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ArchiveStop apartheid killings
… White, red and black poster. Photos and names of people who died. Photo of Matthew Goniwe addressing a crowd of people. …
1955 The Freedom Charter 1990
… Copy of Freedom Charter. Yellow background. Image of mass of people. Striped flag, black green and yellow. Assegai and …
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was first appointed to one of the African seats in Kenya's Legislative Council in 1955. … then became prime minister, beginning…
ArchiveEngineering wage talks 1996: dispute!
… Red, yellow, black and white poster. Photograph of two NUMSA workers. List of NUMSA demands. NUMSA logo. Notice of intended meeting. …
ArchiveNational conference : Computers for transformation
… Multicoloured poster with title on flag at top. Image of hands clasping coming out of computers on either side of poster. …
ArchiveNational Detainees Day : Monday March 12
… Black and white graph paper with artwork of hands bound in barbed wire. Length of barbed wire across bottom of poster. …
Archive7 Oct: join the fast for a just peace
… Blue and white ECC poster. Artwork of a white dove of peace. Notice of a church service at St. Anthony's Church, Centenary Road. …
ArchiveUnity wreckers unite with police: they show their true colours
… Circular issued by the Executive of the Society of Young Africa, giving their version of anti-unity events at a recent meeting. …
ArchiveSave the patriots
… Yellow poster with black lettering. Black image of hangman's noose and black head. List of names of people on death row. …
ArchiveRifles to corn
… Image of eight brown rifles with five yellow sheaves of corn coming out of the barrels. Words PAX - CHRSTI at bottom. …
ArchiveMandelas 67th birthday celebration
… Notice of mass church service . List of attendees including Tutu, at Jabulani A/theatre. 28th July 85. Image of jazz band. …
PlaceMacassar Beach Pavillion
… to let nature reclaim the water park. The pavilion is part of the Macassar Dunes Reserve which is comprised of 2,760 acres. Signs in the reserve warn of …
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
… Castle – more or less unchanged – from the 1950s. The core of the collection comprises historical artworks dating from … How can we today view a collection…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… The building was erected on a portion of the historic Boshof Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. … was extended and redesigned during the 1840s when a number…
PlacePolokwane Museum
… famous, Historical "Irish House", the Museum portrays much of the past History of the region. The Polokwane Museum is a fascinating and … Museum. While here…
PlaceMandela House
… House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela , the World's most famous political … former president . Soweto was an…
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… At the height of apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand imposed a blanket … including the country’s apartheid policies. The story of international sanctions…
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana’s incorporation following major unrest
… as demonstrators demanded the reincorporation of the nominally independent homeland into the Republic of South Africa and clashed with the police. South…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… Bruce Fordyce, legendary South African winner of the Comrades Marathon, was born in Hong Kong, then a city under English administration on the eastern side…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… Goodwill Zwelithini was installed as the eight monarch of the Zulu nation. He took reigns over from Prince Israel … 21st birthday and marriage to his first…
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… a referendum for 17 March to establish the opinion of White voters towards his political reforms. He introduced … sweeping reforms that brought apartheid to…
EventANC’s economic plans
… his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community could provide an … the private sector would be excluded…
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… police officer at John Vorster Square at the time, was one of the personnel who attended to the first explosion not … it was a decoy. The second explosion…
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
… Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a prime suspect in the bombing of two United States of American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, … traced to Cape Town…
EventTony Johnstone wins Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament.
… shots as the tournament entered its fifth day as a result of rain and poor light. Johnstone's victory was overshadowed by the disqualification of the…
EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
… annually in South Africa to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I. The day is observed … call it Armistice Day, which was the…
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… One of the worst explosions in the history of South Africa occurred at Braamfontein station, … when an explosives train, carrying between 56 and 60 tons of…
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… The flag of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered … drove the native Ndebele from the town. The flag consisted of a Union Jack emblazoned with…
EventIdi Amin Dada releases the Americans held hostage in Uganda
… and shot to death, their car pushed off the side of the cliff. Apparently, American journalists questioned … by Amin's security personnel. Amin killed…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… Kevin Curren accepted a scholarship from the University of Texas, United States of America. He obtained a BCom degree in sports management at … and also…