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EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
… astronomer Edmund Halley, who in 1705 calculated the orbit of the comet around the sun. Halley was also the first … Comet has been known since 240 and the…
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… in German South West Africa. He demanded the termination of the war and refused to budget for its continuation. Bebel called the resistance of the Ovaherero…
EventEmily Hobhouse receives a reply to her request to be included in the Ladies Commission
… letter saying; "The only consideration in the selection of ladies to visit the Concentration Camps, beyond their … be, so far as is possible, removed from…
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… South Africa the first African country to do so and one of only a few in the world at the time. MPs from the African … its members a free vote on the issue…
EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
… The removals occurred on 25 May 1986 and June of the same year. Allegedly a notorious group of men known as ‘witdoeke’ executed the evictions by setting ……
EventThe South African government is to grant self-government to KaNgwane
… it had finally abandoned its land deal with Swaziland, of which KaNgwane was to have been part. South Africa and … in question was formally designated in…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… The twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was…
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… he established a music school, the Todd Matshikiza School of Music. He was also one of the first black journalists to work for Drum Magazine. … South Africa…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… sentenced to six years in prison for furthering the aims of the banned ANC and for organising the May 1961 … broadcast from a secret ANC radio station. On 11…
ArchiveKairos II Rally
… Multicoloured poster. Notice of a rally at Regina Mundi Church. List of speakers and cultural entertainment. International …
Archive1989 : Namibian workers unite for a living wage!
… Cream poster with black lettering. Photo of people marching. Issued by the National Union of Namibian Workers. …
Archive2nd National Congress July 1987
… Multicoloured COSATU poster. Photograph of people marching with a black outline of a raised fist over them. COSATU Logo. …
Archive1987 Calendar
… Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) Calendar. Black and white photographs of everyday scenes in apartheid South Africa. … N.O.W (Natal Organisation of Women) …
ArchiveFingo tribe who lived on land allocated to the tribe by Queen Victoria
… Forced removals of the Mfengu people from Humansdorp-Tsitsikamma area. Text of document is not clearly legible. …
ArchiveS.A.A.V. Lab Animal Liberation Concert
… Notice of fundraising concert on Thursday, 24th April. List of performers. Navy blue and white poster. …
March 8: International Womens Day
… Blue, pink, black and white poster. Photograph of a woman with a fist raised. Notice of International Women's Day. …
ArchiveThe spear fights on: Isandlwana
… Black, red and white poster. Artwork of black spears, holding a black rifle, on top of a colonial soldier. …
ArchiveNamibie vrij steun de opbouw
… White, blue, green black and white poster. Green artwork of a map of Africa. Namibia outlined in blue. …
ArchiveOur plan: poster number 2: putting a stop to crime and violence
… White, grey and black ANC poster. Artwork of barbed wire with leaves on the end of it. …
ArchiveWhere are their graves in Soweto
… White poster with charcoal title and drawings of two people. Very small touches of red on heads. …
ArchiveWij steunen het volk van El Salvador
… Purple poster with white lettering and artwork. Artwork of a worker on a cross made of a spade and a fork. …
ArchivePasop: de Britten terug naar dr eiland!
… Black and white poster. Artwork of people inside a building watching television and background of banks and hotels. …
ArchiveAlways was, always will be Aboriginaland
… Yellow,white, black and red poster. Artwork of a map of Australia with a yellow circle in the centre. …
ArchiveSACTU 30th anniversary rally
… Red and white poster. Notice of an intended rally. Artwork of two men and a woman holding a flag. …
ArchiveAmandla Group
… White, black and red poster. Photographs of African people singing and dancing. Notice of a concert. Menneskeverd logo. …
ArchiveDen Haag, 29 October: geen nieuwe kernwapens in Europa
… Black and white poster. Cartoon of a man and a woman and two children marching. Also artwork of a rocket. …
Archive91233 trees uprooted
… Multicoloured poster. Impact of land seizure on olive trees in Palestine. Artwork of Olive trees and flag. …
ArchiveCrossroads, District Six: one struggle: mass meeting
… Black and white, with protestors on the top of the poster; UDF logo. Notice of a mass meeting. …
ArchiveOther customers dont get free gifts
… red poster. War on Want (W.O.W.) Campaign poster. Outline of map of South America. …
ArchiveNUSAS: working for our future without apartheid
… Multicoloured poster with artwork of the map of Africa. Words at the bottom: join NUSAS political action. …