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EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
Action started on 27 February developed into a countrywide truck drivers' strike on 1 March. The strike involved over 35,000 workers, who were demanding a wage…
EventHome Affairs Minister Mapisa
Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula met British officials amid concerns about false South African passports discovered during anti-terror operations…
PlaceCape Maclear, Malawi
Cape Maclear or Chembe is a town in the Mangochi District of Malawi's Southern Region. The town, situated on the Nankumba Peninsula, is on the southern shore…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
Location: back to this day in history search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now Western…
EventLiberia is established
On 26 July 1847 the Liberian Declaration of Independence was signed and Liberia became a sovereign nation. The story of Liberia is different from other African…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
After the first fully democratic elections, South Africa was officially admitted as 53rd member of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at a summit, held in…
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
Mbhazima Samuel (Sam) Shilowa, was born in Olifantshoek in the Transvaal (now Limpopo Province.) After High School, Shilowa moved to Johannesburg, where he…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
On 29 December 1948, a well known human rights activist Rev. Michael Guthrie Scott, who lived in South Africa, besieged the United Nations(UN) for justice…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention) was a convention whereby the United Kingdom formally recognised the…
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
On 9 January 1973 around 2 000 workers in the Coronation Brick and Tile factory in Durban downed tools after the employers rejected their demand for a wage…
ArchiveThe current situation inside SA
Report from Natal on the current political situation in South Africa. Examines results of regime's repression. Demonstrates refusal of the people to submit to…
ArchiveHelp Our Children Grow
A2 blue, red, black silkscreen on white; graphic children dancing around flower text: Let's find new ways to help our children grow! Come to the Children's…
ArchiveNow that you have touched the women, you have struck a rock you have dislodged a boulder you will be crushed
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of African women behind barbed wire. Commemorating the 9th August 1956 when 20,000 women marched to Pretoria to protest against…
ArchiveWhat are parallel Unions?
Parallel unions are like elephants. We all know an elephant when we see one but if asked to describe one we have to stop and think for a while.
ArchiveComment
The government-backed SABC-TV has begun a major campaign to discredit the progressive organisations calling for people not to vote on August 22 by portraying…
Document 34 - Memorandum of agreement for reconciliation and peace between the IFP/KwaZulu government and the ANC and the South African government/NP
A tribute to the late African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Reginald Tambo during the unveiling of two memorials to him in the borough on Wednesday…
ArchiveNeither I nor Young did plan the march: says student leader
This press statement, signed by the Chairman, relates to misunderstading regarding the organisers of a march during the visit of Andrew Young, the United…
ArchiveLiving Wage Rally SADWU
A2 poster, Red and black; graphic of woman with six hands doing domestic work; text: Living Wage Rally SADWU; COSATU An Injury to One is an Injury to All
ArchiveThe Universities and the State, 1959-1969
Pamphlet to affirm the University of the Witwatersrand's continuing opposition to the Extension of University Education Act, 1959, which legislated the loss of…
ArchiveNotes on meeting of ANC NEC
Notes on a meeting of the African National Congress National Executive Committee, extended to include representatives of the Mazimbu leadership. Meeting to…
PlaceBotshabelo
Missionaries Alexander Merensky and Heinrich Grützner started work in the north eastern part of the South African Republic in 1860. There were unsuccessful…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and indeed on my own…
PlaceDan Pienaar, suburb of Bloemfontein
Dan Pienaar is a tranquil, upmarket suburb in Bloemfontein - regarded as one of the safest suburbs in the country! It is an excellent place to raise one’s…
PlaceRosebank, Cape Town
Rosebank is a residential suburb of Cape Town, located between Mowbray and Rondebosch. The railway line from Salt River reached Rosebank, (the southern suburbs…
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
Simon's Town Magistrate's Court is next to Goede Hoop in Simon's Town and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. This museum depicts…
PlaceDe Waal Park, Camp Street, Oranjezicht
The land was originally part of the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 for the building of the…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
This memorial is built on Bay Hills and offers a clear view of the Air Force Base at Zwartskop. The outline of the Voortrekker Monument is also visible from…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
The first violence during the Defiance Campaign erupted in New Brighton, near Port Elizabeth. According to reports the riots followed after a Black person was…
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
The Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) was re-launched in Roodepoort for the second time. After the outbreak of the Student Uprising in 1976, the government…
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
A passionate lecturer pioneering the teaching of radical political philosophy, Dr. Richard Turner was assassinated. Turner met his untimely death on the night…