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EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
… The eighties in South Africa heralded a time of increased resistance against the Apartheid regime. The … regime increasingly became more brutal in its…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… While at the JMTS, he became involved with the affairs of the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Workers' Union and was elected to the executive committee of…
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… Brigadier Joshua Oupa Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of murder or incitement to…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… end the current violence in the country, the only defence of the people will be to take up arms. Mandela was alluding … and the Rand, were due to the…
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… the South African government proceeded with its plan of incorporation. The incorporation of Botshabelo doubled the population of Qwa Qwa and severely…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… Following weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the government, president Nelson Mandela eventually expelled her from the position of deputy…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… After amalgamation of the weather services of the four provinces on 1 April 1912, the first weather forecast for the Union of South Africa as a whole was…
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… African journalist, newspaper proprietor and former editor of the Pretoria News, James Andrew Gray was born in Scotland. He served on the staff of the…
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… Adam Kok III, founder and chief of Griqualand East, was killed in an accident when he fell … unilaterally annexed Griqualand East in 1874 as result of…
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… Former Commander-General of the Boers in Natal and later Republican statesman, Andries … Voortrekker commando to defeat Zulu warriors in the battle of Blood…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… Pan-Africanist and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation…
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… crisis following MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé's declaration of independence for Katanga province on 11 July. The … African countries and the United Nations. The…
ArchiveChurches International Youth Year Festival 17 - 20 December
… Blue poster with black lettering. Yellow map of South Africa with artwork of people marching. Notice of Festival at Wits University from 17 to 20 December…
ArchivePeace in Namibia
… Black and white poster. Artwork of map of Namibia. Notice of a meeting at St. George's Cathedral on Sunday 20th May. …
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… their lineages through manumission records, the wills of slave owners, and censuses. Nancy Daniels, for example, is … the Burleys, in a record that…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… on all South Africans to unite behind that great symbol of our nation, the National Flag, to a “People’s Assembly … groups are planning night vigils on the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
… task, but it has been an invaluable experience for both of us. And we have been assisted by and shared fellowship with many people along the way. A number of…
ArchiveHealth professionals and human rights in South Africa
… Report on the impact of apartheid on health, health related problems of detentions, especially the detention of children, and the reaction of health…
ArchiveRepeat performance: peoples pageant
… White poster with black lettering. Coloured artwork of a communist soldier. Notice of a pageant at City Hall, (Grand Hall), in 1941, regarding the story of…
Archive6 April
… Notice of the 21st anniversary of the execution of Solomon "Kalushi" Mahlangu, and a photograph of him. Yellow, black, green and red poster. Meeting at …
ArchiveANC-TIC: report back
… Green and white poster. Notice of a meeting at New JISS centre, corner Battery and Queens, Mayfair. Two items on Agenda and list of speakers. Also notice of…
ArchiveCuba: poster no. 1
… Black, white, red and blue poster. Artwork of a man with soldiers running out of his head. Artwork of a crowd of girls in uniform. Coloured artwork of Cuban …
ArchiveWhos the media terrorist?
… White poster with black lettering and artwork of a politician in centre holding a machine gun. Notice of a meeting of Association of Democratic Journalists…
ArchiveSchlub mit der atomaren Zusammenarbeit BRD-Sudafrika
… Green, gold, black and white poster. Artwork of a map of Africa. Black and white image of people protesting at the southern tip of Africa. Artwork …
The future society as seen by the Black Peop
… The first of a number of articles dealing with a kind of society that BPC envisages. This particular article scans …
Archive1984 UDF unites
… at top with black lettering. Yellow background. Outline of map of South Africa with black and white artwork of people marching. Border of small cubes…
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to National Executive and SRC Presidents
… General circular letter from the President of the National Union of South African Students, informing the National Executive and Student Representative…
PlaceSt. Francis Church, Simonstown
… In the Year 2014, St Francis of Assisi Parish Church Celebrated its Bicentenary. The History of the first Anglican Church in Southern Africa, is … in a book…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… the West by Namibia , is where you will find a small group of the Khomani San a people who, until recently, were thought … by fences and country borders, yet…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…