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ArchiveFor var skull ingen handel med Sydafrika
… White poster with black lettering and black and white photograph of woman with child and open sack of fertilizer and bucket. …
Palestine : a homeland denied
… Grey poster with red and black lettering and hooded black and white head and shoulders. Years in red numbers 1948 - …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
… Cape Town correspondent, The nineteen days (Sharpeville and the days after.before), this article has been published in SAHO's library and is part of the…
ArchiveA womans place... ... is in the struggle ...
… Offset litho; black and red; A woman's place... ... is in the struggle ... and in negotiations ... and in parliament ... and in government! : ANC Women's…
ArchiveNtate Sisulu says: ive got my ID
… ANC election poster. Black and white photograph of Ntate Sisulu holding and ID book. Yellow and black border. Green and yellow lettering. ANC logo. …
PlaceStanford, Western Cape Overberg
… Western Cape. Located only 16 km East of Hermanus and 22 km North-East of Gansbaai. Once awarded; 'South … Weekend Break Destination with its cozy…
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… of Abraham Fischer, defence attorney in the Rivonia Trial and opponent of the apartheid regime. Fischer was arrested … a case before the Privy Council, he…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… in Peal Harbor, Hawaii. The Americans then entered the war and proceeded to bomb 67 cities across Japan for a period of … bringing an end to World War II…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… attacks. MK was founded soon after the banning of the ANC and its leadership included Arthur Goldreich and Walter Sisulu.The first guerilla attack was…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… The Union Defence Force was created in 1912 and served as the South African Army. It was renamed as the … 44) of 1957. Subdivisions included the Army, Air…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… ruled Ivory Coast autocratically, refusing press freedom and the establishment of any other political parties. He also … but by the 1980s was crippled by…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… South Africa. This was in response to international and local outcry against the excesses of the Apartheid … in a loss of capital already invested in the…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana mineworker who later … to politics at a young age - his…
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… if he could sell any produce in East London, Natal and the Cape areas. The produce would be made up of both the indigenous and exotic plants. The indigenous…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… Mbulelo Goniwe had been active in the liberation struggle and with the inception of new democracy, held several … of a birthday party that was held in his…
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… to allocate only about 7% of arable land to Africans and leave the more fertile land for whites. This law … since Union in 1910. The law created reserves for…
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… a happening that set my life on a path to prison, exile and finally return to South Africa. What triggered the event … out in an unfamiliar English accent,…
SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC News), 05 April 2006
… for rape. He denies rape but admits to consensual sex, and said he was ready to marry his accuser. Remarks about HIV … he had left his bedroom after having…
PlaceWoodstock
… to Build their Homes near the Van Papendorp Homestead and, by the early 1800's, the Area had begun to be known as Papendorp. In 1845 it could boast of an…
PlaceRondebosch
… Mountain but also because of its Architectural beauty and easy access to the CBD of Cape Town. Rondebosch was where … slopes - a landmark of the City . Other…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… It enters the Indian Ocean on the Southern Coast of Africa and 34 km south-west of Mossel Bay . The exact origin of the … area is 44 000 sq km, 370 km wide…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
… by the American Colonisation Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United … as the ruling class. In 1847, Liberia…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June 1798 … achieved important victories at the Battle…
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PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
… St George's Street, also used as a temporary Church Hall and a School. By 1856 new Premises were found on a site … Administration had outstripped the office…
ArchiveNicaragua must survive: container appeal
… Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign poster. Light and dark blue, black and white poster. Artwork of a container ship and a crane with a container. Three black and…
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In a Notice published in the Staats … Hajee Habib Hajee Dada, Mr. H. O. Ally,…
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
… The building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first permanent offices for … in 1918 after a design by the firm of Baker &…
EventThe Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.
… United Kingdom. In 1962, she married King Moshoeshoe II and they had three children. As the Queen Mother, she ran several charities and organisations in…
EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
… Following years of struggle in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the Separate … Voters Bill, the act was passed after enlarging the Senate…