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EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… Pretoria . This department, consisting of the arts and science courses with four professors, three lecturers and thirty-two students, developed into the…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… also known to many as Tshonyane (his clan name), was shot and killed in the driveway of his Boksburg home. Soon after, … a Conservative Party (CP) Member of…
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… interests of humanity to put an immediate end to religious and so-called racial persecution and discrimination.” It further called on governments and…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
… regarding 30 000 Herero people who had had their land and rights taken away. Rev. Scott got sympathy from the U.N., … Herero. The Reverend was supported by…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… marches, scheduled for 21 March 1960, took place in Langa and Nyanga, Cape Town and Sharpeville, in the Transvaal. At Sharpeville, police opened fire on the…
ArchiveCCAWUSA Says No To The Labour Bill
… A2 yellow and black on white litho; photo PW Botha and union buildings; text: CCAWUSA says NO to the Labour Bill and restrictions; and No to PW's reforms …
ArchiveSouth African Communist Party 1921-1986
… Black, red and white poster. Artwork of a hand and a fist smashing words 'war against exploitation, oppression and racism'. 1921 - 1986 is 65 years. Artwork…
ArchiveDemocratic Education
… A2 silkscreen dark red and yellow and black on white; text: Democratic Education: Education Charter; The doors of learning and culture shall be opened; free…
ArchiveResolutions adopted by the Programme for Social Change
… for Social Change. These resolutions included the gospel and its implication, family life, politics, law and order, social action, and war and peace. …
ArchiveFOSATU salutes workers of the East Rand
… The workers at Salcast, Hendler and Hendler (H and H), Bisonboard Colgate, Langeberg, Kellog's Plant protection, Reef Chemical and Telephone Manufacturers of…
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
… report. The tools includes sharp-edged flakes, hammers and anvils Image source They were unearthed from the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, and date to 3.3…
Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois”, Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935
… strategy, as well as the choice oftactics which are useful and effective in South Africa, revolves around the essential … made by our comrades between the…
Giyani, Polokwane
… Gate. It is hot here, reaching 36 degrees in summer and managing to remain at around 22 degrees during winter - … in the country. Giyani is made up of around…
PlaceOost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
… The school was founded in 1897 and is the oldest surviving school in Pretoria. The original … designed by Kraan & Weijers, erected by GJ Dorlas, and was…
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… the Union of South Africa was invested with administrative and legislative powers over the territory, subject to certain … Organisation (UN) in 1945, that…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… People from the nearby 'location' rushed to the scene and, on hearing that a man has been killed, started stoning … the station buildings. Police…
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… linked to the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leftists in exile. BOSS was at the cutting edge of … mounted by exiled liberation movements, notably…
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… training purposes. 5 000 of the mines left were live mines and 13 000 were retained to be used for training in demining. … government announced a moratorium…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… University of Natal where she graduated with BA in 1963 and with an LLB in 1965. It was at the University that she … Act. It was at this time that exposed…
PlaceGoshen
… explains why in 1885, 5000 British troops were sent in and declared Goshen (and Stellaland) part of the Crown Colony of British … which served as capital for…
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… the Sunday's River to be encountered inland from the sea, and was frequently used by visitors travelling from the coast … interior. A military post was…
African shield
… White poster with red border. Artwork of a red and black African shield with a black spear and a yellow and black circle. Black, green and yellow shield…
ArchiveFuture tense
… Cream, pink and black poster. Artwork of a rocket. Artwork of people, trres and cats. Advertisement for a video tape directed by J ten Brink and Liz Allen…
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… most heartily the convening of the Afro-Asian Conference and congratulate all those responsible for organising this … on April 18 will present the point of…
Imbewu Yesini
… CYPHER proudly presents "Imbewu Yesini". Through poetry and theatre, this showcase journeys through our gendered experiences, questioning the narratives and…
ArchiveA mapping of the KwaZulu Natal political conflict with reference to Inkatha (1990-1993)
… political participation is a source of ongoing conflict and is in a constant state of change that has a deep impact on behaviour and on society as a whole…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 10: So
… development; The possibilities of change; Long-term goals and the problems of transition; The crucial issues undelying the alternatives; Domination and…
EventAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo died
… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s…
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… known as Somalia, was formed out of former British and Italian territories, with Mogadishu as capital and Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as its first president…
EventSA Prime Minister speaks before the British Parliament
… British Parliament he called for the United States, Russia and Great Britain to take more responsibility and authority in enforcing world peace. He also…