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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)…
ArchiveLand and national oppression
… This paper clearly describes the land rights of the natives in the Cape Colony from the Ordinance and up … until the Ten Point Programme and discussing 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 …
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…
ArchiveBlack Community Programmes: Year report 1972
… The goals of the Black community programmes are to help the Black community become aware of its own identity, to help the Black community create a sense of…
ArchiveThe Freedom run
… Black, red and white poster. Notice of a 10km and 3km fun run on Sunday, 11th June, 1989, at … Park, London. Prizes to be won. Guest Speakers. Artwork of a…
ArchiveTerrorist car bombs : Public awareness chart 6
… two shows bus being blown up. Block three shows underside of car where bombs may be placed. Block four shows vehicle … black letters, on precautionary…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 15 Belvedere Avenue, Oranjezicht
… The House was Erected at the turn of the 19th Century and is one of the earliest Structures to have been Built in Belvedere … significant Area in this Suburb…
PlaceVictorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens
… This row, of Double-storey Semi-detached Residences is presumed to have been erected in 1881 as part of a speculative Housing Development scheme. The land…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe receives an honorary degree
… received an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare in recognition of the major contribution he had made to Xhosa music. In the … posthumously…
EventAlexander Kerr dies
… Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of Fort Hare), died in Alice, Eastern Cape…
ArchivePaper on National Civic Movement delivered at UDF National General Conference held in 1 to 3 March 1991
… held in 1 to 3 March 1991. It deals with the role of UDF in building the Civic Movement, role of Civic Movement in transition period and in a … period,…
EventPresident Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants
… The newly elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela warned disgruntled former … to adhere to military discipline or face the…
ArchiveMkhumbane our home African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960 by Iain Edwards
… This study is concerned with all the material structures of everyday life and the nature of power in the African shacklands of Cato Manor Farm. Click to read…
PlaceAirlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder
… on the route from Pretoria to Maputo, some 16 km east of Waterval Onder. At first called Nooitgedaght, it was renamed Airlie, after a British officer, the…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: address in mitigation, 12th June 1964
… the accused, Nelson Mandela and others, on the last day of the Rivonia Treason Trial, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge…
ArchiveKwa-Natal Indaba
… to plan tactics and tie up crucial loose ends in the face of dicouraging government reaction to its proposals, in the … a refendum would definitely be held…
ArchiveWits Autumn Festival
… black background with white and yellow lettering. Notice of fourth Wits Autumn Festival from 2nd to 6th May 1990 and contact number. Issued by the University…