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EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… The first cases of an unusually severe and deadly strain of influenza, popularly called Spanish Flu … weeks. The disease spread throughout the entire country…
EventAlan Paton is born
… in 1925. For three years he taught at Ixopo High School, and then moved to Pietermaritzburg to teach at Maritzburg … College. In 1928 Paton married Doris…
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… with the Afrikaner soldiers burning the Barolong huts and the defences that the British lieutenant-general, Robert … on 17 May 1900, when British forces, led…
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… forced the Voortrekkers to flee north of the Vaal River and into the Transvaal. The Battle of Boomplaats was a direct result of the personal and impulsive…
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… cellular telecoms was done by NET in Tokyo, Japan in 1979, and in 1981, the NMT system was launched in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Cellular phones…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
… attention. Consequently, he died in the desert. Hammerl and other frontline journalists were taken by Libyan forces … in February 2011. South African…
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… for each province to determine its own legislative and executive structures and a provision for the change of the name of the province of … saying that the…
Workers Library Launch 22 OCtober 1988 Tape
… Speeches and cultural performance to launch the Workers Library and to explain how the Workers library came about and to describe it aims. To encourage…
ArchiveHeritage Day: 24 September 1996
… Brown, black and white poster. Photograph of Enoch Sontonga, and a short history of him in three languages. Artwork of Lovedale Church. Words of Nkosi…
ArchiveRally : Nzo-Slovo speak
… Rally poster. White poster with black lettering. Black and white photos of Nzo and Slovo. ANC and SACP Logos. Venue - FNB Stadium on 6th May 1990. …
PlaceWelgelegen Ilanga Colliery, Mpumalanga
… iLanga Coal Mines (Pty) Ltd. owns and operates Coal Mines in the Ermelo and Witbank Coalfields. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Middelburg,…
ArchiveA musical concert
… Green and white poster advertising a concert at Nobuhle Hall, … Alexandra on the 18th May. List of attractions. Green and white image of man playing piano…
ArchiveLaw week
… Black and white poster. List of university courses on different aspects of law, dates and speakers, at S.S.1 and S.S.2 on Monday 17th to Friday 21st May. …
ArchiveAre you just a witness to apartheid?: now unbanned!
… Black and white poster. Notice of a play by ECC Wits at SHB 1, on 7th and 9th April. Artwork of huts, barbed wire and gravestone crosses. SRC stamp. …
ArchiveLiberez Nelson Mandela et tous les prisonnieres politiques
… White, black and red poster. Photograph of Nelson Mandela on Robben Island, and photograph of children protesting. ANC in France campaign to free Nelson…
ArchiveCorruption budget?: or peoples budget?
… ANC election poster. Black, yellow, red, green, and white poster. Black and white photograph of a woman carrying a large African pot on her head and the word…
ArchiveCOSATU : Living wage
… Red and black poster. Five rows of seven identical blocks. Title plus a raised fist with words 'unite and fight for a' on it. Black artwork of people and…
ArchiveBouers van n beter nuwe Suid-Afrika
… Two strips of zig zag lines in blue green yellow and white top and bottom. Nationale Party flag and logo in centre. …
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
… of Green Point was established sometime before June 1846, and in 1870 its name was changed to Somerset Road, presumably … in 2010, Somerset Road hosts a…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… granted to him in 1752 by Governor Ryk Tulbagh The house and adjoining warehouse in Shortmarket Street are typical of … Cape, architecture The present teak…
PlaceMalay Quarter, Cape Town
… over the years by incursions from commercial development and the threat of Apartheid legislation. It is one of the oldest parts of Cape Town, and is one of…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… , South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called: Roberts Heights , after Lord Roberts. It was … timber-framed corrugated iron houses on…
PlaceLiberia
… 1800s was motivated by the domestic politics of slavery and race in the United States as well as by U.S. foreign … to sell any territory. In 1820, 88 free…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… the 124th Infantry Regiment as an officer cadet in 1910, and two years later was commissioned a 2d lieutenant. During World War I he served in France and on…
Make your statement
… Multicoloured poster.Truth and Reconciliation Commission poster. Artwork of people talking and thinking back about past history. List of TRC offices and…
Archive500 Anos de America Amazona
… Blue and black poster. Artwork of sailing ships arriving at coast. Artwork of indigenous people with spears and shields and some in bondage. American amazon…
June 16: The struggle continues
… Silkscreened; black and yellow; June 16 : The struggle continues : We learnt by losing children and dying terrible deaths how to hold a gun and a grenade :…
ArchiveThe edge of the road music show
… Grey, blue, red and white poster. Notice of a music show. Cartoon artwork of a grey and white brick wall. Blue and white artwork of a policeman. Large red…
ArchiveUmhlaba wethu: umsebenzi wethu: ingomso lethu
… ANC election poster. Black and white photograph of a woman working in a field. Coloured photograph of a man and a woman casting their vote. ANC logo. Green…
ArchiveThe October 26 Municipal elections: the people demand universal adult suffrage
… in South Africa. Covers the government's strategy and the popular response, and the election results and their implications. …