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EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… He was the barrister and President of the ANC from 1930 to 1936 when he was ousted by Reverend Z.R. Mahabane. Subsequent to this, circulation figures for his…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… Angola, was brokered by the United Nations (UN). According to the terms of the peace agreement, UNITA pledged to demilitarise its forces and integrate it…
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… way of running that made it look like he was about to fall over at any moment, leading to him later being known by the nick name “Loop-en-Val,” … at the age…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… Cape (UWC) students who convened a meeting on 2 August to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decided to embark on a boycott of classes. Two…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… For the first time all races in the country were going to the polls to vote for a government of their choice. Nineteen political … The election took place in…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… magistrate, Pieter Kotze, found that no one was to blame for his death. The verdict, which completely … himself with a scarf. He was the first white person…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… 1963, when its Charter was adopted. The OAU was committed to helping bring about change and freedom to many African countries and restore dignity of African …
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 practiced medicine, later moving to Gold…
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 … at the University of Natal and later won a…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu’s son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… that he had been alive when he was burnt. It later came to light that Netshisaulu’s widow Mulalo Sivhidzo had hired two men, Ntambudzeni Matzhenene and…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… had started in Pietermaritzburg in 1906, extended tuition to Durban in 1923, using the premises of the Natal Technical. By the mid 1920s, NUC was looking to…
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 Boer forces to help withstand attacks by…
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
… communalism as a way of life and the right of all citizens to have access to land …
ArchiveMy vote: my dignity
… 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. …
”Banishment of Winnie Mandela”, 1983 interview Brandfort, OFS
… Winnie Mandela bannished & banned to Brandfort. Interviewed by SA documentary filmmaker Kevin Harris for his 1983 documentary: "No Middle Road To Freedom". …