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EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… collapsed onto the tarmac. According to reports his arms and legs were so severely frozen to a point that rescuers were unable to remove his coat and shoes. …
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… executive producer at television news, Jeremy Thorpe, and the imminent departure of the Chief Executive of … decision in April. This is after the broadcaster…
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… divided among France, Britain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, and Italy. The sparsely populated colony slowly attracted German settlers, 3,700 by 1903, and 13…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… incident of police brutality since the dawn of democracy and it revived memories of security-police brutality suffered … for the deceased held in the Eastern…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
… Contents and Contributors Comment, A. W. Oliphant; STORIES: Grandpa's … Money, Steve Jacobs. INTERVIEW: Achmat Dangor: Writing and Change, A.W. Oliphant…
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… held a general election. This election never took place, and South Africa continued to administer South West Africa as … when South West Africa finally…
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… Corporation, sold its shares to the local management and pulled out of the South Africa market in a similar move … Africa Movement in the US was launched…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… Beaufort. It became a municipality on the 3 February 1837 and therefore the oldest Municipality in South Africa! John Molteno bought some land in the arid,…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… involved in the establishment of South Africa’s democracy and formed part of the African National Congress’s … to pay closer attention to the complaints laid…
Covert operations
… having a visible portion known as formal repression and a submerged portion known as 'informal or extra-legal' … The deeper one goes, the murkier the picture…
EventThe "Battle of Andringa": violently separating Stellenbosch
… the town’s Coloured residents on the corner of Andringa and Plein Street in Stellenbosch. [i] According to reports, … students called students from other…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… into by thieves who stole the ornaments of the coffins and other valuables, the great iron door of the vault was … of the Union. The architecture of this is…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… countries had boycotted South Africa both economically and culturally, the United States had not. During the Reagan … the policy of constructive engagement…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… (then known as South-West Africa) during World War I and retained it after the war under a League of Nations … 2145 (XXI), terminating the old League of…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… Sydney Mufamadi, COSATU vice-president Chris Dhlamini and the general secretary of the National Union of … confirmed the close co-operation between the SACP,…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… turned professional boxer shortly after his Olympic win and continued boxing up until 1936.[iv] He also beat Teddy … regarded as the country’s first world…
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… the “Most Gifted Male”, “Most Gifted Southern Artist”, and “Most Gifted Videos of the Year” at the 2014 Channel O … hit single also received the award for …
ArchiveWelcome to Mariental : Another blot on our stained conscience : No to the war in Namibia
… Offset litho; black and white …
ArchiveR- KOHPE
… Brown, pink and orange poster. …
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… injuries. [ii] The bombing took the lives of 17 men and 2 women, of which 9 were White and 7 were Black. [iii] The bomb proved successful in its …
ArchiveDefend Democracy Stand Up Against Right-Wing Terrorism
… A2 black and white, partial text: …
ArchiveStill empty!
… Silkscreened; red and grey; Still empty! …
ArchiveAsinamali: Unite
… Silkscreened; Black and green; Asinamali: Unite …
ArchiveSteunt uw geld apartheid?
… Grey, orange, black and white poster. …
ArchiveRussian poster
… Salmon background. Brown and red lettering. …
ArchiveRetrenchment means poverty!
… Yellow and red poster. Title only. …
ArchiveVaal youth unite
… Maroon and brown poster. Title only. …
ArchiveDont be a ja-baas : dont vote
… Green and white poster. Title only. …
ArchiveNANSO: Students Unite!
… Silkscreened; black and red; NANSO: Students Unite! …
ArchiveStop lawaaikamp removals
… Silkscreened; Black and red; Stop lawaaikamp removals …