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Revolt
Black, red and white poster. Artwork of people marching carrying red flags. Artwork of men in suits carrying handcuffs. Number 7 Revolt printed in bottom eft…
PlaceAddington, Township of Durban
Township in Durban, North of the Point and West of the Beachfront. It was laid out by the Natal Government and gives its name to the renowned, Addington…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
On this occasion the Prime Minister dealt with the policy of separate development in a particularly effective way. Adv. Vorster also referred to a few of the…
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
At the end of the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) of 1899-1902, negotiators for the Afrikaner republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free…
EventPretoria High Court Judge, Nkola Motata, is arrested
In 2007, Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata drove through garden wall of a house north of Johannesburg. He was found to be drunk by police and is said to…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
Anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, the first Black archbishop of Cape Town rose to fame in the 1980’s. After the1976…
Phambili ngevoti: phansi ngesibhamu!
Cream poster with red lettering and red artwork of a gun firing a bullet at a hand, and a pencil marking a paper with a cross. Issued by the Ceasefire Campaign.
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
The eldest person in South Africa and allegedly eldest in the world, Granny Moloko Temo, of Mogodi Village between Dendron and Bochum in Limpopo Province,…
1 de Junho dia internacional da crianca
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of a figure holding a book in one hand and reaching for a black star. Artwork of a sun behind the figure, a sheaf of corn and…
CODESA
Orange and yellow sun in blue sky in top right hand corner with white rays coming down poster. Black and white images of profiles of people.
Struggles for democracy : workers in Europe
Black, white and red poster. Title in black lettering on red triangle across top left hand corner. Black and white image of workers, one holding a gun.
Juro
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of a hand holding a gun on top of pyramids of sand. Quote by A. Sandino. Nicaragua poster.
UDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
A2 black and pink on white; silkscreen, graphic hand pulling up paper; text: The United Democratic Front was launched in Cape Town in Agust 1983 to unite a…
EventDaryll Cullinan, SA cricket player, is born in Kimberley.
Daryll John Cullinan is a former cricket player who played test cricket and One Day Internationals. He was an all-rounder with a right-hand batting style and a…
EventS.A. beats New Zealand by 3
Daryll Cullinan and Jacques Kallis sent South Africa to a 3-2 win over New Zealand, with SA being unbeaten in six series matches, with Kallis and Cullinan…
International Literacy Day September 8th
Green background with thin black border. Black block on left hand side with poem in white lettering by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956). Black and white image of…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout apartheid. The South African government needed to rely on the external…
Shakawe
Brown and cream poster. Notice of a jazz band concert, with Dennis Mpale, on 30th September - 2nd October at Club 500. Artwork of a drummer and a saxophone…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
Former Minister of Education and professor of political science at the Rand Afrikaans University, Stoffel van der Merwe (52), who left the cabinet at the…
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
The League of Nations, an international body which preceded the United Nations, agreed to hand over three former German colonies as mandates. Tanganyika, which…
Democracy?: our leaders are jailed!: 80% of us cannot vote!
Black and white poster. Issued by the MDM. Artwork of a magnifying glass over a hand with words 'white parliament' holding three mice with initials DP, NP and…
The unity we need is peoples unity : Organis
Womens unity poster. White background with black lettering and image of woman with hand and thumb raised. Small map of africa with womans head on it, initials…
PlaceAliwal Shoal, a Rocky Reef Off; Kwa-Zulu Natal Coast Coast
The Aliwal Shoal is a rocky Reef which is the remains of an ancient sand dune, approximately 5 kilometres off the Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke
CONTENTS Introduction Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary Chapter III - Dr. Philip - …
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
Public transport in South Africa commenced in Cape Town in May 1801, when a weekly coach service from Cape Town to Simon's Town was announced. Many years later…
National OR Tambo Memorial Lecture series inaugural address by his excellency Dr Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, OR Tambo International Airport, 24 October 2011
Mr Dali Tambo and the entire Tambo family, Esteemed Trustees and Founding Members of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, Ministers and Deputy Ministers…
Real men dont abuse women
Multicoloured poster, with artwork of the face of a woman and a hand over the face and at the bootom of the poster is the contact details for NISAA Institute…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
As part of the governmental process for transformation of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in Post-Apartheid South Africa, historically White…
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
Twenty years ago, one of the most significant events in the history of South Africa, described by many as tension-driven and known as the Convention for a…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. The house was designed and…