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… 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 dynamite, which had been standing for 3½ days in searing … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. Wallis, F. (2000). …

… 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 original name of the day internationally. WWI ended on 11 November 1918 with the guns stopped on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. This is why 11 November …

… for housing schemes for poorer Indians to the Minister of the Interior. Fietas ,as the Pageview community was popularly known, was one of the oldest communities in Johannesburg and was one of the first 'locations' (non-white areas) established under …

… 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 of Pearl River Delta and now a Special Administrative "Region" of China. His parents moved to Johannesburg in 1956 when he …

… 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 claimed the lives of three policemen including Duvenhage and injured four … Commission received submissions testifying to the deaths of Mr Kobus Wilkens and Mr Andre Duvenhage and the injury of …

… 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 of Witwatersrand …

… National Congress to Pope John Paul II informing him of the 70th anniversary of the formation of the organisation. …

… 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 deplorable living conditions …

… 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 organisation. …

… Coloured photograph of family sitting under a tree. Title in black letters. Quote … from the Bible 1 Corinthians 4 : 11. South African Council of Churches. Division of Refugee Ministries. …

… Black and white image of Albert Luthuli. Words "the length of the term of slavery depends largely on the oppressed themselves and …

… white poster. Identical top and bottom. Two photographs of Agostinho Neto - 1922-1979. Artwork of two maps of Africa. Focus on the state. …

… 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. …

… 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. …

… 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. …

… 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. …

… 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. …

… 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. …

… Reprint in a journal of an Address given to the Pretoria Press Club given by Bishop Desmond Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. …

… from an address delivered in Pietermaritzburg at a meeting of the South African Institute of Race Relations. Note that sections of the document are barely legible. …

… 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 water. …

… Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Artwork of Mandela in front of a protesting crowd. U. S. Freedom Tour June 1990. …

… Notice of Soweto Cultural Forum on 8th April 1989. Yellow poster with brown, black and maroon lettering. Artwork of musicians. List of performers. Venue - Ipelegeng. …

… 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. …

… 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. …

… 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 entitled "Black Renaissance Convention" …

… 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 Africa …

… they were ready to be shipped off in batches. On the 16th of January, the Fifth Battalion boarded the Mendi ship. They sailed out of Cape Town at noon. The captain of the Mendi ship was Henry Arthur Yardley. The crew was … Norman. Black Valour. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1987|“World War 1”, South African History …

… in Manzini, Swaziland. The attacks claimed the lives of Umkhonto we Sizwe member Patrick Makau and seven-year-old Patrick Nkosi, the son of an active ANC member, Mr Mawick Nkosi. One of the fatal raids conducted by South African police was in …

… the Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve on the seaward tip of what is known as Cape Seal in Plettenberg Bay. Cape Seal … the Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve on the seaward tip of what is known as Cape Seal in Plettenberg Bay.  In 2013 a … that must have been experienced during the construction of the original lighthouse. This lighthouse is situated on …