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EventDerek Hanekom is born
Derek Hanekom, former minister of the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs was born in Cape Town. He was apponited Agricultural ministry by South Africa…
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
The Black teachers' association, the Progressive Teachers' Congress (PROTECO) was clandestinely launched in the Transvaal to fill the vacuum, which was created…
EventShift in US Foreign Policy toward apartheid state takes place
The Republican US President Ronald Reagan accepts that the policy of constructive engagement has failed. He announces a change in United States foreign policy…
EventSamuel Marks (77) dies in Johannesburg
Sammy Marks was a diamond buyer of Kimberley, founder of the African and European Investment Company and Senator in the Parliament of the Union of South Africa…
ArchiveNUSAS - its background and history
NUSAS - its background and history. Informal talk delivered at National Seminar of the National Union of South African Students, April 1973. Pages7 to 10 of…
ArchiveClothing Workers Union: we demand jobs and a living wage for all
White background with text in green and black. Cartoon on unemployment; words from the Bible: "Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith…
ArchiveMemorandum on BPC external affairs programme
Memorandum from Thami Zani to Ranwedzi Harry Nengwekhulu following on the fifth congress of the BPC held on the 28-30 January 1977 in Durban where a commission…
ArchiveAn address by the General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party
Address by Moses Mabhida to miliant partisans at Luanda on 26th July 1981 to mark the 60th anniversary of the SACP. Discusses the statement by the government…
ArchiveRepression of the United Democratic Front under state of attack
Article on repression of the United Democratic Front under the state of attack as President Botha said the month saw increased government response to the…
ArchiveBlack women
Black poster with purple border which includes text. Photograph of women dancing with raised arms looking triumphant. Notice of a conference on women's…
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
Biography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi. Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi was born on 12 June 1955 in Evaton, the fifth son of a family of five boys, his politisation…
PlaceVictorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens
This row, of Double-storey Semi-detached Residences is presumed to have been erected in 1881 as part of a speculative Housing Development scheme. The land was…
They’re Burning the Churches
Author: Patrick Noonan Published: Jacana Media Price: R165.00 - including VAT Orders can be E-mailed to [email protected] or to [email protected] Contact…
EventJomo Sono, South African soccer player and director, is born
Ephraim Matsilele “Jomo” Sono was born in Orlando East in Soweto. Sono was brought up by his grandparents after his father died and his mother abandoned him…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff agrees with SA veto of UN visit
Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party, the official opposition, agreed with the apartheid government that the composition of the proposed United…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe receives an honorary degree
Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer and musician, received an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare in recognition of the major…
EventEight British tourists are killed
Eight British tourists, five men and three women, were killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swerved to avoid a pedestrian on the…
EventNew Afrikaner Political Party
Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political party in order to contest the 1999…
EventAlexander Kerr is born
Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (later the University of Fort Hare), was born in…
EventPresident Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants
The newly elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela warned disgruntled former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) combatants, who took leave without…
PlaceChurch Square, Dickson street, Woodstock
Church square in Woodstock has given rise to Apartment blocks, for much needed accomodation of Doctors and Nurses, aswell as students! Being so close to the…
ArchiveState of Capture - A Report of the Public Protector, 14 October 2016
Report on an investigation into alleged improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries relating to alleged improper…
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'free burghers' of the Dutch East India…
PlaceAmbrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province
Name employed in the 18th Century for the Coastal Area on the peninsula between Danger Point and Gansbaai. Dutch for 'Ambrose corner', the name is thought to…
ArchiveReport of NUSAS President
Report of the President of the National Union of South African Students at the 58th Annual Congress, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November…
Archie Gumede Inaugural Memorial Lecture Invitation
Professor Ahmed C Bawa, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Durban University of Technology and Mr Don Gumede, Founder of the Archie Gumede Foundation…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 5: War on sellouts!
In this pamphlet APDUSA expresses their concerns over the results of the elections on August 22 and 28 1984 ; as well as what the consequences will be of those…
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
Oral interview, in Kimberley, South Africa, with Robert Sobukwe (1924 to 1978), who was elected Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959…
ArchiveStrategic issues in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa
Paper examining reforms introduced by the government and whether they are adequate to initiate change in the country: provision for the legal recognition of…
Nelson Mandela, The Rivonia Trial Court statement, 1964 (Video)
From media critic David Tereshchuk's multimedia site THE MEDIA BEAT, Nelson Mandela's famous declaration to the court in his 1964 terrorism trial, expressing…