has been submitted for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal,…
ArchivePaper on apartheid presented on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on apartheid, held at Brasilia, Brazil, 23rd August - 5th September 1966
Paper on apartheid presented by R M Resha on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on Apartheid,…
ArchiveWorld Vision International: what is it up to
Article in which Jeffrey Marishane raises concerns regarding the real motives of the World Vision's presence in Southern Africa, in its history there are…
EventRioting erupts in Soweto
Riots erupt again in Soweto and spread to other townships in South Africa. The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, again banned public meetings under the…
ArchiveLong bitter struggle at Frame has ended
The longest recognition struggle in South African labour history has come to an end. Nearly 2 000 National Union of Textile Worker members at the giant…
Address at the South African Millenium Trust Launch, Kyalami 19 November 1998
Master of Ceremonies, "The tree of our bitterness has come full leaf: and the fall of our century will carry the foliage away: we watered the root with our…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
1912 18 May, Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu is born in Engcobo District in the Transkei, in the same year, the ANC was formed. 1920 Walter returns from his…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of the PACT government in 1924. The NP was the governing party of South Africa from…
ArchiveAddress to the staff and students of the Lenin Party School
Speech made by Jack Simons to the staff and students of the Lenin Party School at the closing ceremony of the 1981-1982 academic year and in celebration of the…
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…
ArchiveStudent international
Paper presented at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 16 July 1970. Paper discusses the history of student organisations…