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ArchiveBlatante skending van mensgeregte (Article written in Afrikaans)
ArchiveParties say 'no way' to no-go areas
ArchiveLied van die Verworpenes (Poem written in Afrikaans)
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Madline Alexander Pillai wrote on 22 January…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The system of management committees, or local…
EventSA Boeing 707 crashes in Namibia
Pretoria, a Boeing 707 of South African Airways (SAA), en route to London and only in use for seventeen days, crashed and exploded shortly after take-off from…
ArchiveEducation as an instrument for liberation.
This Address to a fund-raising banquet for the South African Students Organization in Durban, June 1973, discusses the traditional role of education, looks at…
ArchiveAn approach to the Democratic party
This article argues that the Democratic Party is a significant force over which the MDM can gain access and influence and the Democratic Partys election…
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
Peter Hlaole Molotsi was born in Steinsrust, a municipal location, in the district of Kroonstad, (then Orange Free State) on July 18, 1929. His father was a…
EventMarlise Joubert, SA author and painter, is born
Marlise Joubert was born in Elim, Limpopo and grew up in Warmbath (Bela Bela). She studied at the University of Pretoria where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts …
EventSA artist Sfiso Mkame is born
Justice Sfiso Mkame , South African artist, was born in Durban. As a child he drew on sand walls. He received formal art training at the Open School and the…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
"As politics must teach people the ways and give them the means to take control over their own lives, art must teach people, in the most vivid and imaginative…
BiographyKrotoa (Eva)
Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao, a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was known as Harry/Herry…
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
Samuel Alfred Long was born in 1891 in Monmouthshire, Wales, Britain. Little is known of Long's early life, other than that he ran away from home when he was…
Richard Victor Selope Thema
Richard Victor Selope Thema was born in Ga-Mamabolo, Pietersburg district, in 1886. Both his parents were Pedi speaking but not originally belonging to the…
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
Dorothy Molefi is a mother who lost her child to violence. But what makes her story unique is that her child became an international icon of South Africa's…
The SA Corps of Military Police (S.A.C.M.P.) is formed as an independent unit under Lt.-Col. R.D. Pilkington-Jordan.
Fransiscus Jacobus Ludovicus (Louis) de Vriendt, Dutch-speaking actor who played an important role in the SA professional theat
Business Day reports that SA is about to test an intermediate range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Gerard Bhengu (also Benghu Bengu), SA artist, is born at an outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station, Centecow, Bulwer distric
SA signs an agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees governing the legal status, privileges and immunit
Gerard Bhengu (also Benghu Bengu), SA artist, is born at an outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station, Centecow, Bulwer distric
SA signs an agreement with Hungary on the abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announced that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The…
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…
ArchiveFree Geronimo pratt : fighting spirit of the black nation
… for the release of Geronimo Pratt, political prisoner in San Quentin prison in the United States for 17 years. Leader …
EventSA cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs is born
Herschelle Herman Gibbs was born in Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape. In school he played soccer and rugby, but chose cricket as his sport of choice. He is…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… refinement of apartheid rather than its elimination. SAN-ROC formed By 1962 it became clear to SASA that no … meeting of the South African Non-Racial Olympic…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
Michael Hathorn was detained in Durban Central Prison in 1960, for his role in the struggle. Recorded below is an extract from the prison diary that he kept…