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A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko Museums of Cape Town Some years ago, a small body of artists clubbed together…
EventThe First Gay Pride March is Held in South Africa
On 13 October 1990, South Africa’s first Lesbian and Gay Pride march was held in Johannesburg. It was the first Pride March on the African continent and acted…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed his royal throne in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on a…
ArchiveResponses by black women to race and gender dynamics under South Africa apartheid with special reference to the Black Consciousness Movement
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Stellenbosch. Black women's oppression under…
PlaceWagon Museum
This Museum is situated on the same premises as the First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein and houses a collection of historic wagons and carriages such as the…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only. The…
AAM and UN: partners in the international campaign against apartheid
I think of the 'anti-apartheid movement' as a coalition of anti-apartheid organisations and individuals, as well as a growing number of governments, which in…
Chapter X - Final word
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Right up to the morning of 1 July, I did not know what to expect. Even before the bans were due to expire I was…
EventMike Gatting's rebel cricket tour is curtailed
Negotiations between the National Sports Council (NSC) and the white South African Cricket Union (SACU) on the rebel cricket tour by Mike Gatting's England…
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
Jennifer Davis, stalwart champion of majority rule in South Africa and leader in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, died on October 15 in…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… Eric Louw, South African Media Policy: Debates of the 1990s; Anthropos Publishers, Belville; 1993|Wigston, David; …
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… the early Cape records. It was briefly popular during the 1990s for academics to insist on the use of ‘Khoekhoen’, …
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… after we’ve returned and so on. Taylor: Yes, this was the 1990s. Sachs: But there’s been a collapse in the prestige of …
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation, 9 February 2012
… to the 1970s. Employment continued to deteriorate in the 1990s and the early 2000s due to slow growth and declining …
ArchiveBrushing History against the Grain: Oppositional Discourse in South Africa by Tony Morphet
This Richard Turner Memorial Lecture was delivered in Durban on 27 September 1990.
ArchiveInterview with Joe Slovo by Keith Coleman
An interview with Joe Slovo by Keith Coleman on economic policies. July 1, 1990.
PlaceRuimzicht House, 10 Milner Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
This double-storey dwelling was built in the late 1890s and boasts of a number of fine Victorian architectural features, including ornate front and side gables…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands were…
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
On this date a poem by Nontsizi Mgqwetho lamenting the death of her mother was published. Mgqwetho was the first woman poet to publish in Xhosa. From 1920 to…
EventSADF commandos bombs the ANC office in Maputo
South African National Defence Force (SADF) commandos bombed the African National Congress (ANC) office in Maputo, Mozambique and injured 5 people. Captain…
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
Johannes Kerkorrel, talented Afrikaner musician and groundbreaking songwriter born in Johannesburg, on 27 March 1960. He started singing in the late 1980s…
Archive25 dia da liberdade
Black, red, green and white poster. 1974 - 1990. Artwork of a carnation. AA 25 logo.
ArchivePhambili : Workers power
Offset litho; black and red; Phambili : Workers power: Numsa national bargaining conference 10 11 February 1990
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
Pretoria — Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has sent his condolences to the family and friends of legendary poet and short story writer, Pascal Mafika…
ArchiveStop rebel tour : Mass rally
Notice of rally at Lenasia Civic Centre on 6th February 1990. Image of cricket ball and broken stumps.
ArchiveWomen take the struggle forward
Yellow poster with red background and black lettering. Speak calendar for 1990. Various photos of women protesting for democracy.
ArchiveThe Rustenburg Declaration
Resolution of the Rustenburg Declaration of the National Conference of Church Leaders held in South Africa in November 1990.
ArchiveSpeak: women fighting for freedom
A2 litho poster, red and black on white; photo women demonstrating circa 1990; text: SPEAK Women fighting for freedom
ArchiveSlovo speaks
Article appearing in , v5(1), March 1990 in which Joe Slovo is interviewed following the publication of 'Has Socialism Failed'.
ArchiveA Savage War of Peace
Between July and September 1990 nearly 800 people lost their lives in clashes between resident, Inkatha and the security forces.