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ArchiveUnban the African National Congress mass meeting
The United Democratic Front (UDF) successfully applied for a court order last night to go ahead with meetings to launch the "Unban the African National…
ArchiveTranskei Sham
Transkei Sham: statement published in the underground "Inkululeko-Freedom", February 1977, describes the reaction of the ANC to the granting of independence to…
ArchiveSASDU Annual Congress
A2 red and black blend silkscreen on yellow; graphic scooter drivers as angels; text: SASDU Annual Congress; An injury to one is an injury to all
ArchiveDeclaration of human rights
Black background with white and red lettering. Poster showing South Africa declined to be a signatary to Declaration of Human Rights. Images of scenes from…
ArchivePremier tussles with SFAWU
The Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union has accused the Premier Group of shifting production from one factory to another in order to crush union organisation.
PlaceApiesdoring, a Mpumalanga Railway Station
A Railway Station between Lydenburg and Steelpoort. Afrikaans for 'monkey thorn', the Afrikaans vernacular name refers to the high leafy crowns, of trees,…
ArchiveStatement by Social Welfare organisations
Statement by Social Welfare organisations regarding concerned social workers group as they opposed to the proposed Amendments to the Internal Security Act and…
ArchiveSACTU
A2 red and black on white litho; graphic SACTU logo; text: An injury to one is an injury to all; SACTU South African Congress of Trade Unions
ArchiveA brief history of student action in South Africa, plus a brief history of English/ Afrikaans /non-white student relations
Brief history of student action in South Africa from 1916 to 1971 and brief history of relationships between English, Afrikaans and Black students from 1924 to…
ArchiveConstituent assembly now!
Red poster with title and statements: "Share the wealth!, Land to the people!, Jobs for all!, Forward to socialism!" Yellow letters with a yellow star before…
Excerpts from discussions between a South African delegation led by Minister R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Frank Wisner on questions affecting southern Africa: Cape Town: 13 March 1986
Minutes of discussions held between the South African Government and the United States Government to discuss military and political solutions to achieve a…
ArchiveLeyland
After reaching a deadlock and having to go to arbitration the FOSATU affiliate Western Province Motor Assembly Workers Union and Leyland reached a new…
ArchiveDock workers blockade SA cargo
Southampton dock workers belonging to Britain's Transport and General Workers Union on Thursday July 31 refused to load a computer controlled milling machine…
ArchiveCongress votes for unity
In an important move, delegates at the second national congress committed FOSATU to building a united working class movement and to unite with other non-racial…
Document 32 - The Negotiating Council: resolution on violence
Click to read Critism and Censorship in the South African "Alternative" Press with particular reference to the cartoons of Bauer and Zapiro (1985 - 1990) - by…
PlaceLovedale Missionary School
The missionary school where so many Black intellectuals of the 19th and early 20th century—from Tiyo Soga to Thabo Mbeki to Steve Biko — were to be educated. …
Isitwalandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014
Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe is the highest honour awarded by the ANC to those who have made an outstanding contribution and sacrifice to the liberation struggle…
Remember Soweto 16 June 1976
You are cordially invited attend the conference ’#ApartheidMustFall to #RhodesMustFall?: The Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976’, which will be held at UCL…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
The cottage formerly used by Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the main road to Simonstown, between Muizenberg and St James. Formerly known as Barkly Cottage, it…
PlaceGeorge Division
The district of George was originally part of the district of Swellendam, and was proclaimed a separate district on 23 April 1811. Over the next 66 years…
Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari
PART I: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES TO THE AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906 The 1907 Presidential…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
The Roodepoort Town School was established in the 1890s and its premises, including a School Building and a Hall, were opened on 8 October 1913. In 1914 the…
EventJoost Van Der Westhuizen, Springbok rugby scrum-half and captain, is born
Former rugby player Joost van Der Westhuizen was born 20 February 1971. Van Der Westhuizen was at the height of his career during the mid 1990’s and early 2000…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black unions and civic groups in protest over…
EventA Whites-only referendum in SWA gives a support on Black majority.
A White-only referendum in South West Africa /Namibia gave an overwhelming support for plans for Black majority rule in the country. Out of the total White…
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
Despite the indications of African unrest at Soweto schools being noticed by government authorities on 4 June, who reported it to the Minister of Bantu…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
Phola Park, East Rand: As township warfare spreads, a woman grieves over her husbands death, following a night attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She…
EventHarms releases his report
The one-man Harms commission released its report on its investigations in the activities of South African Defence Force Army and South African Police counter…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
While African elephants have been hunted for several centuries, the exploitation of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar, was banished to the Cape by the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). He arrived on board De…