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EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… Black policemen. This is believed to be the highest number of police killed in a single incident. An emergency meeting was held in the House of Assembly…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… consultation with his government over Rhodesia's closure of its border with Zambia, but that his government will assist in fighting against terrorism. The…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… Cliff 4 km East of Port St. Johns. Takes its name from varieties of verigated, semi-pelucid, Chalcedonies found here. The … life as primitive as is possible…
PlaceClarkson, Eastern Cape
… in the former Humansdorp District, 26 km South-East of Assegaaibos Railroad Station, located in Cacadu District … Born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in 1760,…
Banishment
… too, because people used to tell you where there are lots of mice you must know there are snakes too. They put me in … had the clothes I was wearing” and a…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.4 1992
… Nyatsumba, Essays: S.A. Literature and the Construction of Nationhood, Njabulo S. Ndebele; In Search of Light, Mongane Wally Serote; Culture as a Site of…
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…
PlaceAgomed, Eastern Central Namibia
… hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that one of their dogs, which had been gone for awhile, had a wet rump when it returned. Khoikhoi name of…
ArchiveMeeting between Cosatu/UDF and ANC held in Harare on December 1 - 3, 1988
… Report of a meeting between the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the United Democratic Front … for advance by democratic forces, the broad coalition…
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…
ArchiveDaai geld, daai geld, daai baie geld!
… English reads, That Money, that money, that large amount of money! Asks what happened to South African tax money and names apartheid members of parliament…
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…
ArchivePolice community relations: a mediators per
… efforts by President F.W.de Klerk to curb the use of excessive force by police stating the difficulties faced by public officials in the United States of…
NEUSA General Meeting
… A2 dark red silkscreened on yellow paper; picture of hand with book, map of Africa, cars coming to meeting; text: The Doors of Learning and culture shall be…
ArchiveWorld Press Photo Exhibition 84
… Notice of photo exhibition at Shell Gallery, 9 Riebeek Street, Cape Town on 26th April 1984. Black and white photo of small boy carrying large gun, with…
ArchiveSoweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini
… Nkosozana Dlamini, vice-president of SASO, and member of the ANC, was in her fifth year of medical school when the June 16th uprising began. She was …
YWCA Building, 178 Long Street, Cape Town
… The building was restructured in 1903 by J Parker, of the architectural firm Forsythe & Parker, and was dedicated to the memory of Minnie and Maria Bam, the…
EventJames La Guma dies
… La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's…
EventSADF replace police on South West Africa’s northern border
… In a dramatic move, Minister of Defence P. W. Botha announced the replacement of South African police by the South African Defence Force on the northern…
PlaceGlen Grey
… The village of Glen Grey was named in honour of Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape 1854-61. On 17 July 1902 a fire broke out in the …
ArchiveJune 16: 10 fighting years
… Transvaal Student Congress (TRASCO) logo on left and image of Hector Pieterson in the arms of a fellow student on the right. Features list of demands. "Unban…
The Freedom Charter
… Copy of The Freedom Charter. Title in light green on white … Headings in light green, Charter in black lettering. Image of group of people carrying flag with…
ArchiveMemorandum van HSAW aan die Voorsitter van die SVR werkkomitee
… Memorandum from the Chief of the South African Defence Force to the Chairman, State … Security Council, detailing guidelines for the formulation of a short…
ArchiveKorttermynstrategie vir Angola
… Memorandum from the Chief of the South African Defence Force to the Chairman, State … Security Council, detailing guidelines for the formulation of a short…
Jail
… who it might be. I left my sons at home; it may be one of my sons . . . Well now, this person who was giving … man who was giving evidence against me was the…
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
… during President Jacob Zuma’s IEC address, is evidence of this. Kuzwayo accused Zuma of rape in 2005 and was forced to conceal her identity to … a witch hunt…
ArchiveAddress at 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 12 July 2008, Kliptown Soweto
… years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a ninety-year-old … on this occasion, it would be that you…
PlacePort Natal Maritime Museum
… the busiest port in Africa. Backed by a panoramic view of Durban Harbour, the Port Natal Maritime Museum offers an insight into the influence of maritime…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… the KwaZulu homeland and Natal province as an act of insubordination against the government and African … Zwelithini was always seen to be intervening on…
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… study for a degree in Fine Arts at the University College of Natal (now kwaZulu Natal) in Pietermaritzburg. From 1942 … in Die Huisgenoot and later in…