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Students and action in society
Papers presented at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: Approach to student power;…
ArchiveWits Autumn Festival
Main poster: black background with white and yellow lettering. Notice of fourth Wits Autumn Festival from 2nd to 6th May 1990 and contact number. Issued by the…
ArchiveStudent political action
Report by the Student Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal,…
ArchiveNUSAS resumé 1981
Record of some of the main events that the National Union of South African Students initiated or was involved in during 1981, in particular, political events…
PlaceMoth Memorial, Kimberley
The Order is an independent brotherhood of ex-service men and women as well as serving men and women whose membership is confined to those who served or…
EventThabo Mbeki addressed the Pan African Parliament held in Midrand
Former president, Thabo Mbeki, addressed the Pan African Parliament held in Midrand, South Africa, where he mentioned that Africa needs large volumes of…
ArchiveWe have survived!
Yellow, red, black and white poster. Notice of an Aboriginal Poster Exhibition. Commemorating 200 years of Aboriginal Resistance in Australia - 1788 - 1988…
ArchiveInterview with Ambrose Makiwane
Oral interview, conducted at Cala, with Ambrose Makiwane. Makiwane entered Fort Hare in 1955, when he was age 34. His family lacked the means to send him…
ArchiveRemember June 16: victory is certain
White poster with black lettering. Image of black cross with hand raised in centre surrounded by nine small black crosses. Victory is certain in white letters…
ArchiveCan Africa come of age?
The sixteenth Hoernle Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor C.W. de Kiewiet in which he discusses Africa and it's political situation as seen from the rest…
PlaceGoudini Health Spa
Positioned beautifully on the mountainside as you go along to Worcestor, is a health resort! This region in the Worcester district is noted for its medicinal…
Interview with Omar Badsha by Marian Nur Goni
An email interview with Omar Badsha in 2009 conducted by Marian Nur Goni for a masters theses. Afrapix: Some Questions Email interview with Omar Badsha in…
PlaceThe Pretoria Synagogue
Click on image to enlarge The Old Synagogue Building in Pretoria. It is now no longer used as a Synagogue but is now a Grade II Provincial Heritage Resource…
EventColdest day in Pretoria
The Coldest day in Pretoria in recent history was on 12 June 1963. The temperatures plummeted to a minimum of -3, 6 and a maximum of 7, 5 degrees Centigrade…
EventEngenas Barnabas Lekganyane is buried in Morija
Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane (also called Enginasi or Ignatius), ambitious and charismatic founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), was laid to rest in Moria…
EventThe United Party is formed
The United South African National Party, also known as the United Party, was officially formed after a merger between the National Party, under the leadership…
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
Sir Julius Gottlieb Ferdinand Jeppe passed away in London on 2 September 1929 at age 70. He was a mining and property magnate who was knighted for his…
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
Three years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the ANC's…
EventThe Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened
The Ruth Prowse Art Centre was opened in The Retreat as an art and cultural centre with artist Erik Laubscher as first head. The house was formerly an…
EventEuropean Community observers arrive in SA
The first group of European Community (EC) observers, including some police officers, lawyers and economists, arrived in South Africa to assist in preventing…
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British but worked in a bank in South Africa. He was a…
EventSA architect Gerard Moerdijk is born
Gerard Leendert Pieter Moerdijk, of Dutch descent, was born in the Waterberg district, Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). He was one of the first Afrikaans…
EventMadikizela Mandela is accused of misuse of funds
South Africa's deputy minister of arts, culture, science and technology and the ANC Women's League president, Nomzamo Nobandla Winnifred Madikizela-Mandela …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
After South Africa's first national democratic elections held in April 1994, the president of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was sworn in…
Lost in Transformation? Reviewing 20 Years of Transformation in South Africa
As South Africa prepares to celebrate 20 years of democracy, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will be hosting a conference titled Lost in Transformation?…
EventKenya becomes a one party state
Almost a year after Kenya gained independencethe Kenya African National Union (KANU) under Jomo Kenyatta and its main opposition party united to form a party…
ArchiveProfile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
Profile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 4 March 1989 discussing political and ordinary prisoners on death row…
ArchiveStudents and action in society
Papers presented at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: Approach to student power;…
ArchiveEducation, development and change in Africa
The speech delivered by Murphree places emphasis on education and educating the people of Africa as part of the liberals function in ensuring a positive socio…
The Freedom Charter
Black poster with copy of Freedom charter in white block with black lettering, in English with small parts in African languages. Copies of the Freedom Charter…