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PlaceRwanda
Rwanda is a land-locked Country located in the Eastern part of Africa. People began settling in the area as early as 10.000BCE[i]. After several successive…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit separately. After the onset of apartheid Black South Africans…
ArchiveSWA/Namibia: situation report as at Sunday, 16 April 1989
Report from C von Hirschberg and J D Viall regarding the situation in Namibia from a military and political persepctive as well as the importance of favourable…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
Jock Strachan – who died this month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban by deliberately…
ArchiveWhen the people share in the republic : They will share in the festival
White poster with blue lettering. Reject Public Day celebrations. Drawing of an ox wagon being pulled backwards by people. Issued by UCT anti republic day ad…
Bringing The Struggle Into Focus
"Bringing the struggle into focus" by Peter McKenzie was also published in the 1982 Staffrider. (Vol. 5.2) and addresses the idea of "committed photography" as…
ArchiveChild care centre : we need it now!
Black and white poster with photo of back of woman with two children climbing stairs to university. otice of Mass Meeting on Thursday at SS 2. Issued by SRC…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
International political processes leading to the "Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa" can be traced back to the year…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of missionaries…
PlaceBurundi
Burundi is a relatively small country located in central Africa, and the name and approximate territory has a continuity with the Kingdom of Burundi which was…
ArchiveMemorandum on political prisoners
Memorandum on political prisoners submitted by Alfred Ngokong on behalf of the ANC to the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts of the United Nations Commission on…
Culture and Resistance - Cynthia Kross
This article by Cynthia Kross was published in 1982 in the South African magazine Staffrider. (Vol. 5.2) The articles describes the recent 'Culture and…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
Christiaan Frederik Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after C.F. Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his father,…
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town, on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles. Zwarte Maria Evert was the first owner of the Farm that later became…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
Former Mission Station of the Berlin Missionary Society, 22 km East of Ladysmith. Named after Amalie von Stein, who was a benefactress of German Missions…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
Founding member of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. During his political career, Eglin was instrumental…
EventThe first plots are sold in Mayfair on the West Rand
The Johannesburg suburb of Mayfair was laid out the farm Langlaagte No.258, the farm on which gold was discovered in the late 1800s. The mineral rights of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 8 February 1983, Volume 32
Transcript. Address by Advocate K P C P von Lieres, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable…
PlaceWandel and Barnet Streets, Gardens
The five properties involved are part of a larger complex of Georgian terrace Houses, The original portions of this House reputedly served as an out-building…
PlaceCameroon
Cameroon is sometimes referred to as a “true African crossroads” not only because of its geographical position, but also because of the country's great variety…
Place'Boekenhout' Farm in Rustenberg
Click on image to enlarge South African Republic president Paul Kruger's farm was declared a National Monument by the Monument's Commission. The complex…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
On 4 June 1978, Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London. Two years before his death, Tyamzashe was…
EventSA announces its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international events
The South African government announced its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international sporting events. Ironically, in the…
EventUN Special Committee on Apartheid urges a boycott of all SA racist sporting organizations
The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid urged a boycott of all South African racist sporting organizations and supported the African bloc’s proposal…
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
The Secretary-General of the Supreme African Sports Council, Jean-Claude Ganga, said he would admit white South Africans to the African Games provided that…
EventControversial Catholic Archbishop Milingo agrees to renounce marriage
Roman Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of Zambia married Maria Sung on 27 May in a ceremony performed by the Unification Church Revered Sun Myung Moon…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
The African National Congress (ANC) in Harare, Zimbabwe, agreed to "use its good offices" to facilitate the readmission of South African rugby into…
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
After the outbreak of World War I, there was immediate fighting in different parts of the world. On 11 May 1915, South African troops entered Windhoek, the…
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
In May 1962 Dennis Brutus, Secretary of the South African Sports Association, wrote to Otto Mayer, the then Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the Witwatersrand…