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PlaceMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
The origin of Chatsworth Chatsworth is a historically Indian township located in Durban some 14km south-west of the City centre, in the Umhlatuzana River…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
Artist Proof Studio (APS) offers a three-year printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
“District Six is a blot which the government has cleaned up and will continue to clear up.”[i] - P.W Botha The memory of District Six, also known as…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
1952The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime, which in the following years inspires the establishment…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
What is herding? Herder societies are also known as pastoral societies and were also nomadic, like hunter-gatherers. They kept domesticated animals and…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
The 1946 mine workers' strike was led by the African Mine Workers Union, whose president was J.B.Marks, he was also a leader in the South African Communist…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
On 13 January 1949 an Indian store-keeper in central Durban assaulted an African youth. This incident resulted in a wave of violence, starting at the Indian…
ArchiveThe abolishing of the Group Areas Act: A political milestone
Statement regarding the abolishing of an Act that displaced approximately 630 000 people and reserved over 84% of the country's land for white people should be…
ArchiveOne person: one vote
Meeting of Association of Democratic Journalists at Dorothy Susskind Auditorium at John Moffat Building on Saturday May 13th 1989. Black and white poster with…
ArchiveDemocracy?: our leaders are jailed!: 80% of us cannot vote!
Black and white poster. Issued by the MDM. Artwork of a magnifying glass over a hand with words 'white parliament' holding three mice with initials DP, NP and…
ArchiveThousands flock to United Democratic Front launch
Thousands of people and about 400 organisations from all over the country came to the lauch of UDF and messages of supports from all organisations nationwide…
ArchiveAn African woman: unite in a common ideal: the total liberation of Africa
Cream, orange and black poster. Title in three languages. Artwork of women, holding guns, over a map of Africa. Pan-African Women's Organisation, Luanda,…
Hamba Kahle Comrade Anton
White poster with red lettering. Black and white photograph of Comrade Anton with two children. Solidarity with Namibia. Artwork of a triangle containing a…
ArchiveCharge Reinecke!!!
White poster with blue lettering. Double blue border. Blue ANC Logo and Blue COSATU Logo. Blue and white photo of Reinecke. Image of a feather over the…
ArchiveWorking on the mines is no picnic!
During the first six months of this year, more than 100 000 miners have taken strike action over wages, bad and unsafe working conditions and the harassment of…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that then you’ll do things differently”. …
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
CITATION FOR SALEEM BADAT (Honorary graduand, Rhodes University, 10 April 2015) By Professor Paul Maylam Eight years ago, in 2007, Dr Saleem Badat stood on…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
In May 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the union was engaged in a struggle with the clothing manufacturers. The agreement for the industry…
ArchiveMandela Freedom Concert
Red and white poster. Notice of a concert at Westville University on 16th July. Image of Mandela with a black blindfold over his eyes. List of bands. Issued…
ArchiveHands off the media
Red poster with black lettering. Image of a yellow fist over all. Notice of a Lunch time rally at Khotso House on Monday, October 19th. List of speakers…
EventWalter Sisulu attends a secret ANC meeting in Durban
Walter Ulyate Sisulu attended a secret African National Congress (ANC) meeting in Durban. This meeting coincided with the "Congress of the People” which was…
ArchiveRole of riot police in the burnings and killings, Nyanga, Cape Town, Christmas 1976
Circular from the Christian Institute of Southern Africa containing personal eye-witness accounts of the role of riot police in provoking violence in Cape Town…
ArchiveReal men dont abuse women
Multicoloured poster, with artwork of the face of a woman and a hand over the face and at the bootom of the poster is the contact details for NISAA Institute…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
1. Introduction ↵The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors and clues of the past that lead up to one particular moment, event or…
ArchiveFor their Triumph and for their Tears - Conditions and Resistance of Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein
Remember all our women in the jails Remember all our women in campaigns Remember all our women over many fighting years Remember all our women for their…
ArchiveStatement on week of National Mass Action against violence in Natal
Statement made after the war in natal that has cost the lives of over three thousand people, homeless people and misery and suffering brought to the millions…
ArchiveDocument on the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities
Analysis of the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into White Universities. Seeks to clarify why concern has been expressed among English language student…
ArchiveStukkie jols
White poster. Orange ragged edge block in centre with black and white image of woman with long hair over head in long dress. SRC Orientation Committee. Wits…