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EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
Under a proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act South Africans across race spectrum would have their fingerprints taken and recorded on a central…
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
Robert Resha was an activist, journalist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). As an activist, he strived for a non-racial, non-sexist, just and…
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
Humphrey Mpumele Ndlovu was born at Emzweni in the Qamu Tribal Authority at Msinga, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He joined the Inkatha Cultural Liberation…
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
The struggle for freedom is a reckless, foolish and sacrosanct adventure—so believed Albert Luthuli, president of the African National Congress from 1952-1968…
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 4 August 1978. This rural non-profit is home to many business ventures from equestrian…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
By Sara We salute one of our best known heroines of South Africa, Albertina Nontsikelelo (Blessings) Sisulu, on her 70th birthday in October. Albertina…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… Movement. Biko began his efforts some time in the mid-1970s – Malusi Mpumlwana and Mapetla Mohapi were especially …
ArchiveReport on the 46th Annual NUSAS Congress and on the special congress on the reassessment of the National Union
Report on the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Camp Jonathan, Eston, Natal, 16-22 July 1970.
PlaceNamibia
… industry was at low ebb, due to over-fishing during the 1970s. Whites began leaving Namibia in increasing numbers. …
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 09 February 2012
… problem of structural unemployment which goes back to the 1970s. Employment continued to deteriorate in the 1990s and …
ArchiveNUSAS Press Release: Behind the scenes activity in the last three months...
Press release issued by the NUSAS Chairperson, Neville Curtis, listing achievements and detailing future plans ahead of the 46th Annual Congress in June/July…
ArchiveMinutes of the 2nd General Students Council
Minutes of the SASO Meeting including the Agenda, Members of the Executive Committee for 1970/1971, Resolutions and elected members of the Executive Committee…
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the…
ArchiveApartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
Thesis submitted to fulfil the requirements for the Degree Philosophiae Doctor in the Faculty of Humanitie (Department of History) at the University of the…
EventAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo died
Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s…
EventZola Budd returns to SA
World famous South African athlete Zola Budd, who had emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announced that she has…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
After protests against Barclays Bank's involvement in South Africa and its apartheid government, Barclays Bank (SA) announced its new name - First National…
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
An International Conference on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at UNESCO House…
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
In May 1962 Dennis Brutus, Secretary of the South African Sports Association, wrote to Otto Mayer, the then Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee …
ArticleZulu Family History
Zulu Kings 1781 to 1816 Senzangakhona 1816 to 1828 Shaka 1828 to 1840 Dingane 1840 to 1872 Mpande 1872 to 1879 Cetswayo 1879 to 1916…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
“District Six is a blot which the government has cleaned up and will continue to clear up.”[i] - P.W Botha The memory of District Six, also known as…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
1952The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime, which in the following years inspires the establishment…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
Letter from the Secretary of SASO to the President of NUSAS
The letter contains a notification of a resolution passed at the SASO Conference held in Durban on 4 to 10 July 1970 which effectively withdraws SASO's…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
South African National Art Gallery. Source: www.sa-venues.com This Gallery is located in Cape Town. It was started in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas…
From this to this?
Brochure campaigning against the proposed forced removal of the Fingoes from Grahamstown's Fingo Village to Committee's Drift after Fingo Village was…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
Africa has produced a number of female authors who were, and still are, able to assert themselves as writers, both on a national and international scale…
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
The William Fehr Collection had been on exhibition at the Castle – more or less unchanged – from the 1950s. The core of the collection comprises historical…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
Shanty town women stripped to the waist and confronted bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
South African cricket player, Paul "Gogga" Adams, became South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, when he featured in his first test debut at the age of 18…