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ArchiveThe Clover workers story
White poster with red lettering. COSATU Logo. Support the 166 dismissed Clover workers. See their play on 9 and 10 April at Box Theatre, and Wednesday 8th…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1975
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from 10 to 13 March 1975, discussing: Reports from headquarters, regions, advice offices and…
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
1974 February Botswana Abraham Onkgopotse Tiro SASO Parcel bomb. - Zambia John Dube ANC Parcel bomb. 1978 8 January Durban Dr. Rick Turner Banned…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
1980 25 January, Three MK cadres, on their way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were…
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 The raid into Lesotho, not only killed 12…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education By 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
By 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered in Orlando West to begin a protest march against the imposition of the Afrikaans language as the…
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
George Aubrey Faulkner (1881 - 1930) was in his day a dominating figure in South African cricket, one of the games' finest all around players, and a legendary…
ANC NWC Media Briefing, 21 June 2010
Members of the media are invited to the African National Congress (ANC) National Working Committee (NWC) media briefing, tomorrow, 22 June 2010. The briefing…
ArchiveTwenty years of our lives: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Cape Town
Twenty years of our lives: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Cape Town on 10 March 1975. Discusses History of Black Sash,…
ArchiveKopano Ya Jaraya MGWUSA Tsamayiso
A2 black and yellow on white silkscreen; Municipal and General Workers Union of South Africa logos; text: Kopano ya Jara ya MGWUSA Tsamayiso; puo: Kago…
EventEducationist Ernest Moloto dies
Linguist, educationist and teacher, Ernest Sedumedi Moloto, who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana…
ArchivePeoples education for peoples power!
Title in red letters at bottom of poster. Dark green and black background. 10 fighting years 1976 - 1986. Photo of youth wearing yellow T-shirt with image of…
A volatile case of Afrikan vs. Indian in KwaZulu-Natal by Jackie Shandu, 7 April 2015, South Africa
Steve Biko included in his definition of Blackness Afrikans, Indians and Coloureds. But is it time to review that definition, based on the hostilities and…
ArchiveUnban the ANC Mass Meeting
Notice of Mass Meeting on Tuesday 10th June at Khotso House at 12.30. White poster with black lettering. UDF Logo. Press release, dated 7th June 1986, from the…
Pretoria the Segregated city
Contents Pretoria the Segregated city The Tomlinson Report Atteridgeville and Saulsville Hammanskraal Mamelodi Mabopane Laudium Eersterus …
PlaceDrostdy Museum, Uitenhage
The Drostdy was erected during General Jacob Glen Cuyler’s tenure of office as Landdrost of Uitenhage in 1809 and follows the historical development of…
EventUN investigative team visits SA
A United Nations (UN) team, led by Mr. Abdulrahim Abby Farah, under-secretary-general, visited South Africa from 9 to 10 June to meet representatives of the…
ArchiveNUSAS - its background and history
NUSAS - its background and history. Informal talk delivered at National Seminar of the National Union of South African Students, April 1973. Pages7 to 10 of…
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
Johannesburg has many historic landmarks and the Rissik Street Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the city’s oldest surviving buildings and…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
It enters the Indian Ocean on the Southern Coast of Africa and 34 km south-west of Mossel Bay. The exact origin of the name cannot be stated with certainty. G…
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
In 1938, thirty two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of Cape Town, South Africa…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
At approximately 11:00 PM, John Lennon was shot 4 times in the back as he entered his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Lennon's…
ArchiveThe Freedom run
Black, red and white poster. Notice of a 10km and 3km fun run on Sunday, 11th June, 1989, at Brockwell Park, London. Prizes to be won. Guest Speakers. Artwork…
ArchiveMkhumbane our home African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960 by Iain Edwards
This study is concerned with all the material structures of everyday life and the nature of power in the African shacklands of Cato Manor Farm. Click to read:…
PlaceOld Crown Mines Headquarters, 5 Press Lane, Selby, Johannesburg
The building was designed by Herbert Baker after the amalgamation of eight mining companies in April 1909, when Crown Mines Ltd was founded. The office complex…
EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
Mdantsane born Welcome Ncita became the first South African to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world bantam weight title on 10 March 1990, when…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
Before presenting the history and impact of resistance photography we must consider the historical moment in which resistance photography in South Africa came…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle between invading Italian forces and a strong…
PlaceGabon
On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, astride the Equator. The Country gained independence from France. It shares common borders with…