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Storming: The Insurrections Ensemble by Marcus Grossman, September 2015
… is not redemption or forgiveness, there is more violence in tow. Tina Schouw is the militant, Calibana- haunting and … the emotions with Carnatic magic- it…
ArchivePostage stamps: fourth quarter 1989
… white poster, showing coloured replicas of stamps issued in 1989 in countries in Southern Africa. Philatelic services and intersapa poster. …
PlaceApollo Peak, a Mountain Peak of Cederberg; Near Citrusdal
… Peak in the Cederberg range, 18 km North-East of Citrusdal. In Greek Mythology this means one who brings back the sunshine in Spring. …
ArchiveStop Yankee attacks on Nicaragua
… poster. Artwork of an eagle landing. Artwork of soldiers in a line, with rifles held up in the air. OSPAAAL logo. Title in three languages. …
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 11 February 1980
… Incomplete Minutes from a State Security Council Meeting in which problem areas in Soweto, the situation in Zimbabwe, national radio propaganda and other…
ArchiveCould you stomach this?
… White poster. Title in red letters. Artwork of a soldier in a hard hat, with a gas mask on with two rickets in the mouth, by Peter Kennard, 1983. …
ArchiveOns sluk nie meer vir truk
… White poster with blue border and blue lettering. Title in box in centre. ACAC, SACP and COSAW Logos. Hammer and sickle in top left hand corner. …
ArchiveNew sugar industry negotiating group
… A new negotiating committee has been established in the sugar industry in Natal giving the Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union a firm foot hold in the…
EventDusi Canoe Marathon commences
… eight individuals arranged to canoe from Alexandra Park in Pietermaritzburg to Durban.These eight individuals were … out of the eight people, who reached the…
ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… Blackburn, Suzman used Parliament to fight injustices in South Africa. Suzman became a thorn in the flesh of apartheid by openly criticising segregation ……
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… Pollsmoor Prison is situated in Tokai, Cape Town, and is the largest Prison in the Western Cape Province. It is an overcrowded facility located in Tokai…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… one of South Africa’s most well known artists. He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War. He … Africa, which is when…
EventUgandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announces the proposed division of Buganda
… In June 1966, Ugandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announced … the province into four districts. The division took effect in 1967and the Kabaka’s government…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… was one of the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against apartheid laws, the pass laws in particular…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… World Health Organisation (WHO) organizes awareness events in over 100 countries worldwide on this day. The first World Heart Day was celebrated in 2000 as a…
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… activist, Henry Selby Msimang, died on 29 March 1982 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. Msimang was a founding member … (SANNC), renamed the African National…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… for a new South African constitution should begin in 1991 and be completed within two years. The African … suggested that equal status be given to all…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… United Democratic Front (UDF), was one of the participants in the Rainbow Debate at a heritage festival held in Eersterust Township, east of Pretoria. Boesak…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, … the Presidential Job Summit to discuss ways to create jobs in the country. The Summit proposed the…
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… The workers complained about their poor living conditions in compounds and the harsh conditions under which they had to work. In particular they complained…
EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… of dynamite, Alfred B. Nobel, established the Nobel Prizes in his will. This bequeathment allegedly shocked his … The first prizes were awarded five years…
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… sailing legend and one of the most popular skippers in single-handed racing around the world, died at his home in Gordon's Bay, Cape Town, after a long…
EventThe historic Tana Baru Muslim cemetery is forced to close
… Muslim settlers of South Africa were buried, was closed in terms of the Public Health Act No. 4 of 1883. Following the granting of religious freedom to…
EventThe Battle of Ulundi begins
… Anglo-Zulu War, as well as the breakup of the Zulu nation. In July, Lord Chelmsford (British Commander) moved on Ndini, and in a final onslaught, known as…
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… Rebecca (Rebekah) Schreiner. During her youth she lived in Cradock in the Eastern Cape. She died in Wynberg, Cape Town, on 10 December 1920. The Department…
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… Joy Adamson died under mysterious circumstances in a Kenyan bush. Initially it was reported that she was attacked to death in the bush by a lion, but further…
ArchiveThe philosophy tenets and traditions of NEUM
… conference has been convened at the most crucial moment in the history of the oppressed of South Africa. The paper … the introduction of the Ten-Point…
EventDr JT van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician, dies
… with the Khoi Khoi of the Cape Colony and was interested in alleviating their economic plight. His advocacy for the … the White settlers. Van der Kemp had a…
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws in the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. Scores of people were left…
ArchiveSicela ussizo iwenu kuvimbela isifo se ugciwane (Aids)
… rows of cartoon characters holding hands. Cartoon family in bottom right hand corner. Little red devil fleeing in bottom left hand corner. Lettering in green…