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PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… The Village of Colesberg was founded in 1830 on the site of an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of Sir Galbraith…
ArchiveApartheid: no
… Black, red and white poster. Apartheid in red lettering with artwork of dripping blood on black background. Word 'no' outlined in white. Word Liebig 77 in…
EventSADF Gaborone raid kills 4
… In what was believed to be a raid on African National Congress (ANC) members who were in hiding in Gaborone, Botswana, the South Africa Defence Force (SADF) …
ArchiveLetter from the South African Embassy, Paris, to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… Letter, written in Afrikaans, from the South African Embassy in France to the Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, … Samora Machel's request for…
ArchiveWorkers power for democracy and socialism
… Black and white poster with red border in centre and title in red letters. Poster celebrating the 1917 Russian Revolution. Photographs of scenes in Russia…
ArchiveFree us from the call up
… Black poster. Black and white image of soldier tied up in red string. Title in white letters outlined in red. Black and white broken chain across the bottom…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… In 1657 the VOC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain … It is generally assumed that his son, Dirk, built the mill in 1796. Dirk's daughter inherited…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… There is a pass in the Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here that the … Horse Artillery (RHA), were placed and ultimately captured in the first…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
… he was called Abraham, he was fleeing from his master in Batavia, he arrived as stowaway on 2 March 1653, on the … and was a gift to van Riebeeck from the…
International Council for Traditional Music
… Second Symposium on the theme, “African Music Scholarship in the Twenty-first Century: Challenges and Directions.” The … to build on the successes of the…
ArchiveArt Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat by Matthew Krouse (Mail & Gurdian), 28 September 2013
… The FNB Jo'burg Art Fair, running in Sandton until Sunday, has been full of surprises. The Mail … so on his own initiative. The action was apparently taken…
ArchivePostage stamps: first quarter 1990
… White background with blue scrollwork in four corners and grey oval centre, containing coloured replicas of postage stamps issued in 1990, in all of Southern…
EventPetrus Jacobus (Arrie) Paulus is born
… Paulus, General Secretary of the Mineworkers' Union in 1967, is born in Pretoria. Click here for more on Arrie Paulus. Read more about Labour History in…
ArchiveCRADOYA
… Title in black letters on white background. Black line outline of South Africa. Image of black hand in the middle holding yellow working implements. Words …
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
… at the extreme South Western tip of the African Continent in the Republic of South Africa . Table Mountain and the City … a range of 63 miles and an…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… [This extract from the appeal was published by Gandhi in Indian Opinion with the following editorial note: “The … – E.S. Reddy] While you are sitting happy…
Message by Albert Luthuli on the eve of Multi-Racial Conference, 1 November 1957
… about the forthcoming multi-racial conference to be held in Johannesburg on December 3-5, 1957. Very little, if … ways of improving and establishing better…
PlaceTenterden, 60 Durban Road, Wynberg
… on 8 April 1856. Its U-plan dwelling was originally built in a Cape Dutch idiom but it subsequently acquired a number … Tenterden Place of Safety, Wynberg,…
ArchivePostage stamps: Rugby World Cup winners
… background. Multicoloured photographs of stamps issued in 1995 in commemoration of South Africa winning the Rugby World Cup. … Half a gold cup on left hand…
ArchiveFundacion Augusto C. Sandino. FACS
… by a laurel wreath. Artwork of a map of Nicaragua, in the middle of the earth, split into two halves, with a man in black in the middle. …
ArchiveTrygghet
… brown, white and black poster. Artwork of people working in a factory. Issued by the Kommunistika Partiet. Number 16 in bottom left hand corner. Name - Egil…
ArchiveChile: publication no. 10
… poster. Artwork of a woman with a child and an ambulance in the background. No. 10 - Forbanneise over fascismen! in bottom left hand corner. Torsten Billman…
ArchivePriests, protests and politics
… This article discusses the role of clergy in the church in South Africa and the application of Christian principles … political and social spheres within a…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… In 1979 the African National Congress launched an attempt to … It was a title which had been given to SWAPO of Namibia in 1973. The United Nations, fed up…
Draft Declaration by ANC, 20 December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… gathered at the University of the Free State, united in the diversity of our nation, black and white, women and … Civics Organisation, and the mass…
EventJody Scheckter
… On 29 January 1950 Jody David Scheckter was born in East London, Eastern Cape .[i] Scheckter became South … far only Formula One World Driver’s Championship…
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… was shot dead by two armed men who entered the house in Vosloorus township, near Johannesburg,where he was at the … of Orlando Pirates squad when they won a …
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… lived from 1813 to 1885. He was the first European Settler in the Lowveld and he subsequently became head of the … for Portugal and Superintendent of the…
Zephania Mothopeng - Searchlight South Africa, Vol 1, No. 2, February 1989
… we only regret that it is so short. However, there is much in the document with which we disagree, in its philosophy and outlook, in its political and…
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… on repression of youth regarding repression of students in 1984 as over 50 students were detained, an article on … fun run to launch the International year…