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ArchiveSWAPO 25 Years Of Heroic Struggle
… logo, text: 25th Anniversary 1960 1985 SWAPO 25 years of Heroic Struggle … SWAPO 25 Years Of Heroic Struggle …
EventHosni Mubarak, President of Egypt is born
… in Kafr-El-Meslha. Upon completing high school, he joined the Egyptian Military Academy, where he received a bachelor's degree in Military Science. He later…
ArchiveRemember victims of apartheid : Christmas 1984
… Red, yellow, black and white poster. Image of bodies on floor and people walking in background. Black … Remember victims of apartheid : Christmas 1984 …
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 … to suppress growing opposition…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… racial equality and, himself a Zulu, devoted his life to the betterment of the Zulu people. In 1942, he was elected to the Native … Africa, 1965 - 1975. A…
ArchiveArtwork of half skull/half face
… Black and white poster. Artwork of half face and half skull, wearing a hat, with word … Artwork of half skull/half face …
EventProvincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns
… Following allegations of corruption and nepotism, Free State Provincial Premier Patrick "Terror" Lekota and the entire Provincial Executive Committee…
ArchivePersonal Message to H. E. R. F. Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information from Under Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger
… A personal message from the US Under Secretary of State to the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the … Personal Message to H. E. R. F…
ArchiveAction against students and intimidation of students
… Appendix C to the President's Report at the 45th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University … Action against students and…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
… From the 16th century right up to the 19th, slaves from Ethiopia were sold across the world. … modernise Ethiopia and led the country to become a member of…
50 years of forced removals under apartheid
… & to bring banners with their communities' names on them. The programme will end with speeches, performances and music. The aim of this occasion is to create…
EventWinnie Mandela attacked by a group of people
… Winnie Mandela, at the time wife of imprisoned African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson … was pelted with eggs and cool drink cans while leaving the…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt
… Gamal Abdel Nasser, an Arab nationalist, became premier of Egypt following a military coup. Under his leadership Egypt continued its participation in the…
ArchiveThrough the cross: the South African churchs
… Interview with Frank Chikane as General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches … Through the cross: the South African churchs …
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and respect for defeating the Italian colonizers. He…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… The 1940s opened with the devastating Second World War in full swing. This decade … to a flourishing industrial economy with the development of many new…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), … Political executions in South Africa by the…
Ten-year-old Liam Aspeling is snatched from a car by a gang of five in front of his home in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg. T
… Ten-year-old Liam Aspeling is snatched from a car by a gang of five in front of his home in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg. T …
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… Expanding European frontiers The Trek Boers, with their servants and slaves, move inland From the late 1600s and into the 1700s, the Cape settlers moved ……
ArchiveCriminal Law Amendment Act, No 8 of 1953
… The Act was to provide for increased penalties for offences … committed under certain circumstances; to prohibit the offer or acceptance of financial or…
ArchiveRule of security defence and code of conduct: Introduction - let us defend our ANC and our people
… Memorandum, possibly compliled by Joe Slovo, about the rule of security defence and code of conduct for ANC. Note that the document is barely legible. … Rule…
EventWomen call for alternative ways of conscription
… The Star reported that a number of women called on the government at a press conference to permit those men who … gathered as mothers, wives and sisters and…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment
… The Black Peoples Convention National Congress held in December 1973 resolved to reject the involvement of foreign investors and this letter sent from BPC to…
EventThe second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats
… The second election to the Coloured Persons' R epresentative Council resulted in an … anti-apartheid Labour Party (LP). The LP won thirty-one of the fourty…
EventMinister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies
… Former Transkei Prime Minister and Minister of Public Work Stella Sigcau died at Durban's St Augustine Hospital at the age of 69. Sigcau died of a recurring…
ArchiveCelebrating 50 years of South Africas Freedo
… Black, red, yellow and white poster. COSATU logo. Artwork of people protesting. 50th Annniversary poster of the signing of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown,…
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… This message was published early in April 1958, before the general elections. Sir or Madam, You may be surprised to receive this message from the African…
ArchivePhotograph of Dr. J L Dubes house, at Ohlang
… A photograph taken of the home of the late Dr. J.L. Dube, at Ohlanga. … Photograph of Dr. J L Dubes house, at Ohlang …
ArchivePhotograph of Dr. J L Dubes tombstone, at Oh
… A photograph taken of the tombstone of the late Dr. J.L. Dube, at Ohlanga. … Photograph of Dr. J L Dubes tombstone, at Oh …
ArchiveA statement on apartheid and a confession of faith
… Statement by the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sendingkerk (NGK) on separate development, racism as an ideology and the relationship between the NGK and the NG…