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ArchiveWonder and the Masiza Sisters
… Pink poster with black and white lettering. Blue and white border. Performance … at the Oxford Hotel by Wonder and the Masiza Sisters. Black images of five…
PlaceOld Stables, Oatlands, Simonstown
… This building was originally erected in the 18th century as a set of stables on the well-known … Shortly after the second British occupation of the Cape in…
ArchiveWorld Press Photo Exhibition 84
… Gallery, 9 Riebeek Street, Cape Town on 26th April 1984. Black and white photo of small boy carrying large gun, with … on it. Small photo of man on his chest…
ArchiveCall to all women of Johannesburg
… White background with two black blocks on right hand side and one green box on left hand side with white lettering. Two thin black border lines. Notice of…
PlaceMapungubwe Collection at the University of Pretoria
… gold was declared a national heritage collection in October 1997, the University of Pretoria (UP) became its official custodian as it played an important…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) … Club) were arrested at her home. The 4 were arrested in connection with the death of…
EventSir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King Shaka's Zulu army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period…
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… Located on Mzilikazi Street in Mofolo, the Mofolo Arts Centre is a hub of cultural and artistic exploration in Soweto. The centre is one of the few…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… The first violence during the Defiance Campaign erupted in New Brighton, near Port Elizabeth . According to reports the riots followed after a Black person…
EventANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education
… were reserved for Whites with poor provisions made for black people. Bantu education came into effect in 1955 after the government had passed the Bantu …
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
… Botshabelo Mission Station can be found in Middelburg in the Mpumalanga Province. Originally a place … centre where the Gospel was widely proclaimed among…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of His Inauguration and the 10th Anniversary of Freedom, Pretoria, 27 April 2004
… within it and represented much that is ugly and repulsive in human society. It was a place in which happiness could … like a dying comet. It was a place in…
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… challenge to the full might of Pretoria`s tyranny. In spite of fierce repression under the state of emergency, … including our children; the millions who…
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… challenge to the full might of Pretoria's tyranny. In spite of fierce repression under the state of emergency, … including our children; the millions who…
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
… The beautiful Xanadu Nature Estate , in Hartbeespoort, is set on 240 Hectares and overlooks the … Impala; Waterbuck; Reedbuck; Kudu; Nyala; Springbuck and…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
… 1, that the Zimbabwean economy, once among the most robust in Africa is all but defunct and that Zimbabweans are … silent with regard to the situation. This…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… C.D.T. Sibisi informing him that the University of Natal Black Section Student Representative Council had passed a … and the reply from Neville Curtis to the…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… Text of the Nobel Lecture delivered by Chief Albert Lutuli in the Oslo University, on December 11, 1961 In years gone … Man or to set a limit beyond which…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal area where battles …
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for amnesty in 1996. Their case was heard in Cape Town on 8 July 1997, with Amy's parents attending the … 1994. On…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… the apartheid era. He played for almost his entire career in exile before passing away in West Berlin, Germany at the … The apartheid government made it…
ArchiveWits Autumn Festival
… Main poster: black background with white and yellow lettering. Notice of … on certain dates. White background with yellow and black text. …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1984
… Dear Compatriots, Brothers and Sisters in the Struggle, Comrades Today, the 8th January, your … social emancipation. Revolutions Are About State Power The…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… on 26 February 1965. When Johannesburg was proclaimed in 1886 on the triangular site Randjeslaagte, the area of the … the fixed points - those familiar white…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 16 - 1 January 1977 by Carol Hermer
… were all a bit anxious about December 16, supposedly our Black Christmas, but it turned out very quiet. People didn't know what to do, whether to celebrate…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… 1869 April, Kasturba Kapadia is born in Porbandar, in present-day Gujarat. 1876 Kasturba Kapadia … excommunicated from the Modh Vania caste for crossing the …
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… sustain their wars and, if neither is a clear-cut winner in that process, no less so if they make peace. This was so … and subject to dangerous periodic…
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… Winnie Mandela and Fatima Meer were in prison together and became close friends. Winnie wrote an … joined by my dearest Fatima. Fatima and I had formed the…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… was either banned, on trial or serving short sentences in prison. The main activities revolved around the … Others again, “can hardly be distinguished from…