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ArchiveThis is the time: time to end apartheid, time for peace
Extract from the report of the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), Frank Chikane, to the 1989 National Conference on the state…
ArchiveMeeting between the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador H Nickel of the United States: Cape Town, 20 March 1984
Minutes of a meeting between South African Foreign Affairs Minister, Pik Botha and the United States Ambassador, Mr H Nickel, to discuss the conditions…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… churches, evangelical Christian churches, and southern Africa's largest Muslim community (drawing its oldest roots … Travels in the Interior of Southern…
Recommendations of Commission on undesirable publications - Interview: Albert Luthuli, 1 September 1957
The recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry in regard to Undesirable Publications create another grave threat to the liberties of the people and…
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
Sounds of "sizobuya naye uMsholozi" (we will come back with Msholozi), "ngena Jacob, ukhetho luyeza" (enter Jacob, elections are coming), "amandla ase masebene…
PlaceSeychelles
Seychelles is a comparatively young Nation which can trace its first Settlement back to 1770. It is made up of 115 small Islands. They were first settled on by…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… |Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds)(1993). South Africa in the 20th Century, Pretoria: Van Schaik Academic, … Reader's Digest. |(1988). Illustrated History…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
Carl Niehaus grew up in Zeerust, North West Province, and completed his higher education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban. She went to the…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
Natal in the early years of the 20th century became the site of conflict between Colonial Administrators and autonomous African chiefdoms. The death of…
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…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
The Willoughby Memorial Fountain...was, on March 10th, 1901, unveiled by the Hon. John See, M.L.A., State Minister for Defence. The Fountain was erected by…
PlacePampierstad
… Place Names, (Cape Town), p.300| Forced Removals In South Africa – The Surplus People’s Reports Vol.3, pp. 110- 112| Forced Removals In South Africa – The…
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…
ArchiveANC National Conference, July 1991, Durban: Adopted resolution MK
Resolution regarding the Umkhonto we Sizwe at the African National Congress Conference in Durban, July 2-6, 1991. Resolves that it will remain in active…
ArchiveRecord of discussions at the meeting at Dakar between an ANC delegation and a group organised by IDASA
Record of discussions at the meeting at Dakar between an African National Congress delegation and a group organised by IDASA. Report made from notes taken by…
ArchiveA study of resettlements in the Eastern Cape: the case of Mdatsane
Report on the establishment and development of Mdatsane resettlement area. The report also outlines the socio-economic impact caused by relocation of African…
ArchiveMeeting with Secretary of State Shulz during a working lunch at the Department of State: Washington DC on 26 November 1982
Report of a meeting between representatives of the United States Government and representatives of the South African Government to discuss the independence of…
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…
Report on my visit to Mocambique: 17th March - 3rd April 1962
Report to the Commandant-General, Defence Headquarters, Pretoria, written by R P D Dymond, Captain, South African Navy, Military and Air, on his visit to…
ArchiveANC Policy: Racial Harmony
Policy statement by the African National Congress (ANC), prepared by Defense attorneys for guidance of Counsel in State vs Mandela and others in the trial…
ArchiveThe wreckers if unity at work
Draft of an article by I B Tabata about the Anti-Coloured Affairs Committee, responding to a statement by the same title by the All-African Convention…
ArchiveThe Ten Point Programme: a review of ten years
Paper delivered by Dr G H Gool, Chairman of the Anti-CAD and Vice-President of the Non-European Unity Movement, at the conference of the All-African Convention…
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…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC
Letter from Pik Botha to Alexander Haig regarding the independence of Namibia in the context of international relations, stabilisation of the southern African…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 4: indentured labour
Multicoloured poster. Produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photographs and history of indentured labourers recruited from India…
Sensei Chris Seabelo of Tlhabane, Rustenburg, returns home to a hero's welcome
Sensei Chris Seabelo of Tlhabane, Rustenburg, the first Black shotokan Karateka and the first South African to obtain his 5th Dan diploma in Japan returns home…
ArchiveSACP contribution towards an election manifesto
South African Communist Party (SACP) draft discussion document on the election manifesto. Contextualises the elections for a Constituent Assembly, discusses…
ArchivePlan for township scrapped
Press article about the scrapping of plans to develop a consolidated African township at Klipfontein, a farm near Bushman's River Mouth for Africans from…
ArchiveBlack uprooting and relocation
Resolution of the Twelfth National Conference of the South African Council of Churches, Hammaskraal, May 1980 regarding the negative socio-economic effects on…