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Palestine : a homeland denied
Grey poster with red and black lettering and hooded black and white head and shoulders. Years in red numbers 1948 - 1967.
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 League
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
Stanford is a small Riverside Village, in Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape. Located only 16 km East of Hermanus and 22 km North-East of Gansbaai…
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Policy of Apartheid of the Government of South Africa (Special Committee Against Apartheid) expressed very serious…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
The Second World War broke out with the German invasion of Poland in 1939. By 1941, the Japanese had launched a military strike on the United States by…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), translated as "Spear of the Nation", was the active military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). It was formed in co-operation…
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 South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
After emerging as an independent country following French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
On 18 June 1986, the House of Representatives of the United States of America approved a Bill that would impose stricter sanctions against South Africa. This…
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
On this day Sergeant Jonas de la Guerre left the Cape to venture north in search for the "great river that flowed east to west" and to "investigate trade…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana mineworker who later opened a…
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
From the book: The Final Prize by Norman Levy I literally fell into politics at the age of fourteen, a happening that set my life on a path to prison, exile…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
Following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium, MoÁ¯se Kapenda Tshombe led the Congo province of Katanga into secession on 23 December 1961…
SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC News), 05 April 2006
South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma said he showered after sex with an HIV-positive woman, thinking this would reduce his risk of being infected. …
PlaceWoodstock
The Village of Papendorp lay some 2 km East of Cape Town, on the Main Road to Stellenbosch, later to become known as, Albert Road. The Area was named after…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
Liberia was 'founded' by the American Colonisation Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United States. Although Liberia…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June 1798 Napoleon's army departed France to…
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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…
EventThe Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.
The Queen Mother Mamohato Bereng Seeiso was born in 1941. She was the youngest child of Chief Lerotholi Mojela. The princess was sent to study at Bath Training…
EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
Following years of struggle in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Bill, the act was passed after…
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
South African artist Sydney Alex Khumalo (also documented as Kumalo), was born in Johannesburg. He began studying at Polly Street Art Centre in 1952 and worked…
EventControl of communication bureau is placed under Foreign Affairs
After rumours of mismanagement of funds by the Department of Information, Prime Minister B.J. Vorster announced that while Dr. C.P. Mulder would remain…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
On 22 June 1966 South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church conference by the…
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
After losing the Wakkerstroom and Oudtshoorn by-elections in April, prime minister and leader of the South African Party (SAP), J.C. Smuts, decided to hold a…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
Botswana accused South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, from Gaborone and transporting him to South Africa. Later the…
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
Zwelethu Mthethwa, an internationally known South African artist, was found guilty on 16 March 2017 at the Western Cape High Court of murdering Nokuphila…
ArchiveReturning to the scene of the crime by Inside Time (Inside Time), 31 May 2017
It was an audacious plan – to find people with criminal convictions who would be prepared to return to the scene of their crimes and be photographed. But the…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
Thembinkosi Khumalo is a student activist at the University of Pretoria. He is an active PASMA member. PASMA is a student division of PAC. Khumalo is also…