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EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… this the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Act in the wake of wide-spread labour unrest to set up a limited system of collective bargaining rights for Blacks…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… South African cricket team on tour. This was as a result of the reaction caused by the all-White composition of the South African team among the anti…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… West Africa (renamed Namibia), from Zambia, at the urging of the Liberation Committee of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Kampala in July, 1967…
EventANC stage marches in major cities
… across the country in protest at the delays in the release of political prisoners. These mass mobilisation campaigns were seen as another way of the ANC…
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… the 'First Hottentot War' (though it was rather a series of skirmishes), started at the Cape. This was in line with an … The Burgher Militia acted at first…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… in the late 1950s). Blame Me on History was an examination of what apartheid did to the character and self-esteem of the educated Black man. The book was…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… 1899. They were besieged almost a month after the outbreak of the Second South African War (also known as Second … were besieged for equally long periods. At…
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was born in the Bahure area of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He is the eldest of nine children. Tsavangirai joined the…
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… On 28 January 2013 Victor Mhleli Ntoni died of heart attack, after he was admitted to hospital on … playing with saxophonist McCoy Mrubata. He was part of…
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… Campbell was born in Durban, Natal, and was considered one of South Africa’s most esteemed English poets. The son of Dr Samuel George Campbell, Campbell…
EventBritish troops land in Madagascar.
… a mountainous large island in the Indian Ocean, consists of many rivers and high rainfalls. was previously a French … landed in the Bay and Bay Ambararata…
EventDr JT van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician, dies
… among the Xhosa. He became involved with the Khoi Khoi of the Cape Colony and was interested in alleviating their … equal opportunities with White people saw…
This is the students' credo
… Abridged version of an address entitled "Our country, our responsibility" by the President of NUSAS, Mr Duncan Innes, at a student meeting at the University…
Archive27 April 1994
… ANC election poster with photo of Mandela with two small children. Calendar of 1994 with month of April as green block. Yellow, black and green poster. …
ArchiveUAW Welcomes Mandela
… Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Artwork of Mandela in front of a protesting crowd. U. S. Freedom Tour June 1990. …
ArchiveSoweto Cultural Forum
… Notice of Soweto Cultural Forum on 8th April 1989. Yellow poster with brown, black and maroon lettering. Artwork of musicians. List of performers. Venue -…
ArchiveThe visit
… Red and white poster. Notice of a play by Friedrich Durrenmatt, at UCT Arena Theatre. June 7th to 16th. Artwork of sculptures of greek heads. …
Archive1 de Junho dia internacional da crianca
… Multicoloured poster. Artwork of a figure holding a book in one hand and reaching for a black star. Artwork of a sun behind the figure, a sheaf of corn and…
ArchiveAfrican study group 5
… white poster. Identical top and bottom. Two photographs of Agostinho Neto - 1922-1979. Artwork of two maps of Africa. Focus on the state. …
ArchiveThe crisis over the land
… Article on the government's dispossession of Black's from their land and its policy of separate development resulting in the creation of Bantustans with…
ArchiveUne aube nouvelle jaillet
… Yellow, green, black and white poster. 25th Anniversary of the ANC. 1955-1980. Artwork of numbers 25 with photographs of various scenes inside the numbers. …
Chile
… Red, black and white poster. Artwork of a man carrying a flag. Two black and white photographs of a hunger strike, and the other of mass deportations in 1978…
ArchivePOTWA : OFS Regional Congress
… Light yellow poster with black lettering. Notice of POTWA meeting in October. Image of people protesting. Image of hands in cuffs at top left hand side. …
ArchiveEldos Youth Association presents a lekker di
… Notice of disco at Club Memphis. Red, black and blue lettering on white background. Image of man and woman dancing. Musical notes and image of radio. …
ArchiveWomen against apartheid
… Cream poster with brown lettering. Notice of National Women's Day, August 9th. Images of one woman standing speaking to small crowd of women sitting down. …
ArchiveDraft letter from the African National Congress to Pope John Paul II
… National Congress to Pope John Paul II informing him of the 70th anniversary of the formation of the organisation. …
Circular from Barney Pityana to SRC Presidents and other organisations
… The circular outlines the historical background of the formation of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) as well as the aims and structure of the…
ArchiveWinterveld Community Project
… This memorandum contains an outline of the community upliftment project planned by SASO in the area of Winterveld, north of Pretoria in the Transvaal, South…
ArchiveLetter from Smangaliso Mkhatshwa to Thomas Karis
… A letter written by Smangaliso Mkhatswa to Thomas G Karis of the Institute of Contextual Theology on 28 September 1990, enclosing a copy of a memorandum…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… Letter stating the opposition of the National Union of South African Students to the supply of arms to South Africa and giving reasons for this stance. …