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… an American teen magazine called Datebook reprinted part of the quote on its front cover did controversy erupt. In the piously conservative southern and Midwest states of the US, Beatles records and memorabilia were burned, radio … in the conservative condemnation and banned the playing of Beatles songs. In 1965 the Beatles had 2 Top 20 hit …

… Nadine Gordimer; ‘Literacy Language’ and the ‘Language of the People’ in the Contemporary SA English Poetry, Phaswane Mpe; The Poetry of Mafika Gwala, Thengani H. Ngwenya; Dugmore Boetie and the … Khutsana, R.E. Moloke; His Excellency the Ambassador of the State of Palestine, Keith Gottschalk; Tunnel Vision, …

… Queen Elizabeth Angela was the ninth child and daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, father and Cecilia … She was educated at home, and at the age of 10 she was fluent in French. At the age of 13, she attended private school in London and passed with …

… mid-eighteenth century due to the economic possibilities of the region, German missionaries from the German Church … had become known as German East Africa. German methods of colonial administration were met with fierce local … but control was briefly re-established until the outbreak of World War One. Following Germany's defeat, Britain …

… Nyasaland, now Malawi . After being educated at the Church of Scotland mission station, he was trained as a teacher. In 1915, he went to South African in search of work. Three years later, he had settled in Cape Town and … and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) in 1919. The purpose of this union was to protect the rights of workers, …

… resistance on 7 January 1919 against the application of pass laws to women. What precipitated the 1919 protest was … Bantu Women's League (BWL) was formed in 1918 as a branch of the ANC. Charlotte Maxeke was elected as its first … Prime Minister Louis Botha to argue against the imposition of passes. The 1919 protest was not the first women's public …

… [Note: Most of this correspondence is from the Pyarelal papers at the National Archives of India, New Delhi - a large part of which are also in the ANC Collection at the Institute of …

… Black and white, with artwork of dead bodies lying in a pool of blood, and UDF flags flying at the top of the poster. Notice of a mass rally to be held at Hanover …

… Blue poster with black lettering and artwork. Artwork of manger at top. Artwork of various people trying to reach manger, people fighting at bottom. Quote from Psalm 85: 13-14. Logo of Christians for the Advancement of Rights, Integrity and …

… A pamphlet containing photographs from projects of the Black Community Programmes.The goals of the Black Community Programmes are to help the Black community become aware of its own identity, create a sense of empowerment and to …

… Advertisement of play about Sarmcol workers struggle. Grey background. … in white, outlined in red and black. Modern artwork of brown man with left armwork raised. Images of tress with fruit and houses in the background. Images of …

… Notice of a meeting in the French language in Montreuil, adjacent to … prisoners and Nelson Mandela, and the application of sanctions against South Africa. Black and white poster. Drawing of Nelson Mandela and very small photographs of political …

… Background in shades of pink, text in yellow; with artwork of the solar syatem and fireworks with the name of the various events on it. A notice of the open day taking …

… Notice of jazz evening at Wits Great Hall on Tuesday, 1st September. … White background with black lettering. Red stick image of child. Red, black and white artwork of woman with long black hair playing piano and people …

… Cream background with black lettering. Notice of a series of lectures from Monday, July 11 to Tuesday, July 19, at University of Witwatersrand, on history and society as the workers see …

… Calendar for 1983. Black and white photographs of President Botha and other leaders and of South African scenes. Red and white images of people protesting in the background. List of important …

… Report from the head office of the National Union of South African Students, presented at its 59th Annual Congress, University of Cape Town, Cape Town from 28 November to 3 December 1981. …

… The woman who accused President Jacob Zuma of rape‚ Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo‚ was from a family of political exiles whose life was spread across Zimbabwe‚ … five men. She alleged she had been raped on a number of occasions by other men‚ starting when she was five years …

… laws and go to jail so that the jails would be too full, of people who didn't like the apartheid laws. The Defiance … we will have no rights in the white areas; the Suppression of Communism Act; and the separate representation of voters law where they wanted to take the vote away from …

… was born in Johannesburg. Growing up during the height of Apartheid South Africa, he always used the art of film to condemn the racially oppressive regime. His film Place of Weeping is one of the first anti-Apartheid films made by a …

… , journalist, academic, anti-apartheid activist and member of the South African Communist Party , was brutally killed by … time with her husband, Joe Slovo , during the height of anti-apartheid campaigns. At the time of her death, First was a lecturer at the Eduardo Mondlane …

… Rasool, Mountrain Qumbela and Hilda Ndude, all officials of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Western Cape region, and Mzonke Jacobs, president of the Cape Youth Congress (CAYCO). Three of them, Manuel, Rasool, and Jacobs, were served with …

… Tylden in the region of Eastern Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820's . The Eastern Cape also remains the traditional home of the Xhosa people. The diverse landscape provides a …

… is split into two Buildings depicting very different parts of local History. The Victorian House, houses an abundance of artifacts that reflect the true spirit and legacy of the local  community. (So if you’re visiting on a Friday …

… Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, a staunch opponent of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP), resigned as leader of the PFP and as a MP. In his dramatic announcement he … Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, …

… Bishop Desmond Tutu of the Anglican Church, and Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa of the Catholic Church, held a morning-to-sunset hunger strike to support the hunger strike of prisoners held under the emergency regulations at the …

… Six. After matriculation he enrolled at the University of Cape Town for a BA LLB degree and later became a lawyer, … Omar was his spokesperson. Omar was the first Minister of Justice of the new South Africa and was later appointed Minister of … [Accessed on 12 March 2013]| News 24 Biography of Dullah Oma r [online] Available at: www.news24.com …

… they were suing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela, for more than two million rands, the equivalent value of government property she had allegedly misused or failed to return after being dismissed as Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in 1995. Former …

… Mandela’s former wife and politician was elected President of the African National Congress’ Women’s League (ANCWL) on 8 … all ANC leadership posts, including her post as Member of Parliament. She was re-elected in 1997. Madikizela- … 5th place in the 2009 general election. She is one of the most recognised faces of the struggle …

… Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabs main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to death. A prior … in the face. Verwoed was sitting at his desk in the House of Assembly when Tsafendas attacked him with a knife. During … his trial, Tsafendas claimed that a giant tapeworm inside of him had instructed him to kill the Prime Minister. He …