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EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation … the history of South Africa. It paved the way towards a new democratic dispensation and a…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of … magistrate, Pieter Kotze, found that no one was to blame for his death. The…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… The organisation was founded by thirty-two countries, a further 21 states have joined gradually over the years, … 1963, when its Charter was adopted. The OAU…
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… him as its president. Banda was born in Kasungu and went to study in the US and the UK. He stayed in the UK where he … persuasion, Banda returned to Malawi…
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi mother and a Zulu father. He studied Zulu Literature at the University …
EventKenya is granted independence
… followed the first all inclusive elections on 27 May 1963. A year later Kenya was declared a Republic. The campaign for independence in Kenya dates back to…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu’s son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… in the boot of his car after he had been burnt alive in a bush in Honeydew. An expert testified in court that the … that he had been alive when he was burnt…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… (now the University of Kwazulu Natal) was made possible by a donation from Durban businessman T.B. Davis, in remembrance … had started in Pietermaritzburg in…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… in the Free State and features exhibits dating from 1820 to the present. The Fort was originally erected in 1848 by … overlooks the City and is known to have…
ArchiveKei Road farmers sabotage meeting claims priest
… Newspaper article relating to the Kei Road Farmers Association meeting held to discuss farm dwellers' evictions. …
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front reaffirms non-violent position
… the United Democratic Front reiterating its commitment to non-violent democratic opposition to apartheid. …
ArchiveLegalized Lawlessness : The public safety amendment bill
… Statement regarding the abolition of pass laws in attempt to find a peaceful solution to the country's problems. …
ArchiveBantu Education: Yet another assault on the people!
… Call to the people to adopt the policy of the All-African Convention and oppose …
ArchiveHands off the universities: hands off NUSAS: dossier for the press: 26 August 1987
… This is the NUSAS pamphlet. It covers the government attack to the universities and NUSAS opposition to apartheid. …
ArchiveDecolonization by the year 2000
… Several hands about to cast the vote. Multicoloured poster with the words 'freedom to choose'. United Nations logo. …
ArchiveProhibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 of 1949
… The Act was to prohibit marriages between Europeans and non-Europeans, and to provide for matters incidental thereto …
ArchiveFighting Talk August 1962
… Fighting Talk - special issue with an urgent appeal to readers and subscribers to keep the magazine in print. …
Committees Drift go-ahead
… controversial Committees Drift-Glenmore scheme to resettle Black people from Grahamstown to the Ciskei …
ArchiveNUSAS Angola focus: does khaki become you?
… NUSAS Angola focus. White and black poster. Women to say no to the military. Artwork of a woman pointing a finger. …
ArchiveMSC : shall live
… White poster with black lettering. Words 'an expulsion to one student is an expulsion to all students' in centre. …
ArchiveGroup Areas Eviction Notification
… These notifications were handed to property owners to inform them of their pending forced removals from their …
ArchiveStrategies of operation
… An address to Black school students encouraging them, as members of the South African Students Movement, to oppose apartheid policies. …
ArchiveRepublic of South Africa Constitution Act, Act No 110 of 1963
… The Act was to introduce a new constitution for the Republic of South Africa and to provide for matters incidental thereto …
ArchiveLand as a factor in Black communalism
… A memorandum that examines Black communalism as a way of life and the right of all citizens to have access to land … Land as a factor in Black communalism …
ArchiveMy vote: my dignity
… Yellow border. Multicoloured poster. Photograph of a woman who looks blind. Words 'help to go and vote'. Belongs to anti-Mugabe campaign. …
ArchiveWe will not be silenced
… Circular publicising a conference to be held in Cape Town on 2 May 1988, regarding the resistance of church organisations to state repression. …
PlaceAppelkooskop, Ficksburg; free State
… of Ficksburg. Afrikaans for 'apricot hillock' referring to the wild apricots that grow there. Used to be known as Abrikooskop! …
Press statement
… Morobe on behalf of the National Reception Committee to release it to the media. …
ArchiveWho did this?
… Photograph of Trevor Monerville in hospital. Campaign to find out what happened to this man. …
ArchiveAreas of co-operation: what should UCM be
… by University Christian Movement about the possible ways to make Christianity relevent to all people - Black as well as White. …