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ArchiveBoycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott
… Town Municipal Workers Association and the National Union of Mineworkers have decided to put their weight behind a national consumer boycott in protest at…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… " Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary " gives the account of three people from three, seemingly World Class Cities. It … bottom up. Exploring the parallels,…
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… Referendum required a 50+1 result to secede or remain part of Sudan and quorum of 50% of registered voters in the region. After three days, a 60% … Observng…
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
… in confinement. Winnie was separated from her husband most of her marriage life due to his imprisonment. However, she … Mandela’s legacy. Winnie was pivotal…
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
… from Durban a night prior to kick-off, the manager of Durban City, Norman Elliot states: "The Portuguese East … player with them." It is apparent here that…
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette Schoon, and her six-year … Marius Schoon (Jeannette's husband) was the target of…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, called for a National Convention of all races in South Africa to make a…
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… Krugersdorp was the hometown of engineer George Pratley who founded the Pratley research … and today the company is run by his son, Kim. Hundreds of tons of…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… and the African National Congress (ANC). The purpose of these talks was to negotiate the adoption of a new democratic constitution for South Africa. The…
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… Kothari, a United Nations (UN) housing expert, said most of those displaced by President Robert Mugabe's May 2005 … in Geneva. He deplored what he called a …
Event14 Year old girl is convicted in Pietermaritzburg High Court
… has been found guilty in the Pietermaritzburg High Court of murdering Radha Govender, a Pietermaritzburg socialite, … out the murder. She was also found…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… Koenakeefe Mohl, South African artist and founding member of Artists Under The Sun, was born at Dinokana village in … in Mafikeng, where his talent was…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… was abandoned after having failed with heavy loss of life on both sides. The attempt to subdue Sekhukhune came after the British Annexation of the Transvaal …
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… Today marks the anniversary of the longest cricket test match in history. The game was … days in total. England needed 41 runs to win at the close of the 9th…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… was a self taught painter and printmaker who spent most of his life at the Cape of Good Hope. He arrived at the Cape with astronomer Thomas … Elizabeth…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. …
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
… handed over by the TRC. The documents contained details of his involvement in the gruesome apartheid killings of black freedom fighters allegedly arranged by…
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
… met with resistance from the public. More than 80 percent of the Black population lived below the poverty line meaning … such as Attridgeville and Lady…
South African Labour Bulletin
… Blue poster with black lettering, front page of Bulletin. November 1990, Volume 15, Number 4. List of articles. Artwork of Mercedes car with man hanging out…
ArchiveStatements on Black Consciousness and human rights
… African Catholic Bishops, in their Plenary Session of 4 February 1974, recommended that these pamphlets be studied as part of a pledge of reconciliation,…
ArchiveInterview with John Daniel
… with John Daniel, a student leader at the University of Natal who twice served as president of the National Union of South African Students (1966 and 1968)…
ArchiveForeign African labour in South Africa
… on foreign African labour in South Africa. Covers control of foreign labour, recruitment of foreign labour in the mining industry from 1889-1960, … in the…
PlaceWinthrop Building, 8 Durban Road, Wynberg
… with a thatched hip Roof dates from 1830 and is one of the oldest Houses in the Historical Centre of Wynberg. It originally served as a Military Mess but…
PlaceDrostdy Museum, Uitenhage
… was erected during General Jacob Glen Cuyler’s tenure of office as Landdrost of Uitenhage in 1809 and follows the historical development of Uitenhage and…
EventDipuo Peters is born
… Premier of Northern Cape Province and member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women's League, Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, was born …
EventForeign Affairs Deputy Minister Pahad is born
… Aziz Pahad , SA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was born in Schweizer Reneke, Western … ( North West Province ). Pahad had been a m ember of the National…
EventPeter Becker dies
… Peter Loubser Were Becker, writer of several popular historicl books on African people and … Florence, Arizona, USA. Becker was a special friend of the Zulu…
EventEleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng
… The police opened fire on a crowd of Sebokeng township residents who sought to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party (NP). The incident…
ArchiveToys are for cuddling not for killing
… Black poster with white lettering. Two artworks of children receiving toys at Christmas - one with a teddy … "would you buy your child a war toy to celebrate…
ArchiveBlack women
… poster with purple border which includes text. Photograph of women dancing with raised arms looking triumphant. Notice of a conference on women's struggle in…