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EventAlan Paton is born
… On 11 January, 1903 Alan Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, … in 1918; he went further to study at the…
EventKing George VI is born
… abdication on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his wife Elizabeth the Duchess of York were crowned as King George VI. At the end of the…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… the large surrounding farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it fell … siege from October 1899 to March 1900…
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…
PlaceNapier
… The road to Napier takes you through never ending fields of wheat and barley, where the endangered Blue Crane can … wheat and barley fields, at the Southern…
PlaceGod’s Window
… Drakensberg escarpment God's Window stands at an altitude of 1,829m/6,000ft extending northward over the Blyde River … formations and waterfalls, God's…
Event90-Days Act comences
… The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on this … without trial, for 90 days. Further, on the expiration of such…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… Later it was also used as a liner by the Ministry of War for transporting troops. Towards the end of October 1942 the SS Mendoza sailed without an armoured ……
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… hit squad, with 16 police officers. The existence of the unit was first revealed publicly in 1988 on the eve of the execution of Almond Nofomela. Before his…
EventMother Teresa is buried
… school and devote herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Working alone at first but later joined by … the first state…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… amongst the Pedi community in the Middelburg district of the Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). He was the son of Andreas Sekoto, a leading member of the new…
PlaceHazyview
… describes the hazy, lazy days during summers, typical of the African Bushveld whilst on Safari. Hazyview is central to the Kruger Lowveld Region of…
ArchiveThe muzzled muse: literature and censorship in South Africa 1963-1985
… Faculty in Comparative Literature in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, City University of New York. The thesis …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 8: Apartheid and the church
… Report of the Church Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society regarding the effects of apartheid on the Church in South Africa…
ArchiveConcert for peace
… Notice of a concert for charity at Fun Valley on Sunday 17th July … background with black lettering. White stars on outline of map of South Africa containing…
ArchiveTowards peoples culture : Arts Festival 86
… Notice of Arts Festival. Black circle in centre. First part of title in black letters around top of circle. Second part in white letters outlined in black …
ArchiveFrontline states: ANC together: in struggle
… with black lettering, and black border. Green outline of South Africa, with black and white artwork of men with rifles marching across it. Image of black,…
ArchiveSlotavond van remember Soweto ..maand
… poster. Foreign language. Seems to be a concert in support of the struggle in South Africa. List of performers. Artwork of guitarist smashing his guitar…
ArchivePanel discussion: why end conscription?
… End Conscription Campaign poster. Artwork of green, black and red heads of soldiers with hard hats on around the border on a white background. Notice of a…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Beige, red, black and white poster. History of imperialism and the start of the first world war. Various artwork of people fighting. Map of Africa divided up…
Le Rona Re Batho by Phyllis Naidoo - Introduction
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, … help that would suit politicos. One medico, in…