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… Athlone was set alight in solidarity with the University of the Western Cape (UWC) students who convened a meeting on 2 August to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decided to embark on a boycott of classes. Two days later, a fire destroyed classrooms and …

… at a Symposium held to mark the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. They sparked a lively … about the AAM's role and impact, about the significance of its history and about how to ensure that its oral and …

… Western Cape. In 1942 he enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch where he became the member of the Student Representative Council (SRC) and chairman of the Students Christian Association (SCA). In 1946 he was … Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, …

… university degrees in History and German at the University of Cape Town. In 1962 he founded the Yu Chi Chan Club (YCCC) … Dulcie September. The organization proposed the adoption of guerilla warfare in the struggle against apartheid. In … he founded the National Liberation Front (NLF). The aim of the NLF was to unite South Africans for the common goal of …

… Lord Arthur Balfour who chaired the drafting Committee of the Declaration. It granted autonomous status to the … status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a … allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations". This was a …

… Faculty in Comparative Literature in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, City University of New York. The thesis …

… Notice of a concert for charity at Fun Valley on Sunday 17th July … background with black lettering. White stars on outline of map of South Africa containing names of performers. List of other …

… Beige, red, black and white poster. History of imperialism and the start of the first world war. Various artwork of people fighting. Map of Africa divided up. Series of …

… End Conscription Campaign poster. Artwork of green, black and red heads of soldiers with hard hats on around the border on a white background. Notice of a panel discussion at Great Hall, Wits on Thursday 27th …

… poster. Foreign language. Seems to be a concert in support of the struggle in South Africa. List of performers. Artwork of guitarist smashing his guitar. Artwork of member of SAP. …

… Notice of Arts Festival. Black circle in centre. First part of title in black letters around top of circle. Second part in white letters outlined in black …

… with black lettering, and black border. Green outline of South Africa, with black and white artwork of men with rifles marching across it. Image of black, green and yellow flag. Words "Mayihlome! 1986 - …

… for the home front. Year 1941 pencilled in. Artwork of a raised fist. Issued by the Cape District Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa. List of six points of action. …

… Report of the Church Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society regarding the effects of apartheid on the Church in South Africa. Content includes: …

… march was organised by the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW) and attracted a crowd of about 800 people. Speakers at the event included Beverly … Simon Nkoli and Justice Edwin Cameron . The purpose of the event was not only to demonstrate pride in gay or …

… People Union (ZAPU). However, following the assassination of Hebert Chitepo in Lusaka in 1975, ZANU and its military … National Liberation Army (ZANLA) under the leadership of Josiah Tongogara, grew suspicious of Kaunda and left Zambia to seek asylum in Mozambique in …

… Fred Ritchin (associate professor of photography and communications at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a new media consultant to news and photo … the exhibition “Intersections Intersected: The Photography of David Goldblatt,” currently on view at New York’s New …

… Plumstead was developed on the site of an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The … a Railway Station at Plumstead. The fairly large Suburb of Plumstead, just South of Wynberg, divided into two by the …

… Hout Bay has now become well known as the port of departure for scenic day trips to Seal island or Duiker Island, home to a colony of thousands of Cape Fur Seals. Drumbeat Charters, has been offering daily …

… that the material hindrances would be great in this time of deep crisis, Are many negro comrades unemployed in … not correct. It is true that we are only at the beginning of our great educational and organizational war, but our progress in the last year is very satisfactory in many of the European countries, and we can hope that the comrades …

… Force was established. This made it the first air force of the Commonwealth, with Lt-Col. Pierre van Ryneveld appointed Director of Air Services.  The origin of the South African Air Force can be traced back to 1912, … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1|Aircraft.co.za, …

… to enter the police’s witness protection programme instead of the one run by the National Prosecuting Authority, after … testified in court, she was startled awake in the middle of the night. She got up to investigate and found the lights … Kuzwayo died in October last year. She was the daughter of Judson Kuzwayo, an Umkhonto weSizwe commander in exile. …

… consultations which take place with senior officials of the ANC during such appointments and changes to the composition of the national executive, the briefing by the President left … the centre and thus depriving the leadership collective of its responsibly to advise politically on executive …

… Noupoort is a town in the Eastern Karoo region of South Africa. With the start of the Railways in Noupoort nearly all the personnel were … church was designed by a railway engineer in memory of fallen British soldiers. It was built in 1901 by British … travelbucket.co.za/noupoort-northern-cape New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper …

… new evidence linking Madikizela-Mandela to the murder of Dr Abu Baker Asvat. One of the two men convicted of the killing of Dr Abu Baker Asvat at his Soweto surgery on …

… Yellow, red, black and white poster. History of cotton in the Southern United States of America, the start of the Civil War, and the end of slavery. Series of folders …

… letters, on black, yellow, red and white poster. Red image of clenched fist in middle. Black image of factories and oil drums across top of poster. Black image of people marching across bottom of …

… Black, red and white poster. 50th anniversary of the death of Leon Trotsky. Artwork of Leon Trotsky, murdered by Stalin on 20th August 1940. Call …

… lettering. Students Representative Council, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Signatures gathered at … Airport on 29th January 1971, regarding the principles of the university, on the enforced departure of Rex Heinke, SRC president of the University of the …

… asking him to reconsider the withdrawal or confiscation of the passports of six of its leaders, including that of Dr. Beyers Naude. Naude was … (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, …