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Focus week on Namibia
… White poster with red lettering. Black outline of map of Namibia with a man working inside it. Notice of seminars on Wednesday 27th at SS2 and Thursday 28th…
ArchiveUnderneath every womans curve lies a muscl
… and white poster. See red women's workshop poster. List of parts of the body which could be used in self-defence. Artwork of a woman carrying a handbag and a…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Orange, black and white poster. Photographs of people of different countries which were taken over by Britain. Photographs of people from these countries…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Blue, black, red and white poster. Artwork and photographs of German people, including Hitler. History of the Nazi occupation and attrocities and start of…
ArchiveWe are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain.
… Yellow, brown, black and white poster. Map of ancient world. Ancient civilisations. History of how the Spanish destroyed the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas…
EventRay Simons dies
… born in Latvia in 1914, died in Cape Town at the age of 91. Simons was instrumental in the formation of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and…
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… on this day: “That this House strongly disapproves of sending coloured men and natives from South Africa to … war or otherwise.” This motion was against the…
PlaceWelgelegen Farm, Stellenbosch
… Welgelegen is a working Farm nestled in the Valleys of the Bottelary Hills just outside of Stellenbosch. This Farm with its Vineyards , Proteas and … for…
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… Moses Mayekiso was the General Secretary of the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… A Commission of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) published a report condemning apartheid as … the country for twenty years and the harsh…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… who learned and benefited greatly from his peers. One of his mentors was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art circles in Johannesburg. Most of his works…
EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… to as Ualual) in Southern Ethiopia along the border of Somaliland increased the tension. The League of Nations, which Ethiopia had joined in 1923 called for …
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… Ambrose Masalila, and witnessed by two employees of the Chobe Game Lodge, Fred Knoessen (manager) and Brian Graham (tour guide) in the far-off village of…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… which aimed to include delegates from a broad spectrum of anti-apartheid organisations, and restricted its … included Chris Ndodebandla Dlamini*, first vice…
EventBafana Bafana wins over Ghana
… Bafana Bafana, secured 1-0 victory over Ghana, a co-host of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations contest at Kumasi stadium in Ghana. The victory … earned South…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… to a call by President Nelson Mandela, representatives of government, business, labour and other community and … jobs in the country. The Summit proposed the…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of office had…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… Johannesburg. According to Essop Pahad, the story of Dadoo’s life was inextricably linked to the resistance of racial discrimination and apartheid. Dadoo was…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Eastern Cape. He was born in Gaga, near Alice, and was one of the earliest authors in Xhosa literature. Charles Brownlee rated him one of the best, if not…
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… (Bertie) Reed (63), international sailing legend and one of the most popular skippers in single-handed racing around … Reed will be especially remembered for…
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… in Wynberg, Cape Town, on 10 December 1920. The Department of Tourism in the Eastern Cape has converted a house into a museum and named it after her. Some of…
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… was declared safe and effective. It had taken a whole year of trials and tests for the vaccine to be finally be … made available for use. Salks’s vaccine…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), Sir de Villiers Graaff and the … expressed their agreement to form a new party on the basis of…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… Two members of the extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and … They were taken into custody a month after a warrant of arrest was issued against…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… in South Africa. He studied Anthropology at the University of Grahamstown and later went on to teach the subject at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits…
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… Tembisa is a large Township situated to the North of Kempton Park , under the Ekurhuleni Municipality . It was … meaning ‘promise’. It came about, when Black…
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… men by race and condemns the majority to a position of permanent inferiority. In that letter, I said: "I regard … all men everywhere who have sacrificed for…
Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
… “I am khanga - I wrap myself around the curvaceous bodies of women all over Africa. I am the perfect nightdress on … African nights - I exist for the comfort…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… heavily supported by soldiers from the People's Republic of China, received large amounts of weapons, and were supported by squads of aircraft supplied by…
PlaceSahlumbe
… the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, established in the former Homeland of; KwaZulu. It is situated on…