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Archive=Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 21 February 1977, Volume 111
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Columbus Malebo, and a press statement issued by the Chairman of the Commission to the Rand Daily Mail, to the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 29 November 1976, Volume 65
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Peter Sawyer, a technical official from Cape Town, who had witnessed the use of tear gas to disperse crowds, to…
ArchiveYou will bite the dust!
Speech delivered by Archbishop Tutu at St Geoge's Cathedral in Cape Town at an inter-faith service convened to replace a banned protest rally to have taken…
ArchiveEducation as an instrument for liberation.
This Address to a fund-raising banquet for the South African Students Organization in Durban, June 1973, discusses the traditional role of education, looks at…
ArchiveWomens Health Conference
A3 litho poster yellow and purple: text: Women's Health Conference, Health in our Hands, University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg 2-4 December 1994. This is…
ArchiveA call for solidarity with the students and people of South Africa fighting against racism
Report by Neville Curtis, President of the National Union of Students calling on people to join the struggle against racism (Kumasi statement). Appendix to…
ArchiveFort Hare crisis
Appendix B to President's Report, presented at 45th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 1969. Includes fact-sheets on events at…
ArchiveReport of Sub-Committee on problems of the Congress Movement
Report of a meeting of a sub-committee of the ANC National Executive Committee. Meeting held to propose new machinery, examine finances, request London…
ArchiveBoycott the racist referendum!
African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA), is pleading to the Coloured and Indian community to bocott the racist referendum demanded by certain…
Non-Violence News, August 1980
Statement issued in Non-Violence News regarding sentences issued over two armed staff on violation of military rules and some church members who may not…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, August 1980
Statement issued in Non-Violence News regarding sentences issued over two armed staff on violation of military rules and some church members who may not…
ArchiveFarm evictions: Democratic Partys policy
Newspaper article on the Democratic Party's policy regarding farm workers and farm evictions.This was in response to an appeal by the Anglican Bishop of…
ArchiveUDF Unites Apartheid Divides
A2 litho black on white; photo people praying by squatter camp; text: UDF unites apartheid divides; in so far as you did this to one of the least of these…
ArchiveDeclaration of the United Democratic Front
A3 red and black on yellow card; drawing of crowd similar to UDF logo; Text: Declaration of the United Democratic Front; We, the freedom loving people of South…
ArchiveApartheid: a crisis of the Christian conscience
This address by Denis Hurley covers the South African political situation around the path of Christian ethics, love, and morals to lead us to the goal of…
Bowling them over
Donna Symmonds from Barbados in the West Indies is a world cass sports broadcaster. The SABC Invited her to be a guest broadcaster during the one day cricket…
EventDisclosure of 1982 SA
Disclosure of 1982 SA-Swaziland pact It is disclosed that South Africa and Swaziland had signed a non-aggression pact in February 1982. The two countries now…
EventWinnie Mandela receives a 6 months’ sentence
Winnie Mandela (now Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), restricted to a Black township at Brandfort, Orange Free State, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment …
EventTrans-Kalahari main road is opened
The first road in Africa south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, the Trans-Kalahari main road, was opened. The road, linking Maputo in…
ArchiveANC Branch Letter
Branch letter in the ANC Cape Town Branch Newsletter summarising the ANC Political Education Discussion Paper, no. 5 called 'Mass organisation is key to…
ArchiveLetter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma
Handwritten letter from Isaac Tembani protesting about the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma to Kieskammahoek. The letter…
ArchiveMinutes of a meeting between Dr Chester Crocker and Dr Savimbi in Cape Town on 11 February 1985
Minutes of a meeting between Dr Chester Crocker and Dr Savimbi, in which the SADF were observers, to discuss issues relating to the withdrawal of Cuban troops…
ArchiveOffensiewe optrede teen SWAPO
Memorandum sent from General Magnus Malan, Chief of the South African Defence Force, to the Chairman of the State Security Council (SSC), with regard to…
PlaceAbeam, Namibia Border Post
A small Town and Border Post between Namibia and South Africa which is located, North-East of Nakop, on the road between Upington and Noenieput. The name has…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 25 November 1976, Volume 62
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Lawrence Louis Meyer a parent whose son had been shot by riot police and Jeffrey David April, a witness to the…
ArchiveSupport Sharpeville Six
A2 red and black on yellow; graphic men and nooses; text: Support Sharpeville Six; We will not allow them to hang; Ried Mokoena, Reginald Sefatsa, Therese…
ArchiveWorkers resist controls on our union
Article about how the government and the bosses tried to prevent the workers from organising and how they tried to weaken any organisation the workers…
EventBritish reinforcements arrive at Ladysmith
British reinforcements arrive to relieve troops stationed at Ladysmith after a siege of 4 months, during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Ladysmith was…
Natives Land Act, Act No 27 of 1913
The Act was to make further provision as to the purchase and leasing of land by Natives and other persons in several parts of the Union and for other purposes…
Nelson Mandela
Black Green and gold poster. Photo of Nelson Mandela in centre. Nelson Mandela in gold lettering. Note to the people of Sweden in Mandela's handwriting . The…