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EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM). In retaliation students stoned the police and burned their car. The first sign of Black unrest in…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… Party and the African National Congress. He was born in Wynberg in Cape Town on the 13th June 1923, the son of Florence, a … political debate on the…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
… Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only. … Bobby…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… have received yesterday afternoon from President De Klerk in response to the ANC's memorandum It is said that South … of Rands of taxpayers' money,…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… about the past mainly because actually I am interested in the present - Ngugi wa Thiong Today, just over a century … These include business and national…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… The potato boycott began in protest against slave-like labour conditions for Black workers on potato farms. In areas like Bethal in Eastern Transvaal (now…
EventThe first legal photograph of Nelson Mandela released.
… of the banned African National Congress and a famous black political prisoner in South Africa. In 1964 Mandela was convicted of sabotage in the Rivonia ……
EventPolice constable is buried alive at Ackerville cemetery near Witbank
… funeral of a friend, Mr Jimmy Brown. They buried him alive in a nearby grave. Mr Mandlazi was a resident of Ackerville … station. The police spokesman from…
ArchiveThe rehabilitation scheme: a new fraud
… The article introduces the Native Policy in which the Black man is kept as a slave to the White man … create wealth or him. A plan directed for those…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… A2 silkscreen yellow green black red blend on white; graphics of people working; … marching; text: We call for an end to conscrption: We live in an unjust…
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
… "Koos" De la Rey defeated and captured Gen. Lord Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Transvaal in the last important battle won…
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… on 11 February 1990 was a catalyst that sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On 4 March 1990 343 political prisoners on ……
EventCrime statistics released
… confirm South Africa's status as the most violent country in the world excluding war zones. The figures reveal that 10 161 people were murdered in the first…
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… Dambisa Moyo is a well renowned global economist. Born in Zambia she was exposed to the harsh economic realities … not as loud a voice. There is also…
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… outside South Africa until he was sentenced to five years in 1962 and then charged in the "Rivonia Trial" in October … fought against white domination, and I…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… It was established on the Farm in the Free State Province , named "Keerom" (which means "Turn around"). Settlers occupied the Area in the 1830's and the Town…
PlaceLiesbeek River and Park, Cape Town
… at Paarden Eiland '. The Upper Liesbeek River Garden is in Bishopscourt Village, alongside the river on land that is … below Rosebank and Mowbray, the…
ArchiveWomen fight for freedom
… Black and white poster with slash of green and yellow. ANC … of women running across the road with a tank and soldiers in the background. Artwork of a women…
ArchiveThe End Conscription Campaign is holding a cheese and wine
… 29th July, by the ECC to launch their "Know your rights in the SADF" booklet and Conscription Advice Bureau. Speaker Errol Moorcroft. Light blue and black…
ArchiveHoly Cross Convent presents St. Joan
… Black and white poster. Notice of a play to be performed at … of St. Joan and people carrying raised spears and a flag in fron of a white circle. …
ArchiveUitenhage massacre: why?
… Black and white, with artwork of dead bodies lying in a pool of blood, and UDF flags flying at the top of the …
ArchiveP. O. W. : Prisoner of War: Exhibition
… from the 16th February to the 7th March. Live performances in the Rehearsal Room. End Conscription Campaign Logo. Black and white poster. Two grey and white…
ArchiveGrassroots 83 : No to PC - forward to a unit
… Calendar for 1983. Black and white photographs of President Botha and other … African scenes. Red and white images of people protesting in the background…
ArchiveCelebration of a Soviet National Day and Red Army Victories
… Light brown background with black and red lettering. Notice of a meeting at City Hall … on Saturday, November 6th. Artwork of a hammer and sickel in a red…
Archive1,000 pounds smash fascism fund
… White poster with black lettering and artwork. Six point communist programme for the home front. Year 1941 pencilled in. Artwork of a raised fist. Issued by…
Letter to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua by O. R. Tambo, 1974
… also to express our heartfelt wishes for success in your work for the total liberation of Africa and the … is being rocked by the biggest strike movement of…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
… a whole week with the world's greatest man, Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia. I ought to let you know that hidden somewhere in … came the big crowds, from every…
PlaceMzilikazi Memorial, situated at Phokeng, near Rustenburg
… was brought at nightfall and the King's body was placed in it and taken to Mhlahlandlela where on the 9th September … ceremonies, the burial process started…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. … F. Verwoerd, opted to become a republic. This move…
PlaceGugulethu Township
… Pride'. This township was established along with Nyanga in the 1960's. The Group Areas Act (1950) reinforced the … of Langa when it became overcrowded,…