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EventSABC personality Nic Swanepoel dies
SA radio broadcaster and TV newsreader Nic Swanepoel passed away after suffering a stroke. Swanepoel, a qualified teacher, worked at the South African…
EventSouth Africa will subscribe to the UDHR
SA's newly inaugurated state president, Nelson Mandela, announced in his first State of the Nation Address to Parliament that South Africa will subscribe to…
ArchiveStudent international
Paper presented at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 16 July 1970. Paper discusses the history of student organisations…
ArchiveA selection of resolutions taken at the Committee Meeting of the Christian Citizenship Department of the Methodist Church of South Africa, held at Alberton on August 18, 1977
This is a journal article containing a selection of resolutions taken at the Committee meeting of the Christian Citizenship Department of the Methodist Church…
EventZimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees
Three Zimbabwean intelligence officers were on trial in Harare, Zimbabwe for attempting to car bomb a house in Bulawayo, occupied by African National Congress …
ArchiveThe Black Workers Project: A proposal
There is a universal understanding for workers to negotiate in one voice, yet Blacks were refused membership to Trade unions.The complexity of the race…
PlaceRabula
The Village of Rabula was named after the Xhosa "ukurabula"-'a term given to a child when it becomes irritable'.Rabula is a Farmstead and is located in…
ArchiveFor freedom without hunger: aspects of the South African Congress of Trade Unions with reference to the Western Cape
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of BA Honours in Economic History at the University of Cape Town by Barbara Sudano,…
ArchiveDiscussions with Silvino Da Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde: Praia, 25 March 1984
Report by Mr D W Steward of the Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding discussions with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde,…
ArchiveRelease Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Trial
A2 red and black litho on white; photos, news clips from 1964 Treason Trial; text: Release Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Tria; in terms of international…
ArchiveBlack Community Programmes
This document contains suggestions for action for the Sprocas Black Community Programmes which were presented for discussion at the Sprocas Co-ordinating Group…
ArchiveInterview with John Daniel
Oral interview, conducted in Mbabane, with John Daniel, a student leader at the University of Natal who twice served as president of the National Union of…
ArchiveNotes of meeting to discuss OAU Liberation Committee Resolution calling for a United Front with PAC
Notes of meeting to discuss Organisation of African Unity Liberation Committee Resolution calling for a United Front with the Pan-Africanist Congress. Suggests…
ArchiveForeign African labour in South Africa
African National Congress paper on foreign African labour in South Africa. Covers control of foreign labour, recruitment of foreign labour in the mining…
ArchiveBolt Number 5 1971
EDITORS: Tony Morphet and Mike Kirkwood. Content: Notes; Amagaduka at Glencoe Station, Oswald Mtshali; Ploughing, Christopher Mann; Agapi, Elicos Eliades; The…
ArchiveTen principles on which good industrial mission work must be based
The following list was prepared by the Rev. Scott Paradise for guidance of the Detroit Industrial Mission in the U.S.A. It grew over three years' experience…
PlaceWinthrop Building, 8 Durban Road, Wynberg
The U-plan structure with a thatched hip Roof dates from 1830 and is one of the oldest Houses in the Historical Centre of Wynberg. It originally served as a…
EventForeign Affairs Deputy Minister Pahad is born
Aziz Pahad, SA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was born in Schweizer Reneke, Western Transvaal (North West Province). Pahad had been a m ember of the…
EventInternational Conference on Sports Boycott against SA commences in Paris
On 16 May 1985, The International Conference on Sports Boycott against South Africa started their three-day conference at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The…
EventSA Prime Minister,P.W. Botha visits Europe
Former South Africa Prime Minister, P.W Botha visited eight European countries, Portugal, Great Britain, West Germany, Belgium, France, Austria, Italy and…
EventSA raises concern with the Dutch government
The South African government instructed its ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of 100,000 guilders being…
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
The Black teachers' association, the Progressive Teachers' Congress (PROTECO) was clandestinely launched in the Transvaal to fill the vacuum, which was created…
EventSRC president Ngwako Ramalepe dies
Ngwako Ramalepe, president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Modjadji Teacher Training College, died in police custody after first being assaulted…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Nigeria
The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana, under mentorship of Coach Trott Moloto, lost 0-2 to Nigeria in the semi-final African Cup of Nations …
EventKing Hassan II of Morocco dies
King Hassan II, who ruled Morocco for 38 years, died of heart failure at the age of 70 at the Avicenne hospital in Rabat. Hassan's death was announced by his…
EventJan Smuts is born
Jan Christian Smuts, who became South Africa's second Prime Minister in 1919, was born on the farm Bovenplaats near Riebeeck West in the Cape. Smuts had a…
ArchiveMemorandum on political prisoners
Memorandum on political prisoners submitted by Alfred Ngokong on behalf of the ANC to the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts of the United Nations Commission on…
ArchiveMemorandum on BPC external affairs programme
Memorandum from Thami Zani to Ranwedzi Harry Nengwekhulu following on the fifth congress of the BPC held on the 28-30 January 1977 in Durban where a commission…
PlaceCape Town Theatre Laboratory
Founded in 1998 by Royston Stoffels and Warrick Grier, the Cape Town Theatre Laboratory was established in Woodstock, Cape Town. In October-November 2000, the…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Peace Convention, 4 October 1956, Johannesburg
[Extract] Peace is indissolubly interwoven with the question of freedom, for peace without freedom is a mockery Freedom cannot flower to its best except in a…