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EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), he was responsible for the organisation of…
EventFourth Nuclear bomb test by France in the Sahara
… bomb test in the Sahara Desert. Adding to the tension of the time, was an underlyingFrench ambition to lead Europe … its own right. This ambition was…
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… 1000m event in Munich. Malan was raised in the Boland area of the Cape, where he took part in athletics from a young … to take athletics seriously during his…
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… agents located in Zimbabwe . Philip Masiza Conjwayo, one of the agents was a former member of Zimbabwe’s Special Branch. Conjwayo confirmed to the ANC that…
EventNatal Law society apologises to Gandhi
… lawyer to apply to practise in the then British colony of Natal. The Natal Law Society opposed his application because he was Indian. The president of the…
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… the president can only serve for two terms as the head of state. Mandela felt one term was enough as he had already … scenes endorsement by Nelson Mandela…
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
… South African author and translator of books into Afrikaans from six European languages, Hymne … Orange Free State (now Free State). She was a daughter of…
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…
EventBob Woolmer, former South African coach, is found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies
… in the West Indies. He died later in hospital. After weeks of investigation his body was returned to his family in South Africa. Bob Woolmer was one of the…
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…
EventPrime Minister Verwoerd’s assassin transferred from prison to a mental asylum
… On 30 June 1994, the Minister of Correctional Services in South Africa, Dr Sipho Mzimela, … in other Germany, England and the United States of America and…
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…
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. …