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Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… must be heard, and old fighters given their rightful place in the annals of struggle in this country. As one of the first generation of … has left deep…
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… minister P. W. Botha gathered business leaders together in a conference at the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg. Here he announced his plan to launch the ……
PlacePakhuis Pass
… Pass (R364) is a spectacular 26.4 km paved mountain pass in South Africa's Western Cape , connecting Clanwilliam with … Leipoldt 's grave. Construction on…
PlaceWorkers’ Museum, Johannesburg
… of Life as a Migrant Worker, found at the Worker’s Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg , was master-minded by Henry Paine, … any aspect of this tragic practice…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… had been serving since the conclusion of the Rivonia Trial in 1964. The condition of his release is that he renounces … and violent protest, as a means to…
EventAir France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda
… route from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked after a stopover in Athens. The four hijackers were members of the Popular … for the Liberation of Palestine and…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… minister of the self-governing British colony of Rhodesia in 1964. In keeping with the postwar trend toward de-colonisation, … Smith illegally declared…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… meet with the then-banned African National Congress (ANC) in Dakar, Senegal. Delegates were drawn from academic, … this ground-breaking meeting is regarded…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… since it attained its independence from British rule in 1962. In December 1980 Apollo Milton Obote, from the Uganda … the UPC had doctored the election…
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… 2005, Heritage Day, the Trojan Horse Memorial was unveiled in Athlone as a remembrance of the three victims who were … growing desperation to quell social…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… of delimitation. When William Burchell visited the region in April 1812 he commented that: "The village of Graaf-Reinet … advantages, as well as its…
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… and Bridglal Pachai The Vagrant Law prevented Muslims in the borough of Durban from exercising their religious … obligations after 9 p.m. at certain times of…
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… The Pioneer open air Museum in Silverton, is set in a graciously restored Victorian settler Farmstead complete … the Museum gives one a real sense of early…
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… to another? I don't know whether it was abrupt. It came in... the wake of Sharpeville, when people had protested … peacefully and... people were killed. Most…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… on the eastern shores of the vast Atlantic Ocean. Even in the mind's eye we can see that the Mediterranean waters … Chile disguises the fact that historical…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs Foreword by Achille Mbembe In Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy , twenty … strengthening and broadening today’s…
PlacePeddie
… Peddie is a small town in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape province of … rivers, which had previously been annexed to the Cape in 1829. On 8 March…
PlaceLadysmith
… the Central and Northern Drakensberg. Tourists staying in the Drakensberg should consider visiting this town while spending time in the Drakensberg. In the…
ArchiveViews of Black Christians on South Africas p
… General Secretary of a Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Africa (NGKA) to a Conference organised by the Lutheran and NGKA congregations in Soweto in…
ArchiveThe relevance of Black Theology
… article discussing the relevance of the Black Theology in South Africa in relation to the question of colour, in relation to the heretical ecclesiology, and…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Celebration of Workers Day, Swellendam, Western Cape, 1 May 2006
… relax and enjoy themselves; and not spend too many hours in public meetings. I am not going to be long so that we can … Trade Unions) for making it possible…
ArchiveMot fortryckarna!: stod Chiles volk!: no. 18: Chile
… and white poster. Black and white poster of military men in centre. No.18 in bottom left hand corner. Leif Thollander in bottom right hand corner. Flag of…
ArchiveNo apartheid executions
… White poster with black image of hangman's noose. Word 'no' in title in red letters. Other wording in black letters. SATIS Logo. Southern Africa the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… It's happened. Cape Town is no longer the only quiet place in the country. We have Soweto with us. Wednesday started … parents' meeting. All of a sudden one…
ArchiveSAAWU Annual National Conference
… Notice of SAAWU Annual National Conference at Soweto in 1984. SAAWU in white letters on black background. AGM in green letters on white background. White…
ArchiveNo more baas boys
… Black and white poster. Title in white letters, with cartoon images of Ian Smith, P. W. Botha and Bishop Abel Musorewa in these letters, against a background…
ArchiveMulticoloured painting of soldiers and flags: no.17: Chile
… Painting of soldiers in blue uniforms, waving flags, top half of flag red, bottom half blue, large yellow star in centre. '17 FNL Segrar' in bottom left hand…
ArchiveWar and peace
… Title in yellow letters. Notice of release of documentary about the … of the ANC from 1912. Multicoloured poster with people in background. One man in white…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… In the mid-80s a strange pop phenomenon swept through the … was a coloured oke from the Cape Flats or Eersterust in Pretoria. Some maintained that he was…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… has received a further blow and our country's prestige in the international field has dropped to an even lower … life with all its miseries, hardships and…