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ArchiveDiscussions between South African and United States delegations: Washington, 17-19 March 1983
Minutes of a meeting between delegates representating South African and the United State of America, to discuss international relations between the Soviet…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a giant among African American activists. He was a key founder of the NAACP, the largest and oldest civil rights…
EventZimbabawean Independence Day
Zimbabwe Independence Day On this day in 1980, Southern-Rhodesia gained independence from the British, taking the name Zimbabwe. The day marked the end of…
PlaceOld Morley
In 1828 the Wesleyan Missionary Society established a station at Amadola. A year later it was attacked and burnt down by amaMfengu warriors. The name amaMfengu…
ArchiveEnd Conscription Committee report
Report and addendum to the report of the End Conscription Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of…
ArchiveDraft report for the Commission on the Improper Interference Bill
Draft report by the National Union of South African Students for submission to the Commission on the Improper Interference Bill. States objects and structure…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos
Introduction Chapter 1 - Change to Wage Labour Chapter 2 - The Early Years Chapter 3 - Where Working People Lived Chapter 4 - Protest and Resistance …
ArchiveNon Violence News, Third quarter, 1985
Includes issues on increasing levels of obvious violence and blood strife, and the concern that leaders opposed to apartheid seem to be searching again on non…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, Third Quarter, 1982
Newsletter containing discussion on issues concerning conscientious objection, nonviolent means of change and the trial of Neil Mitchell, a Roman Catholic high…
ArchiveNUSAS July Festival
Blue, black and white poster. Black lettering. Notice of Festival at Wits University. 2nd to 7th July. Artwork of outline of South Africa with jail bars over…
ArchiveShould we participate in tri-cameralism? A position promoting the idea
An article about whether or not to participate in a tri-cameralism, a writer starts off by saying that, entering parliament, is not a priniciple move, but…
Enlightened self-interest and the liberal spirit
Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial lectureThe paper discusses how by placing together of self-interest and the liberal spirit might not be beneficial to the…
ArchiveResolutions of the Eight National Conference of the South African Council of Churches, July 27-29, 1976
Resolutions of the South African Council of Churches, discussed at the Eighth National Conference, which includes the call for detainees to be charged or…
EventMarc Lottering was born on this day
On this day Marc Eugene Lottering, one of the most prominent comedians and entertainers in South African history, was born in Cape Town. [i] Endnotes [i]…
ArchiveStatess policy of deception
Rejecting any participation in the negotiations meetings of 29 November and of 20-21 December 1991, the New Unity Movement says in its latest statement that…
ArchiveStatement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information
Statement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of information regarding a certain press reports and editorial comment, to the effect that the government is…
ArchiveWomen against apartheid in South Africa
Report on the demonstration that took place in Pretoria, on 9 August 1956 by 20000 women against pass laws, the plight of Black women under apartheid, the…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress: Year of the Cadre
Poster with white background and mostly black text. Some text in red. Calendar for six months from January to June 1985. List of important dates. Yellow, red,…
NEUSA General Meeting
A2 dark red silkscreened on yellow paper; picture of hand with book, map of Africa, cars coming to meeting; text: The Doors of Learning and culture shall be…
EventFirst international tour in 27 years for South African Proteas
On this momentous occasion, South Africans were welcomed in India with garlands and standing ovations, and played to capacity crowds. South African cricket,…
ArchiveUrban Bantu Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961
The Act was to provide for the establishment of urban Bantu councils, the conferring on certain Bantu of civil and criminal jurisdiction in urban areas, the…
ArchiveMinutes of National Conference of the Black Sash held at Durban
Minutes of National Conference of the Black Sash held at Durban from 2 to 5 March 1989, discussing: Reports from National Headquarters, regions, magazine,…
Minutes of Extended Management Committee, 11 August 1981
Minutes of an extended ANC Management Committee meeting, to discuss various organisational issues. Includes minutes of a National Executive Council meeting to…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1958
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, October 14 to 17 1958. Discussed were formation of steering/press committees, minutes of…
PlaceAllemanskraal or Aldam, Free State Province
Village in the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve near the Sand River, 30 km from Winburg. The name is derived from the Allemanskraal dam, some 9 km to the North…
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
Provisional protection of a monument- Dockhouse No. 1 and No. 2, off Portswood Road, Portswood Ridge, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town , states that: …
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
Sir Winston Churchill escaped from this Building when, for a time it was used to House Prisoners-of-War, during the Anglo-Boer War. Single-storied red brick…
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
Marie Koopmans-De Wet followed in her father’s footsteps as she established herself in the social and cultural life of Cape Town. In 1864, she married Johan…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
Kenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections and will become the first president of an independent republic on 24 October 1964. The victory of Kaunda in the…