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EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
On this date, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) announced its existence by launching its first acts of sabotage…
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
Named after Jonas Bergtheil, this museum is situated in the leafy suburb of Westville, almost midway between Durban and Pinetown. The museum is housed in…
ArchiveCiskei Commission: interviews
Transcript of interviews of E.N. Belewa and Mr Tindleni , to the Ciskei Commission of Inquiry, regarding the negative impact of separate development with…
ArchiveWin with the SACP
Black, red, yellow and white poster. Advertisement for a competition to build the SACP and win a trip to China. Photograph of a pagoda. Artwork of an african…
ArchiveNUSAS Law Directive
Report by the Law Directive to the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 28 November to 3…
ArchiveWe Demand Our Jobs Back
A2 red, black on yellow silkscreen; graphic workers with banner; text: We demand our jobs back! Metalbox workers; unity is power; an injury to one is an…
June 16: The struggle continues
Silkscreened; black and yellow; June 16 : The struggle continues : We learnt by losing children and dying terrible deaths how to hold a gun and a grenade : We…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front may cause a bigger stir later on
Article discussing: affidavits on police brutality, the PFP's attempt at a bill of Rights to the forming of the United Democratic Front and Dr Perez de Cuella…
Black Renaissance Convention, St.Peters Conference Centre, Hammanskraal, 13th-16th December 1974
The document contains a declaration of the Convention's opposition to the apartheid policy and resolutions for future plans to reconvene conferences that…
ArchiveBlack Renaissance Convention, St.Peters Conference Centre, Hammanskraal, 13th-16th December 1974
The document contains a declaration of the Convention's opposition to the apartheid policy and resolutions for future plans to reconvene conferences that…
ArchiveAlbert John Luthuli (1898-1967)
Tribute to Albert Luthuli (1898-1967). Appendix A of the Presidential Address at the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 30…
ArchiveOnly workers can directly challenge the capitalists
Workers around the world understood that if they joined together in groups and demanded better conditions and more pay, the owners of the factories would have…
ArchiveBritish coal strike enters fifth month
As Britain's coal reserves begin to dwindle, the strike by hundreds of thousands of coal miners has begun to swing in their favour and victory could be on the…
ArchiveWhat is SASO?...
An information brief about SASO by the Student Christian Movement (SCM) in London is attached to a report by David Curry in Edinburgh called notes from an SCM…
PlaceHaakdoring
Railway siding and settlement 17km from Naboomspruit. Afrikaans for 'hook-thorn' The mame refers to the thorn bush found their and also gives name to the farm…
ArchiveStrikers Are Losers!!
A2 green on white litho; Text: Strikers are Losers!! *City Deep Drivers earn up to R1100 per month; *They say they can afford to strike CAN YOU? ARE YOU A…
EventBram Fischer, Q.C. Jumps Bail
On 25 January, 1965, Bram Fischer Q.C., fails to arrive in court to face charges of membership of the illegal Communist Party, which was unlawful under the…
ArchiveReview since last Conference
The letter from Desmond Tutu to SACC regarding the review of the conference about the death of Steve Biko. Also asking the authority to institute the judicial…
ArchiveOxford: 1950s-1960s: the people resist!
Black, brown, cream and red poster. Photograph of march to Union Buildings by 20,000 women on 9th August 1956 to protest against the pass laws. Issued by the…
ArchiveLegal analysis of Nkomati Agreement
Paper by Kader Asmal on the Nkomati Accord. Analysis of the agreement from an international legal perspective, to provide assistance to the National Executive…
ArchiveNACTU works for women
Until three years ago, the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu) did very little about the problems of women workers. Crecentia Mofokeng joined Nactu to…
PlaceKeerom Street 14, Cape Town
This town house was erected on land, granted to Hermanus Smuts, in 1751 and once belonged to Johan Jacobus Graaf. It was declared a National Monument under…
ArchivePeoples Courts in Port Elizabeth: Paper Pres
People's Courts in Port Elizabeth: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 2 March 1991 discussing unemployment, wages, crime, lack of police…
PlaceAbbaheigaskop, Northern Cape
The name in Khoi means 'red hill tree'. This refers to the Pepper Trees, the berries of which give a reddish apperance. Native to dry South America and…
WAR
Black and white poster. Notice of an ECC Film Focus, from 10th May to 3rd June. Artwork of a bird with branches for wings carrying film negatives. ay to 3rd…
ArchiveWe demand : Interim government : Democracy
Light grey background with black lettering. Large yellow arrow with interim government in white letters from white image of South Africa to black image of…
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 8 September 1980
Extract from the Minutes of a State Security Council Meeting held on 8 September 1980 in which a visit to Zambia by Mr Harry Schwartz, consignments of…
ArchiveGerman unionist visits Transvaal Alloys
A worker representative on the board of directors of Nord-Deutsche Affinerie, a German-based multinational, recently came out to South Africa to investigate…
ArchiveDurbans bread strike
Huddled in cardboard boxes to keep out the cold, some 800 workers at the B B Bread Bakery in Durban's Sydney Road kept up their night-long vigil to prevent the…
ArchiveMay Day 1985 (Tape III)
Meeting with workers to explain history of MayDay and why workers celebrate. Cultural performances by worker groups.Role-plays reveal real problems facing…