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EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… a relationship with Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela , and had fathered her son, who was less than a year old at the time of his…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Western Cape, and was appointed regional secretary. In 1985, Manuel was arrested for a month for his activities…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… (MK), the armed wing of the ANC. In 1963, he was arrested and sentenced to 17 years on Robben Island. Ngoyi and Henry Fazzie joined Port Elizabeth Black…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… In 1811, he was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that station, resigning in 1814 and being succeeded by Lord Charles…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… in 1943. Agate Terrace is halfway between the river mouth and where the beach ends abruptly in a very steep bluff. The path from here leads to the top and…
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
… on the road to to East London. It was founded in 1849 and named by the Governor of the Cape Sir Henry Smith, … Gqabi District Municipality'. The Settlement…
ArchiveJoburg City : Whose City?
… lettering. Notice of an oral history research project and photographic exhibition, at Johannesburg Art Gallery, Joubert Park. Black and white drawing in…
ArchiveDraft report for the Commission on the Improper Interference Bill
… on the Improper Interference Bill. States objects and structure of the National Union and its policy and activities. Includes a covering letter from John…
ArchiveWalk against the war in El Salvador
… Yellow poster with red lettering and artwork. Notice of a fundraising walk, National walk-a-thon for justice and peace with the people of El Salvador, at…
ArchivePolice reserves are traps
… This pamphlet discusses the formation of police reserves, and APDUSA examines the so-called reasons for the formation of the police reserves as been lies,…
ArchiveNon Violence News, Third quarter, 1985
… Includes issues on increasing levels of obvious violence and blood strife, and the concern that leaders opposed to apartheid seem to be … rejection of non…
ArchiveTell Mrs Thatcher: stop supporting apartheid!
… Red, grey, black and white poster. Cartoon image of Mrs Thatcher and Mr F W De Klerk by kind permission of Luck and Flaw. Notice of a rally on Sunday 25th…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Orange, black and white poster. Photographs of people of different … in Britain to work. Series of folders numbers 3521-3529 and 3532. Also folder number…
EventUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the United Nations
… The UN adopts and proclaims the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The day is recognised and celebrated as International Human Rights Day. For a link ……
EventShaka Zulu is murdered
… Shaka Zulu, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, was murdered by his bodyguard, Mbopha, and his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana after a…
ArchiveBantu Authorities Act, Act No 68 of 1951
… provide for the establishment of certain Bantu authorities and to define their functions, to abolish the Natives … Council, to amend the Native Affairs Act,…
ArchiveDont hang Theresa
… Black and white poster with artwork of Mother Theresa standing next to a rope hanging and a map of Africa. Words on the bottom of the poster: … shall only be…
ArchiveMDM (Mass Democratic Movement)
… with title in black letters. Initials of all trade unions and student bodies in red and black letters around the border. Artwork of a black hand and a white…
ArchiveTasks of the ANC in the present period
… character of the struggle, the forces of transformation and the forms of struggle, the ANC and the masses and a mass programme of action. Prepared for a…
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 16 Number 3 January 1992
… in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and recording the aims and activities of this movement. The focus of this issue is Conflict and…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress: Year of the Cadre
… Poster with white background and mostly black text. Some text in red. Calendar for six … to June 1985. List of important dates. Yellow, red, black and white…
ArchiveQuote from Marx
… Black, white and yellow poster. Quotes from Marx, Cecil Rhodes and Lenin. Map of Africa showing the colonial partition. … of folders numbers 3521-3529 plus…
EventDevastating Floods ravage Southern Africa
… destructive floods in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe, a meeting was held in Mbabane, Swaziland. An … assistance to flood victims in the…
ArchiveUrban Bantu Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961
… Bantu councils, the conferring on certain Bantu of civil and criminal jurisdiction in urban areas, the establishment of community guards in certain areas,…
ArchiveMinutes of National Conference of the Black Sash held at Durban
… from National Headquarters, regions, magazine, finaces and Advice Offices, Removals, homelessness, State of Emergency, education, capital punishment,…
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
… world from way back has been for people to come together, and not to be separated. That is how civilisation has spread. … selfish one of enriching themselves…
PlacePiquetberg
… It was proclaimed a separate sub-district on 9 March 1848, and was raised to divisional status in 1857. The following … (church farm). The first sale of…
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… the FIFA World Cup 2010 when South Africa defeated Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. The 19th FIFA … was between the South African team…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… to know in which language we shall send you literature and correspond with you. Please write for which reasons the … Left Opposition, we must say, that,…
Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930
… of two years ago when he made a violent attack on me, and the rank and file said that they did not want to listen to all this … to cover peculation. I hate…