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ArchiveNon-Violence News, Third Quarter, 1982
… nonviolent means of change and the trial of Neil Mitchell, a Roman Catholic high school teacher who refused to do his call-up duties with the South African…
ArchiveNUSAS July Festival
… lettering. Notice of Festival at Wits University. 2nd to 7th July. Artwork of outline of South Africa with jail bars over it with a white dove flying out of…
ArchiveShould we participate in tri-cameralism? A position promoting the idea
… An article about whether or not to participate in a tri-cameralism, a writer starts off by saying that, entering parliament, is … Should we participate in…
Enlightened self-interest and the liberal spirit
… and the liberal spirit might not be beneficial to the liberation struggle and to South Africans on the whole. The relationship between the …
ArchiveResolutions of the Eight National Conference of the South African Council of Churches, July 27-29, 1976
… National Conference, which includes the call for detainees to be charged or released, the right for students to non-violent protest and the rejection of the…
EventMarc Lottering was born on this day
… history, was born in Cape Town. [i] Endnotes [i] Getting to know Marc Lottering, http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/news/getting-to-know-marc-lottering-978181#.U…
ArchiveStatess policy of deception
… in its latest statement that the conference has nothing to do with the promotion of the struggle for democracy, except to confuse it and destroy it. …
ArchiveStatement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information
… Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of information regarding a certain press reports and editorial comment, to the effect that the government is asking…
ArchiveWomen against apartheid in South Africa
… apartheid, the lives of some of the women who have gone to prison, been banned and banished because of their opposition to apartheid. …
ArchiveAfrican National Congress: Year of the Cadre
… Some text in red. Calendar for six months from January to June 1985. List of important dates. Yellow, red, black and white artwork of Students marching…
NEUSA General Meeting
… picture of hand with book, map of Africa, cars coming to meeting; text: The Doors of Learning and culture shall be opened to all; Teachers Unite...for a…
EventFirst international tour in 27 years for South African Proteas
… in India with garlands and standing ovations, and played to capacity crowds. South African cricket, with Bacher's able administrative team, went from…
ArchiveUrban Bantu Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961
… The Act was to provide for the establishment of urban Bantu councils, the … in certain areas, and matters incidental thereto, and to amend the Natives (Urban…
ArchiveMinutes of National Conference of the Black Sash held at Durban
… Conference of the Black Sash held at Durban from 2 to 5 March 1989, discussing: Reports from National … punishment, resolutions and strategies, affiliation…
Minutes of Extended Management Committee, 11 August 1981
… Minutes of an extended ANC Management Committee meeting, to discuss various organisational issues. Includes minutes of a National Executive Council meeting…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1958
… Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, October 14 to 17 1958. Discussed were formation of steering/press … regional reports, resolutions, proposed…
ArchiveHow many???
… the moment? Every worker knows that the only real answer to this question is that it is too many. But it is important to know just how many people are…
PlaceAllemanskraal or Aldam, Free State Province
… The name is derived from the Allemanskraal dam, some 9 km to the North-West. The Sand River Convention was signed there in 1852, which gave independence to…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation by ANC President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, on … Davenport, Rodney and Christopher…
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… Provisional protection of a monument- Dockhouse No. 1 and No. 2, off Portswood Road, … Station. The Entrance and Boundary Wall are adjacent to the Moorings…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… of Macassar, Western Cape, was swiftly evacuated after a 15 000 ton sulphur dioxide stockpile belonging to the local African Explosives and Chemical…
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
… was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town . [i] Peter is a South African alpine skier. [ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years old,…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… Sir Winston Churchill escaped from this Building when, for a time it was used to House Prisoners-of-War, during the Anglo-Boer War . … Anglo-Boer War …
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
… were living in Wale Street at that time. They later moved to Marie’s parental home in Strand Street. In 1879 Johan … Koopmans-De Wet in memory of her husband…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe to use his country as a launch pad for the struggle against white minority rule. … Later in the 1989…
EventThe Korean War ends
… without warning and attacked South Korea on 25 June 1950. A SA fighting squadron, No 2 Squadron, known as Cheetah … all volunteers and highly experienced,…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… In July 1939 at a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground … in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E. I. Asvat, a decision was taken to…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… left teaching and enrolled at Edinburg College in Scotland to study medicine. In 1918, he became a member of the Heidelberg Afrikaans and Theatre Association…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… made specific mention of his part in the transition to democracy in South Africa. Despite sustained government harassment he was a staunch advocate of…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… In response to attacks on the Sasol oil refinery in Secunda, the South … destroyed three houses and killed 16 South Africans and a Portuguese national, Jose…