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ArchiveApartheid: hope or despair for Blacks?
… Black Community Programmes …
White racism and Black conciousness
… White racism and Black conciousness …
The new black middle class is a tool of the
… White poster with black lettering and artwork with an orange carrot. Cartoon image of P.W. Botha in a rickshaw holding a carrot in front of the black driver…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… Born in the Netherland, Pieter Wenning came to live in South Africa in 1905. Though he had settled in the Transvaal, he travelled … Pieter Willem Frederik…
ArchiveFree Geronimo pratt : fighting spirit of the black nation
… Purple, yellow, black and white poster. Demand for the release of Geronimo Pratt, political prisoner in San Quentin prison in the United States for 17 years…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Home education service project
… Ouline of a project to promote adult literacy among Blacks in South Africa. Iincludes a budget. … Black Peoples Convention: Home education service project …
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… Ignatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell was born in Durban, Natal, and was considered one of South Africa’s … an accomplished horse rider and fisherman and…
BiographyWillie Bester
… Willie Bester was born in Montagu, Western Cape, 1956. Bester’s mixed media works … strongly naturalistic elements. Continuity is also evident in Bester’s…
SA closes its consulate in Wellington after the New Zealand prime minister cuts diplomatic ties because of SA’s racial segregat
… Pretoria News, 1 August 2003, Today in history … SA closes its consulate in Wellington after the New Zealand prime minister cuts diplomatic ties because of…
Nicholas Edward Brown (85), expert on SA plants, dies in Surrey, England. He never visited SA because of poor health.
… Nicholas Edward Brown (85), expert on SA plants, dies in Surrey, England. He never visited SA because of poor health. …
EventFinal evacuation of Sophiatown by black residents
… Forced removals from Sophiatown had started in 1955 and by 1963 the demolition of the existing houses … Final evacuation of Sophiatown by black residents …
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… activities, Mnyele was forced to leave his family in Alexander, becoming exiled in Botswana. He became very active in the African National Congress’ (ANC)…
BiographyTraci Mackie
… Traci Mackie was born to a working-class family, in an industrial village called Blackburn in Scotland. When … time, as the funeral of Steve Biko , the…
EventTwenty Black students are admitted to the Pretoria University
… Transvaal University College. The branch was established in 1908 and has since developed into a fully functional world … 15 February 1986, the university…
EventAmanda Coetzer, SA’s highest ranked tennis star, is born in Hoopstad, OFS
… age of six. Coetzer began her professional tennis career in 1988. At only 1.58m in height, her petite stature has not hindered her … as she has managed to…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… Uprising and by underground movements which operated both in South Africa, and in other African countries these … them is Antoinette Sithole. Image source…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Press Release 3rd March 1973
… The Black Peoples Convention press release in response to the banning of Black leaders … Black Peoples Convention: Press Release 3rd March 1973 …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… Ladysmith black Mambazo won their second Grammy Award on 13 February … their album Wenyukela. A hybrid of the album was released in the United States and…
EventPrime Minister B.J Vorster supports changes to Black labour
… taking the necessary steps to bring about improvements in the productive use of Black labour. The government would not obstruct changes in … traditional work…
EventNatasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
… Natasha Sutherland began her career in the early 1990’s as presenter of children’s show Kideo. … speaking. Natasha married actor and singer, Steve Hofmeyer…
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… not to support the request of the Union of South Africa (SA) that the complaint of the Indian government concerning the treatment of Indians in SA be removed…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… In an interview with the New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged … and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA Special Forces, together with members of…
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… Navanethem (Navi) Pillay was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She attended … also under house arrest. In 1967,…
EventThe International Monetary Fund buys gold from SA
… is agreed upon. Read more on the history of gold mining in SA.972). … The International Monetary Fund buys gold from SA …
EventBlack pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers
… by the Supreme Court to force Potgietersrus Primary School in Limpopo Province to allow Black pupils to enroll, sixteen Black children arrived at school…
ArchiveSA and USA
… SA and USA …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England … SA…
ArchiveEye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town
… account of police brutality against High school students in the Cape Peninsula in the period following the Soweto riots, published as an article in The…
Shah Reza Khan Pahlavi of Persia, who abdicated in 1941 in favour of his son, dies in exile in Johannesburg, SA.
… Shah Reza Khan Pahlavi of Persia, who abdicated in 1941 in favour of his son, dies in exile in Johannesburg, SA. …
ArchiveThe new black middle class is a tool of the
… White and black poster with an orange carrot. Artwork of P W Botha being pulled along in a rickshaw dangling a carrot in front of the driver. … The new black…