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ArchiveTried for treason
… Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition on the … Photograph of a crowd of people outside the Drill Hall in Johannesburg on the first day of the…
ArchiveWe have survived!
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. Notice of an Aboriginal Poster … Commemorating 200 years of Aboriginal Resistance in Australia - 1788 - 1988. Exhibition…
EventThe fifteenth annual conference of Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) alters its constitution
… Council of South Africa (TUCSA) altered its constitution in such a way that effectively debarred Africans from … any unregistered unions as TUCSA affiliates…
ArchiveANC womens section : South African women march to freedom
… by the Federation of South African Women as set out in the 1955 Congress of the People. Green, yellow, black and white artwork at right of poster showing…
PlaceButterworth, Wild Coast
… Butterworth is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is one of the oldest towns in the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast (the former Transkei - a black…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… introduced this the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Act in the wake of wide-spread labour unrest to set up a limited … and apartheid still being imposed on…
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… the ratio of Whites to Blacks should be adjusted in favour of Blacks. If applied, it would also have resulted in wage cuts. The strike of the 20 000 White…
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, died in Johannesburg at the age of 65. In 1905 she became the first African woman from South Africa ……
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… New Age was charged with publishing subversive literature in contravention of emergency restrictions. (Potter p118) … Talk, a political and literary magazine…
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… Party (NP) and the South African Party of Jan Smuts in 1933, and rejected the resulting 'fusion' government formed in 1934. The two leaders agreed on 23…
EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… its programme of Apartheid by excluding the majority of Black South Africans from South Africa proper. The Bantustans … 1982. The establishment of the…
Chapter 1 - Interpreting the Character, Role and Significance of SASO AND SANSCO
… an application of assumptions and principles to phenomena in order to constitute a range of enquiry.... [O]ne's … for example the Student Representative…
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
… This was a poignant day for Winnie and she faced a future in which her husband’s arrest was inevitable and the … children would endure without him while…
EventKenya is granted independence
… first Prime Minister. The Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green flag of the new nation. This followed … was declared a Republic. The campaign…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… the last mentioned - the Basotho, our hosts, killed in the massacre. How do you tell a Mosotho from a South … who were killed for no other reason than that…
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… a few weeks before his death on 8 May 1975. Founded in 1951, Drum Magazine was instrumental in the struggle against apartheid. It often exposed ills…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… During these sixty years of toiling for human freedom in its totality, uBab` Nsibande was as much a loving member … believing that South Africa belongs to…
Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
… I don't know why I should have been honoured in this way by being asked to open this exhibition; awhole … of Commons with Abdul Minty in 1961. We were…
EventNP holds federal congress
… National Party held its federal congress (1 - 3 August) in Cape Town to unveil its policy plan on anti-poverty … strategies. The party's name change was also…
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… On 6 March 1902 in the district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, Sikobobo, attacked … chief then set about doing this, and a bloodbath ensued in which 56 Boers…
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… Professor Bob Hepple was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex … of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in 1955, Bob…
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools. Seatlholo faced additional … illegally and being a member of a banned…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 91th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2003
… to all our members and all patriots that we should Advance in Unity to the Year 2012! It is in that spirit that we … things, we must pay special attention to…
ArchiveNational congress cultural day
… A2 litho poster; red, yellow and black; photo by Cedric Nunn of workers performing Sarmcol Workers play in 1987; Text: National Congress Cultural Day; Usuku…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… Born in the Eastern Cape, Dumisa Ntsebeza, like many young South Africans in the 70’s was involved in the struggle. He was arrested in … of South Africa…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
… Daizer Mqhaba; The Voortrekkers by Sheila Fugard; Silence in Jail! by Peter Horn; A Letter to Bandi by Kriben Pillay; … Gordin; Era by Jaki Seroke; Just a…
African shield
… White poster with red border. Artwork of a red and black African shield with a black spear and a yellow and black circle. Black, green and yellow shield…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1992
… Through the length and breadth of South Africa and in many parts of the world, anti-apartheid fighters and democrats - young and old, black and white - join…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… programme is designed for students to gain work experience in research and for graduates to become familiar with the use … to the development of content for…
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In the process Bikila set a new…