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Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Peace Convention, 4 October 1956, Johannesburg
… Peace is indissolubly interwoven with the question of freedom, for peace without freedom is a mockery Freedom cannot flower to its best except in a climate…
ArchiveNUSAS Press Release No. 4, 1967
… NUSAS press bulletin on the 1967 National Day of Affirmation of Academic and Human Freedom in South Africa. Contains … had accepted the invitation from the…
ArchiveEducation for liberation
… Gold and black poster. Notice of a conference at Camden Town Hall, London, on Saturday 3rd … April 1993. Organised by the Black Solidarity Committee of the…
ArchivePolitical Report
… Precis of a political report by Jacob Zuma on the socio-economic and political situation in South Africa. Covers the crisis of international capitalism, the…
ArchiveAmandla!Maatla!: en film om sydafrikansk ungdom
… Soderlund in 1984 A colour poster, advertising the release of this Swedish documentary, which tells the story of the ANC‘s Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College…
EventAlbert Nzula dies in Moscow
… Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), died of pneumonia in Moscow, USSR. He left SA in 1931 to study in…
EventSouth African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo
… an African National Congress's 20 May 1983 car bombing of headquarters of the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, ANC bases in a suburb of Maputo,…
EventHeart specialist Dr. Chris Barnard dies
… transplant operation on Louis Washkansky, died at the age of 78 of an acute asthma attack in his hotel room in the coastal town of Phapos, on the Greek…
EventPirates win the African Champions Cup
… Orlando Pirates won the Second Leg of the 1995 African Champions Cup (ACC) Final against ASEC Mimosas with a score of 1 - 0. With this victory, Pirates…
EventAlexander Kerr is born
… Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (later the University of Fort Hare), was born in Kilmarnock,…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… General circular letter from the President of the National Union of Students, Neville Curtis, quoting from a letter from C.D.T. Sibisi informing him that the…
Archie Gumede Inaugural Memorial Lecture Invitation
… Professor Ahmed C Bawa, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Durban University of Technology and Mr Don Gumede, Founder of the Archie Gumede Foundation…
EventThabo Mbeki addressed the Pan African Parliament held in Midrand
… he mentioned that Africa needs large volumes of capital effectively to address the challenge of the eradication of poverty and underdevelopment. He said…
ArchiveWe have survived!
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. Notice of an Aboriginal Poster Exhibition. Commemorating 200 years of Aboriginal Resistance in Australia - 1788 - 1988. …
ArchiveStrategic issues in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa
… change in the country: provision for the legal recognition of Black trade unions, abandonment of the legal reservation of certain jobs for Whites only,…
EventGill Marcus is born
… Gill Marcus, former Deputy Minister of Finance from 1996-1999, Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and Manager of Spoornet, was born in…
EventSA artist Vuminkosi Zulu is born
… Former graduate of the famous Rorke's Drift School of Art, South African artist Vuminkosi Zulu , was born in … Zulu became a world-renowned artist and his…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter is born
… Andries Hendrik Potgieter, the leader of a Voortrekker group which he led during the battle of Vegkop when attacked by the Matabele (Ndebele), was born ……
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… Circular letter from the President of the National Union of South African Students, Duncan Innes, reporting on a meeting between a delegation from NUSAS and…
ArchiveEducation, development and change in Africa
… places emphasis on education and educating the people of Africa as part of the liberals function in ensuring a positive socio-political change of thought…
ArchiveDon't let them hang. : Give them freedom
… Yellow poster. First half of title in white letters on red spear across poster. Second half of title in white letters in green block across bottom of poster…
PlaceAmajuba, a Mountain in Natal
… Mountain 14 km South-West of Volksrust and 32 km North of Newcastle. The scene of a Historic Battle in the First Anglo-Boer War. The name is … New Dictionary…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… was exposed to Western and traditional African music, both of which were important in shaping his musical style. When he … They collaborated musically and…
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… On 21 October 1986 Jacob Thabo Lengane, the father of Jefferson Lengane and Kabelo Lengane, who were well known … after being kidnapped from his Soweto…
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… A 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement granted the region of Southern Sudan semi-autonomous status after successive … in the region made it impossible for…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… The village of Groot Drakenstein was probably established in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fruit farms in the valley by Cecil John…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… establishing diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The diplomatic relations between the two … 1995: an Embassy with a Chargé d’ Affaires in…
PlaceBakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum, in Polokwane
… Experience the warm hospitality and rich Culture of the Basotho people in the 'Bakone Malapa Museum'. The Bakone, a sub-group of the Northern Sotho Cultural…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was … speech he said that he considered the award "a recognition of…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… Armoured Division, the most powerful and best equipped of the South African divisions, commanded by Major-General … entered the war in Italy in April, 1943…