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EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… Black policemen. This is believed to be the highest number of police killed in a single incident. An emergency meeting was held in the House of Assembly…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… consultation with his government over Rhodesia's closure of its border with Zambia, but that his government will assist in fighting against terrorism. The…
PlaceAlabama, Klerksdorp
… Township 6 km West of Klerksdorp in the North West . It is said to take its name … The Confederate States Navy commissioned the building of this vessel at…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… senior Western Province team in 2011. Nizaam formed part of the South African Under 20 team, which competed at the … on 22 November 2014.[vi] Nizaam won the…
PlaceAnagob, a Mountain Peak in Northern Cape
… Hill 926 m high, situated 18 km North-East of Riemvasmaak and 60 km North-West of Keimoes. The name is of Khoikhoi origin means 'Tree Hill' recorded as such…
PlaceAgomed, Eastern Central Namibia
… hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that one of their dogs, which had been gone for awhile, had a wet rump when it returned. Khoikhoi name of…
ArchiveMeeting between Cosatu/UDF and ANC held in Harare on December 1 - 3, 1988
… Report of a meeting between the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the United Democratic Front … for advance by democratic forces, the broad coalition…
ArchiveAnglo-American influences on the Black conciousness movement
… It was said by minions of the racist oppressive giant in South Africa that Black Conciousness was nothing but an importation of American Black power. African…
ArchiveDaai geld, daai geld, daai baie geld!
… English reads, That Money, that money, that large amount of money! Asks what happened to South African tax money and names apartheid members of parliament…
ArchiveSouth Africa : The Cordoned Heart Poster
… Black and white poster. Second half of title in red letters. Photo of men carrying coffins with flowers in top. Exhibition on 4th March at Gertrude Posel…
ArchivePolice community relations: a mediators per
… efforts by President F.W.de Klerk to curb the use of excessive force by police stating the difficulties faced by public officials in the United States of…
NEUSA General Meeting
… A2 dark red silkscreened on yellow paper; picture of hand with book, map of Africa, cars coming to meeting; text: The Doors of Learning and culture shall be…
ArchiveWorld Press Photo Exhibition 84
… Notice of photo exhibition at Shell Gallery, 9 Riebeek Street, Cape Town on 26th April 1984. Black and white photo of small boy carrying large gun, with…
ArchiveSoweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini
… Nkosozana Dlamini, vice-president of SASO, and member of the ANC, was in her fifth year of medical school when the June 16th uprising began. She was …
YWCA Building, 178 Long Street, Cape Town
… The building was restructured in 1903 by J Parker, of the architectural firm Forsythe & Parker, and was dedicated to the memory of Minnie and Maria Bam, the…
EventJames La Guma dies
… La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's…
EventSADF replace police on South West Africa’s northern border
… In a dramatic move, Minister of Defence P. W. Botha announced the replacement of South African police by the South African Defence Force on the northern…
PlaceGlen Grey
… The village of Glen Grey was named in honour of Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape 1854-61. On 17 July 1902 a fire broke out in the …
ArchiveJune 16: 10 fighting years
… Transvaal Student Congress (TRASCO) logo on left and image of Hector Pieterson in the arms of a fellow student on the right. Features list of demands. "Unban…
The Freedom Charter
… Copy of The Freedom Charter. Title in light green on white … Headings in light green, Charter in black lettering. Image of group of people carrying flag with…
ArchiveMemorandum van HSAW aan die Voorsitter van die SVR werkkomitee
… Memorandum from the Chief of the South African Defence Force to the Chairman, State … Security Council, detailing guidelines for the formulation of a short…
ArchiveKorttermynstrategie vir Angola
… Memorandum from the Chief of the South African Defence Force to the Chairman, State … Security Council, detailing guidelines for the formulation of a short…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.4 1992
… Nyatsumba, Essays: S.A. Literature and the Construction of Nationhood, Njabulo S. Ndebele; In Search of Light, Mongane Wally Serote; Culture as a Site of…
Banishment
… too, because people used to tell you where there are lots of mice you must know there are snakes too. They put me in … had the clothes I was wearing” and a…
Place'Abbakwap' a Mountain were the Fish and Orange Rivers Merge
… Mountian in the Richtersveld, at the confluence of the Fish River with the Orange River. This a Khoikhoi name … The name is said to refer to the hollow spoon…
ArchiveInternational Womens Day
… White poster with black lettering and border of small black stars. Welcome home rally for Ray Alexander. … Wits University Great Hall. Black and white faded…
ArchiveWorks on paper
… University of Port Elizabeth, Silver Jubilee Festival Program. Black and … by M.C. Escher entitled 'Sky and Water II' 1938. Notice of an exhibition of the…
ArchivePretoria Minute
… Minutes of discussions between the South African Government and the … Discussed violence and negotiations. Includes a report of the Working Group established…
ArchiveUnban the ANC
… lettering. Page from Pretoria News newspaper. Short piece of information on ANC. Commemoration of 75 years of the ANC, from 8 January 1912 to 8 January 1987 …
Municipal elections
… the municipal elections which was determined by the state of the organisation, the mood of the masses and the strengths and weaknesses of the regime and the…