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EventUN Special Envoy visits SA
… Following the unanimous adoption of resolution 765 by the UN Security Council, Cyrus Vance was dispatched to South Africa as Special Representative of the UN…
EventUpington 14 are sentenced
… sentences on fourteen Blacks (Upington 14) for the murder of Lucas Tshenolo Sethwala, a Black police constable who … his home with stones on 13 November 1985…
EventCelebrated South African photographer, David Goldblatt, receives Hasselblad honours
… David Goldblatt was honoured for his portrayal of social and political life in the country of his birth. David Goldblatt received the 2006 Hasselblad … acute…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan is born
… and having obtained an M.A. Degree at the University of South Africa in 1944, he was appointed to the Department of African Languages at Fort Hare. In 1946…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… meaning We shall all die), community leader, founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better housing for … Johannesburg's Blacks, was born in…
EventDe Klerk calls for stringent safety measures
… President F.W. de Klerk announces the calling up of military reservists to curb political violence will top the agenda of the forthcoming multiparty…
EventLansana Conte’ leads a coup that deposes Guinea’s interim government
… Lansana Conte’ was the second president of Guinea. On 3 April 1984, a week after the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré, Conte’ who was a Lieutenant … to…
EventZimbabwe is suspended from the commonwealth
… Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations after the country’s 2001 elections were found to … motivated violence. The announcement was made by a…
EventSouth African model, Candice Swanepoel is born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal
… 20 October 1988 She grew up on a farm and had aspirations of becoming a ballerina. Swanepoel did not think of herself as beautiful, even though she was thin…
EventSADF commandos bombs the ANC office in Maputo
… later and admitted his role in the raid. This was one of many cross border raids by the SADF in the 1980s. Some of the cross border raids include Matola,…
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
… 1952 in Durban. He studied Fine Arts at the University Of KwaZulu-Natal and later went on to teach the subject at … years. Botha’s first job as a lecturer…
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… a discussion document, which to some extent had the effect of shifting public focus away from the prospect of a total breakdown. Among the things that the…
ArchiveFifth Annual Symposium on Ethnomusicology
… Cream poster with brown lettering. University of Cape Town Faculty of Music Notice of a Symposium. Artwork of cave men paintings. …
ArchiveWhy vote?
… Black and white background of people. Small blocks of multicoloured artwork of various voting scenes and one of a white dove. …
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Seedat from Newcastle on 12 November 1901 may be typical of the…
Apartheid
… Netherlands anti-apartheid campaign. Map of Southern Africa. Photographs of scenes of South Africa. Photograph of a pass book. Information on …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 1 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in the afternoon. We had an uncle who was the only brother of my mother, and he was so fond of us. In the afternoon after church we used to go and visit ……
ArchiveSecond Definitive Series 1993-10-01: butterflies
… White background with artwork of outlines of butterflies on it. Coloured replicas of postage stamps of butterflies, issued in 1993. Windhoek, …
Nelson Mandela
… Red, black and white poster. Photograph of Nelson Mandela. Notice of a concert in Sweden in aid of the ANC. List of artists. …
ArchiveSoweto Township
… Multicoloured poster. Artwork of a map of Soweto. Words of The Freedom Charter around border. Artwork of new South …
ArchiveWhose tomorrow is tomorrow?: whose world is the world?
… Multicoloured poster. Artwork of the world in the centre of the poster, sketches of royalty and leaders, photographs of people in communities. …
ArchiveMinneskonsert for Johnny Mbizo Dyani
… Black and white poster. Rainbow of black, green and yellow at top. Notice of a concert in aid of ANC. List of artists. …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around birthdays and anniversaries
… and Winnie Mandela at their wedding in 1957. © A copy of Alf Kumalo’s photograph I remember 14 June nostalgically. In spite of the difficult times, we went…
ArchiveSister : We bleed and we sing
… A portfolio of six signed prints of images of South Africa by artist Shelley Sacks. White poster with …
ArchiveReagans war!
… Solidarity Campaign poster and logo. National Union of Students, London, logo. Artwork of dead bodies. Artwork of a row of children in chairs. …
Archive25 Junho 1979
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. Artwork of a fist holding a variety of symbols and flags. 4th Anniversary of the Independence of Mozambique. … Call of…
ArchiveWomen unite against apartheid
… Black and white poster. Notice of International Women's Day - March 8th. Collage of photographs of women and artwork of women. Symbol for female. …
ArchiveWe the SSRC condemn..., handwritten statement
… This handwritten statement of condemnation contains eight points including that of the detentions of BPA members and the violent actions of the police force…
ArchiveWomen unite for a democratic South Africa for all
… White, black and red poster. Two photos and artwork of women. Artwork of a crowd of women. List of dreams and demands for equal opportunity. …
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… her boyfriend Yassiem Harris for the robbery and murder of Jermaine Abrahams. The two broke into Abrahams’ house with the intention of robbing her, having…