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EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
The basic concept of cellular phones began in 1947, when researchers began to examine crude mobile (car) phones. These researchers realized that by using small…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
On 5 April 2011, South African photographer Anton Hammerl was killed, allegedly by Libyan forces on the Brega frontline. According to eyewitnesses, Hammerl’s…
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
Despite the negative response from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Chief Gatsha Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the multiparty negotiating forum met for the first…
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 workers…
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 Sikelela…
ArchiveRally : Nzo-Slovo speak
ANC - SACP 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 and…
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 coal…
ArchiveBouers van n beter nuwe Suid-Afrika
Election poster. White background with blue lettering. Two strips of zig zag lines in blue green yellow and white top and bottom. Nationale Party flag and…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
Marianne Kriel was born in Bellville on 30 August 1971.[i] She attended Bellville High School, and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Stellenbosch…
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
The Settlement of Green Point was established sometime before June 1846, and in 1870 its name was changed to Somerset Road, presumably to differentiate it from…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
Jan de Waal, born in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The erf on which this double storey house stands was…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
Alfred Temba Qabula was born on December 12, 1942 in Flagstaff, Transkei. His father. a migrant worker, ‘coughed out’ the harshness of his life onto his…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
The legendary German general was known as the "Desert Fox for his brilliant military exploits in north Africa during the Second World War. He was born in…
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 : We…
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
ANC Department of Political Education briefing on the October 26 municipal elections in South Africa. Covers the government's strategy and the popular response…
ArchiveThousands flock to United Democratic Front launch
Thousands of people and about 400 organisations from all over the country came to the lauch of UDF and messages of supports from all organisations nationwide…
ArchivePeace Concert
Black and yellow poster with notice of a music concert on 30th November with an image of a bird, and includes a list of the bands and performers. Issued by…
ArchiveVasterviks Kommun mot apartheid
Black and white poster. Artwork of an African with a spear and a shield on a map of Africa. Notice of a concert to support the ANC in Sweden. List of speakers…
ArchivePer un Sudafrika democratico contro laparthe
White poster with red lettering and artwork. Notice of a programme against apartheid in Rome, Italy. List of speakers. Artwork of a tree and a peace sign…
ArchiveMapantsula at King of Clubs
White background with red artwork of dancers. Notice of bands playing at a club. Words: Mapantsula and guest bands, Khaki Monitor and Rapola, Dislexis and Paul…