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ArchiveYou can only get AIDS : If you have sex with someone with the AIDS virus...
Offset litho; green, red and yellow; You can only get AIDS : If you have sex with someone with the AIDS virus : If blood with AIDS virus gets in you blood-Like…
ArchiveNUSAS July Festival
Blue, black and white poster. Black lettering. Notice of Festival at Wits University. 2nd to 7th July. Artwork of outline of South Africa with jail bars over…
1st May : May Day meeting
White poster giving notice of May Day meeting. Image of black flag with title in white letters. Black image of factory with closed sign on it. List of…
ArchiveNelson Mandela celebration.
Grey and white poster with title in yellow letters. Green strip at bottom with white letters. Notice of a benefit from The Bay Area Anti Apartheid Network for…
ArchiveZero tolerance
Black and white calendar with title in red letters. Photograph of a black woman holding a straw mat. Government poster with words - Office on the status of…
ArchiveThe effects of the current unrest on township children
Article about how township children were jailed, shot and killed, some served long prison sentences, others lost valuable years of schooling, many were forced…
ArchiveShould we participate in tri-cameralism? A position promoting the idea
An article about whether or not to participate in a tri-cameralism, a writer starts off by saying that, entering parliament, is not a priniciple move, but…
EventDeputy President Phumzile Mlambo is born
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, deputy president of South Africa and wife of former public prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka, was born in Claremont, Durban. She was appointed…
EventDr Stanley Mogoba is born in Polokwane
Dr. Stanley Mogoba, future president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1997, was born in Polokwane on this day. He was detained on Robben Island during…
EventA curfew is lifted in Venda
A curfew, which was imposed in the independent Venda homeland as a result of the deposition of the unpopular Frank Ravhele regime, was lifted after the…
EventAmichand Rajbansi is fired from Parliament
South African President P.W. Botha fires the government's only Indian Cabinet Minister, Amichand Rajbansi, with effect from 1 January 1989. He also removes him…
EventANC wins the second democratic election
The African National Congress won the second democratic election by 266 seats. The Democratic Party, which became the new official opposition, won 38 seats,…
ArchiveLetter from P W Botha, State President of the Republic of South Africa, to His Excellency Mr Kenneth D Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia
Letter from the President of South Africa to the President of Zambia informing him of the insurgence of troops from Angola into Namibia and the impact this…
ArchiveResolutions of the Eight National Conference of the South African Council of Churches, July 27-29, 1976
Resolutions of the South African Council of Churches, discussed at the Eighth National Conference, which includes the call for detainees to be charged or…
ArchiveStatement of the South African Council of Churches
Journal article containing a statement by various church bodies including the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, IDAMASA, the World…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown 1981
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown on 13 to 16 March 1981, discussing: Headquarter's, regional, treasurer's magazine's and…
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
Peter Lindeberg won the European Barefoot Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter won his first South African powerboat racing title, as well as set a world…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.1 March 1979
Content and Contributors Soweto Speaking,Nhlanhla Paul Maake's Conversation Piece, Joe Masinga's, Bogus Cripple, Modase Mogotse, (Rustenburg)fNoorie…
EventWinnie Mandela convicted
On this day, the anti-Apartheid struggle stalwart was found guilty of a string of fraud and theft offences. She was sentenced to five years in jail with one…
EventMarc Lottering was born on this day
On this day Marc Eugene Lottering, one of the most prominent comedians and entertainers in South African history, was born in Cape Town. [i] Endnotes [i]…
PlaceAnagob, a Mountain Peak in Northern Cape
Hill 926 m high, situated 18 km North-East of Riemvasmaak and 60 km North-West of Keimoes. The name is of Khoikhoi origin means 'Tree Hill' recorded as such in…
PlaceAgomed, Eastern Central Namibia
It means 'wet rump', and given too thirsty, Khoikhoi hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that one of their dogs, which had been gone for awhile, had…
ArchiveStatement by a representative of South Africa's workers to the Conference: People of the World Against Apartheid for a Democratic South Africa
Statement by a representative of South Africa's workers to the Conference: People of the World Against Apartheid for a Democratic South Africa, marking the…
ArchiveWomen against apartheid in South Africa
Report on the demonstration that took place in Pretoria, on 9 August 1956 by 20000 women against pass laws, the plight of Black women under apartheid, the…
ArchiveSolidarity Service
White poster with black lettering. Photo of Nicolas Boiki Majesty Tlhapi. Missing since 1986 in detention. Standing for the Truth Campaign. Image of a dove…
ArchiveUnlock the Doors of Apartheid Jails
A2 litho poster, red and black on white; photo of children behind bars; text: Unlock the doors of apartheid jails; release all detainees. Issued by: Free the…
ArchiveAnglo-American influences on the Black conciousness movement
It was said by minions of the racist oppressive giant in South Africa that Black Conciousness was nothing but an importation of American Black power. African…
ArchiveInterview with Mrs J Dube, wife of the late Dr John Dube
Interview with Mrs J Dube at the Ohlanga Institute,Inanda in Durban, South Africa, which was established in 1901 by her late husband, Dr John Langalibalele…
ArchiveSouth Africa : The Cordoned Heart Poster
Black and white poster. Second half of title in red letters. Photo of men carrying coffins with flowers in top. Exhibition on 4th March at Gertrude Posel…
ArchiveSixteen blocks of brick walls with cell windows
Black and white poster. Comprises sixteen identical blocks of artwork of brick walls with cell windows with a man's head peering over the window ledge. The…