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ArchiveA cabaret night: for the women of South Africa and Namibia
Yellow and black poster. Artwork of women dancing. Notice of a Fundraising concert at The Red Rose Club, London, on Sunday 26th February. Anti-Apartheid…
ArchiveBurning embers: mountain of volcano: Caesar
Notice of a play at Upstairs at the Market from 26th May to 27th June. Afrika Cultural Centre. A 3 Play Season. Artwork of a man dancing wrapped in flames. …
ArchiveInterview with members of the Street Committees
… Interview with members of Street Committees. Soweto has 26 townships and 25 of them have established Street …
ArchiveCongress Mass Rally
TIC Rally at Laudium Civic Centre on 26th June 1985. TIC and UDF Logos. Pink poster with black lettering. Thin black border. Notice of 30th anniversary of the…
EventAnother death in police custody
… Johannes Mashego (26) died in police custody in Parys, OFS (now Free State …
The birth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… was published in WSCF Journal, Volume 1 No 2, 1979, pages 26-31, traces the birth and development of the Black …
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… to be allowed to enter South Africa on a permanent basis. 26 November, Twenty five cadre including Ephraim …
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… the South African government’s military positions. On 26 August 1966 the first major clash of the conflict took …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989 1980 January 24, The Bulgarian Communist Party awards Dadoo the Order of Georgi Dimitrov. October 20 - 22, Dr Yusuf…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… in Daveyton, East of Johannesburg, South Africa. On 26 May 2013, two Zimbabwean men were killed by South Africans …
ArchiveECC presents Noise and Smoke in cabaret
End Conscription Campaign. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 26th, 27th and 28th September at Windows, Oxford Hotel. Black and white poster with yellow circle in…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… Women’s Movement in Action Protests started as early as 1950 when rumours of the new legislation were leaked in the … Town and Pietermaritzburg. In the…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… musical style. When he moved to Johannesburg during the 1950’s he met musician Spokes Mashiyane. They collaborated … later credited with the breakthrough of…
ArchivePanulat
Black and white poster. Artwork of newspapers woven together with pens. Pambansang Unyon Ng Manunulat (Panulat). Notice of a congress meeting on 26th August…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… the SACP, operating underground after its dissolution in 1950. 31 August, The state of emergency is lifted. 10 500 … 23 November, A police convoy is ambushed…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… National Congress (ANC). The USSR and Anti–Apartheid 1950-1985 The State of Soviet Knowledge of Africa before 1960 … represented by Joe Slovo and Eric…
PlaceXumabokwe Hill, Queenstown
… The Hill is 1 535 Metres high and is found 26 Kilometres from Lady Frere. The name is said to mean 'jump …
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
The Black People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella organisation of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). BCM had its origins in university campuses, mainly…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Citizenship Act (National States Citizenship Act) No 26: Required all black persons to become citizens of a … banning orders under the Suppression of…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC In 1950 the Communist Party, faced with banning under the … a lead from it in the struggle to…
March on Washington
… the Middle East. Word January down left hand side. Number 26 in yellow letters over black and white artwork of crowds …
PlaceAnnabella Sandbank, Durban Port
… from the barque, 'Annabella'. That ran aground on it on 26 January 1856. Subsequently the North Pier was constructed …
PlaceAmsterdam Flats, Region in the Eastern Cape
… which was wrecked in a storm in the English Channel, on 26 December 1749. The settlement Amsterdamhoek was also named …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… decides that the Defiance Campaign shall commence on 26 June. 30 August, 'We Go To Action' — Statement on the … remove Coloureds from the Common Electoral…
ArchiveResistance posters of the 1980s
Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition of posters at Roodepoort Museum, from 26th March to 31st May 1997, at Civic Centre, Christiaan de Wet…
EventCollins Chabane dies in a car crash
… died in a car crash. The fatal crash happened on the N1-26 between Mokopane and Polokwane at around 1am. He was …
ArchiveOn the eve
… has been summoned to meet in Johannesburg on June 25 and 26. …
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 November 1982. …
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… in Noupoort during school holidays. The Group Areas Act of 1950 had been encroaching on the lives of non-White South …
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… until the 1940s. Boonzaaier died in Cape Town in 1950. In 1973, his work was included in the exhibition ‘South … Boonzaier - South African Artist, Paintings…