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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…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… 1960, the "electorate" of the Union of South Africa voted in favour of a Republic by a majority of 70,000 votes. In this referendum held to decide the basic…
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… suitable for defensive purposes upon the said river, or in lieu of the said steamboat, should I so elect, to pay to … Mashonaland, and other adjoining…
ArchiveSATUCCs Social Charter
… Social Charter of Fundamental Rights of Workers in Southern Africa 1992. Outline of origin of Charter. Green, … Green map of Africa with Southern African…
PlaceNaauwpoort
… This place is situated in Ditsobotla, North West. The name is Dutch for 'narrow pass' or 'narrow gap'. In 2011 it had a population of 7848. In the vicinity…
ArchiveThis vote is not a joke
… NUMSA Shop Steward Elections 1989 letters in red on white at bottom of poster. Title in white letters on red block across top of poster. Image of people…
ArchiveCome to CAPs open day
… Background in shades of pink, text in yellow; with artwork of the solar syatem and fireworks … open day taking place on Sat, 3rd Nov. at Chapel Street in…
EventTielman Roos dies after a long illness
… a long struggle against ill health. He was instrumental in the formation of the Pact Government in 1924 and in South Africa's withdrawal from the gold…
EventProf. Sibusiso Emmanuel Bengu is born
… The first national minister of education in South Africa's Government of National Unity (GNU), Prof. Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born in Kranskop…
EventRaymond Arthur Dart is born
… Anthropologist, Professor Raymond Arthur Dart, is born in Brisbane, Australia. Raymond Dart discovered the Taung Child skull fossil near Taung in North West,…
EventAndries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied
… Andries Pretorius after whom Pretoria was named, died in 1853 at his Magaliesburg home. His body was later exhumed and reburied at Heroes' Acre in Pretoria…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 5: South Africas fir
… of original Food and Canning Workers Union formed in 1941 in Cape Town. Photographs and history of artisans in South Africa. Artwork of the new South African…
ArchiveSWAPO : for a free Namibia
… wearing T-shirt with Namibia Day August 1988 on it. SWAPO in white letters on blue block with smaller green block in centre with rest of title in black…
ArchiveThe long march
… about Sarmcol workers struggle. Grey background. Lettering in white, outlined in red and black. Modern artwork of brown man with left armwork raised. Images…
Nelson Mandela
… Black Green and gold poster. Photo of Nelson Mandela in centre. Nelson Mandela in gold lettering. Note to the people of Sweden in Mandela's handwriting . The…
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… and the Rissik Street Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the city’s oldest surviving buildings and was named a national monument in 1978…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… Hieronimus Cruse, -who first crossed it from East to West in 1667 after he had gone by sea to Mossel Bay . Cruse found … of the coast by the Netherlanders…
Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, Friday, 24 July 1936 at 8 p.m.
… New International. Com Kahn reported on the Spartacus Club in the absence of the Secretary, Com Freislich. The next … Himself and Com Dladla after attending…
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… encroachment upon the oppressed African people, expressed in the anti-native laws passed during the recent session. It … movements, the imposition of poverty…
PlaceAdderley Street, Cape Town
… from the foreshore to the foot of Government Avenue . In 1850, its name was changed to Adderley Street in honour of Charles B Adderley, a British member of ……
An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017
… profound sadness about the plight of the Muslim minority in your country, the Rohingya. In my heart you are a dearly beloved younger sister. For … for…
PlaceMbotyi, Eastern Cape
… the legendary Double Falls and Cathedral Rock. Mbotyi in Pondoland, on the Eastern Cape coastline, were is still wild! Situated in a wilderness area at the…