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Sita - Memoirs of Sita Gandhi by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
… dealing with Sita specifically are reproduced. The letters cover a period of almost two decades from Sita’s birth to a …
Archive1987-1997: SAMWU poster
Yellow poster with black, red and yellow lettering. SAMWU logo. Black and white photographs of protests over the last ten years.
ArchiveDulcie September: 1935-1988
Black, white and grey photograph of Dulcie September, with yellow and green carnations scattered over it. French African National Congress poster.
ArchiveEl Salvador
Multicoloured poster. Photograph of a young boy, wearing a red scarf over his mouth, with his fist raised, holding a large bunch of flowers.
ArchiveAre you on the fence?
White poster with black lettering and artwork. Image of fence at bottom with title on top. Various designs all over poster.
Address by Nelson Mandela to the closing session of the 50th National Conference of the ANC Mafikeng, 20 December 1997
My President, Comrade Thabo Mbeki; My leaders: the Officials, members of the NEC, PEC's, and BEC's; Colleagues and comrades; Dear Guests. The time has come…
ArticleXhosa
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleThe San
The San, the first people in South Africa The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. The San were also known as 'Bushmen', a term…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
1861 Sefako Mapogo Makgatho is born at Ga Mphahlele, Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the Dutch East India Company to establish an Indian trading empire in…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
Several hundred artists and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign nationals, were hosted by the Botswana…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
Glossary of Ndebele building terms APOKORWAN - Eaves overhang AMAKAPA - Roof AMAKAPA IBALELO - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
Background The establishment of the Teachers’ League of South Africa (TLSA) emerged out of increasing racial segregation in the Cape. While segregation had…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land dispossession, economic impoverishment, and exclusion from…
PlaceGriqualand East
The territory of Griqualand East is located South of the Colony of Natal, between the Drakensberg and Pondoland. Despite being well watered, fertile and richly…
ArchiveFive years of the United Democratic Front
Public statement for the United Democratic Front from 20 August 1983 to 20 August 1988 regarding its achievements over the five years.
ArchiveA brief account of what happened during the criminal South Africa invasion against Lesotho
Statement by the African National Congress on the Matola Raid in Lesotho, a South African Government attack where over 40 people were murdered.
ArchiveArtwork of a jail cell
Black and white poster. Artwork of a jail cell in a brick wall, with a man looking over the sill, through oil pipes. Shell logo.
ArchiveRussian poster.
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of children of different races over a large flower with two leaves. Artwork of a red crescent moon around a plus sign.
ArchiveDoes your education prepare you for membership of the mushroom club?
Black and white, with artwork of people, with a mushroom over their heads. Words: CNE, SABC, SATC, SATV. Printed by EDASA and CAP.
ArchiveApartheid: Philips
Purple and white poster. Cartoon strips of Philips production factory, being held up by huge fat man with dollar signs over his eyes.
ArchiveBuild the health system
Treatment Action Campaign. Black, red and white poster. Photograph of a Gripen fighter jet costing R118 million. Title over artwork of medicine tablets.
ArchiveApartheid Freien Zone
Light blue poster with black lettering. Artwork of a tin of pineapples from South Africa with a cross over it. Austrian Anti-apartheid boycott poster.
ArchiveR6 million pay out
There was great excitement in all Putco depots on July 19 when the company paid out over R6 million in backpay to workers.
ArchiveReport on ANC/UDF delegations consultation, Harare, 3 - 4 December 1988
Report of a meeting between the African National Congress and the United Democratic Front affiliates in Harare to discuss concern over poor coordination and…
Archive9th August : South Africa Womens Day : 30th
Yellow poster with green border and black lettering. List of demands from the Freedom Charter. Two grey images of women holding rifles over wording.
ArchiveSuspicious?: buzz the fuzz
Cream, black and red poster. Cartoon character Andy Capp, smoking a cigarette, with a question mark in a balloon over his head, looking at a suspicious red…
ArchiveThe other side of the wall ... have you checked it out?
Recruitment poster for SRC. White poster with light blue lettering. Image of a wall with a large cartoon garfield type cat with glasses looking over it.
Archive30 000 in KwaThema funeral march
Fifteen coffins were carried in a mass procession of over 30 000 people to the graveyard in the Springs township of KwaThema on July 23.