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ArchiveWomen vote! and make your voices count
… Black and white poster. Artwork of women holding a banner with title on it. Border of different images of women in oval shapes. Artwork of a woman casting…
Voting station
… Multicoloured artwork of a voting station. Title in blue and red letters in three languages. A VEETU poster of University of the Western Cape. Description of…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade … Appeal against the sentence handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held on 12…
PlaceAluimkloof, Calitzdorp- Western Cape
… A Ravine at the Eastern end of Badspoort, 16 km South-East of Calitzdorp. The name is Afrikaans for 'Alum Gorge', which refers to the occurence of the double…
Rhodes Must Fall Exhibition: "Echoing Voices from Within"
… with precision the multi-layered and intersectional voice of black bodies – the students, workers and staff who have come together with the aim of subverting…
PlaceWelcome Cottage, Glencairn- Simonstown
… Simonstown. This property originally formed part of a loan farm granted to Johannes Henricus Brand in 1911 … with the Brand family. Henricus Brand was a…
EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… After five decades of unrest and civil war, South Sudan was granted independence on 9 July 2011 with the town of Juba as a capital. The declaration of…
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
… announced that they have uncovered and arrested members of the African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape command … police came three months after the ANC…
EventTony Leon is born
… The national leader of the Democratic Alliance - Tony Leon was born in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of Democratic Party. He…
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
… National War Memorial was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by mrs Annie Botha,…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive president. This was a newly created … in…
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…