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ArchiveDawn 1988
Dawn, a monthly journal by the Umkhonto we Sizwe, documented the guerilla attacks on strategic targets within the Republic.
EventDisclosure of 1982 SA
Disclosure of 1982 SA-Swaziland pact It is disclosed that South Africa and Swaziland had signed a non-aggression pact in February 1982. The two countries now…
BiographyAchmat Dangor
Achmat Dangor, an award winning novelist and poet, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng), South Africa in 1948. He lived with…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
Hassim Seedat, was born in Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1930. His family came to Newcastle as traders in the late 1880s. He attended St Oswalds…
BiographyPaula Ensor
Paula Margaret Ensor was born in the early 1950s in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal).In 1971 Ensor completed her undergraduate degree in economics at the…
Benjamin Johnson Langa
Benjamin (Ben) Johnson, Langa’s father, was a Minister of Religion and his mother was a housewife who was also intensely involved in the church. There were…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
The period preceding the formation of the South Africa Union witnessed the establishment and growth of trade unionism which continued even after formation…
BiographyMenzi Mcunu
Mcunu attended Ohlanga High School. In 1985 he received informal training in art at the Community Arts Workshop, Durban. In 1987 he was awarded a bursary by…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
Oliver Tambo[1] In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or were imprisoned or deported…
Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin18, 6 March 1929
A tribute: Dr. Charlotte Manye Maxeke 7 April 1874 - 16 October 1939
League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929
List of ANC and MK members killed in combat, 1980s
BiographyPeter Clarke
Born in Cardiff Road, Simon’s Town in 1929, as the third born child in a family of six, there was much that his domestic worker mother and Dockyard handyman…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
Professor Stanislaus (Stan) Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni was born on 13 September 1933 in Natal, (now kwaZulu-Natal). He studied at some of the best…
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
… of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989 …
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… auspices of the Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) in August 1989, COSAS unbanned itself. On 2 February 1990, President …
ArchiveNUSAS 1986 Congress Programme
Programme of the 64th NUSAS Congress held in Pietermaritzburg,1986
ArchiveInternational Youth Year 1985
Offset litho; black and red calender; International Youth Year 1985 : Participation developement peace : The freedom charter : Lenasia Youth League
ArchiveSouth Africa 1984 calendar
Black and white photographs of Black South Africans in rural areas on a calendar for January to November 1984 with light grey borders.
ArchiveEncuentro trimestral Octubre 1983
Blue, gold, black and white poster. Artwork of a man smoking a pipe, cutting cane with a machete. Notification of a quarterly meeting held in October 1983…
Archive1986 Miners Cultural Day
A2 black on yellow silkscreen; graphic workers dancing and minehead; text: 1986 Miners Cultural Day; gumboot dancing; music, plays, poetry, book stalls;…
BiographyMoses Josiah Madiba
Moses Josiah Madiba was born 22 November 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He was one of the seven children of Jesaya Sekgoadi and Johanna Sebolaishi…
BiographySadie Forman
A fierce non-sectarian and advocate for racial equality and women’s rights, Sadie Forman (nee Kreel) was born in 1929. Her father, Bunim Idel Krill, a Yiddish…
BiographyBilly Modise
Billy Modise was born on 8 December 1930 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). He received an Anglican scholarship which enabled him to…
BiographyManonmoney "Ama" Naidoo
Manonmony Pillay was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 November 1908. Her family was originally from the Thanjavur district in India and her…
ArchiveThe 1988 Municipal Elections
Article on the 1988 municipal elections. It discusses the background information on what these elections will involve and why they are being held. Local…
Calender for December 1982
Calendar for 1982. Red calendar with black lettering. Black and white photograph of Nelson Mandela by Eli Weinberg. Title in three languages. Different…
B.C.M. Azania Calendar 1986
Black Consciousness Movement Poster. Mustard coloured poster with black lettering. Calendar for April, May and June 1986. A statement of re-affirmation of B.C…
ArchiveMonth of Compassion 1986
A3 full colour poster; litho; drawing man and woman holding cross, soldiers shooting people; text: Month of Compassion 1986; ...This is true: the hour comes,…