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EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
Well-known South African anti-apartheid journalist and former editor of The World newspaper, Percy Qoboza, died on his fiftieth birthday in Johannesburg after…
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
Police arrested United Democratic Front national secretary-general Mohammed Valli Moosa and its acting publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid on…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
On 13 October 1913, Thambi Naidoo mobilised the Indians at Newcastle, Natal (KwaZulu Natal) Colony to start the Satyagraha Campaign (Passive Resistance…
EventRobert Koch announces the discovery of a rinderpest vaccine
On 10 February 1897, Robert Koch, a German bacteriologist, discovered a vaccine successful in the prevention of the animal disease, rinderpest. Robert Koch…
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
On 7 June 1893, M.K Gandhi, later known as "The Mahatma" or "Great Soul" was forcibly removed from a whites-only carriage on a train in Pietermaritzburg, for…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
On 1 October 1881, Pixley ka Isaka Seme was born at the Inanda mission station in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). Seme was a founding member of the South African…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
The Angolan government under President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and the rebel organisation, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) of…
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
Mathews Motshwareteu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto, Johannesburg. His talent for athletics became apparent in his primary school years, which he spent…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
The Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone was set alight in solidarity with the University of the Western Cape (UWC) students who convened a meeting on 2…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
The twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
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 white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett, the Johannesburg magistrate, Pieter…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
On 25 May, 1963, the first African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The…
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
Hasting Kamuzu Banda was the leader of Nyasaland which became Malawi in in 1964, with him as its president. Banda was born in Kasungu and went to study in the…
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
Mazisi Kunene was 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
Kenya gained its independence from Britain with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister. The Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu’s son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
The remains of Avhatakali Netshusaulu, accountant and son of the former City Press editor Mathata Tsedu, were found in the boot of his car after he had been…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
The building of Howard College at the University of Natal (now the University of Kwazulu Natal) was made possible by a donation from Durban businessman T.B…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
The Queens Fort Museum fort erected in 1848, originally housed the Artillery Unit of the Free State, and depicts all major military conflicts from 1820,…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front reaffirms non-violent position
Press release from 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 Bantu Education.
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
Newspaper article on the government's 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 homes during Apartheid.