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EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… In Athlone, Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape), … 11 and injuring several others. An inquest was launched in March 1988 to investigate the…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… wrote to the Protector on 7 September 1907 asking for help in locating his wife and child. It seems that nobody had told … Archives. I respectfully beg to…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
… National Executive Committee of the ANC on the situation in South Africa and the conduct of armed struggle in South Africa in the past six months. Concern…
Documents of the National Fundraising Workshop held on 14 - 20 March, 1986, at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, Tanzania
… Report in booklet format of the first African National Congress National Fundraising Workshop held in March 1986, at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College in…
ArchiveDont be misled lets look ahead
… Black and white poster. Words - apartheid is dead - in balloon coming from image of man leaning against coffin. Hand in coffin holding statistics of deaths…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the … grew as people mobilised…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the … grew as people mobilised…
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… often known as "comrades" or "young lions." Mainly active in urban areas, especially in the eastern Cape, most were unemployed school-leavers who … the UDF…
EventJan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, landscape painter, is born near Riversdale, Western Cape
… was a self taught painter who specialised and excelled in the landscape genre. He found inspiration from his local … occasions that he did exhibit, these…
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… sufficient evidence provided to prove that the party was in fact a meeting. Sisulu was later arrested at Liliesleaf … with Nelson Mandela and 8 others were…
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… Party (NP) and the South African Party of Jan Smuts in 1933, and rejected the resulting 'fusion' government formed in 1934. The two leaders agreed on 23…
EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… 1982. The establishment of the homelands also went hand in hand with a stricter enforcement of Pass laws. Ciskei was declared a self-governing territory in…
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Voters went to the polls (7-11 November) to vote for a Constituent Assembly in the first all-race and…
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… arrested Adam Tas because of the role he played in drawing up a petition for the Cape burghers against the … the governing body of the Dutch East India…
EventOldest part of Johannesburg, Marshalltown, is planned
… residential area for Johannesburg. The plan was laid out in October 1886. Among the street names were Commissioner, … on the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. …
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… Steve Biko was the number forty sixth person to die in security police detention in South Africa. And for the first time, the inquest revealed … detainees…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 4: Some implications on inequality
… Report of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society relating to separate development and inequality in apartheid South Africa. Contents include:…
ArchiveStrategy and tactics of the African National Congress
… and tactics of the ANC, adopted at the Morogoro Conference in Tanzania in 1969. Analyses the history of the movement, the forces at work in Southern Africa…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention
… A flyer published in Zulu by the Black Peoples Convention urging unity and … members. The flyer is accompanied by a handwritten draft in English and a…
ArchiveDas ist apartheid
… poster with black lettering. Anti-Apartheid - Bewegung in Osterreich (Austria). Coloured artwork of a tin of food, made in South Africa, an orange and an…
ArchiveA just peace
… white poster. End Conscription Campaign poster. Drawing in centre of a lighted candle held in the middle of two outstretched arms. Artwork of soldiers…
The State against Nelson Mandela and nine others: opening address
… The opening address of the Chief Prosecutor, Percy Yutar, in the matter of the State vs Nelson Mandela and nine others, held in the Supreme Court of South…
Archive500 anos
… White poster with title in red letters. All other lettering in black. Artwork of a green map of South America with a black cross over it covered in blood…
ArchiveService and vigil
… Red, yellow, black and white poster. Notice of a service in support of Dr. Ivan Toms, for refusing to serve in the SADF. Artwork of a candle, and a doctor…
ArchiveMay Day : Living wage rally
… White poster. Title in red letters. Black and white COSATU Logo. Black and white artwork of crowd of people with man in front with arms outstretched. May Day…
ArchivePost-apartheid South Africa: the macroeconomic perspectives for year one and beyond
… Article on economics in post-apartheid South Africa by Vella Pillay, prepared for an ANC seminar on Economic Policy in Harare, Zimbabwe, in April and May…
ArchiveLabour Day May 1
… with black lettering. Words "Forward to worker unity 1984" in red at bottom. Title in half circle at top with images of factories in half circle. Grey, white…
ArchiveBlack and white poster: Chile: no. 8
… and white poster. Two cartoons. Top cartoon showing man in chains with gentry holding him, names Lindman, Moller, … Bottom poster shows workers chasing away…
EventTrans-Kalahari main road is opened
… The first road in Africa south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and … main road, was opened. The road, linking Maputo in Mozambique to Walvis Bay in…