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ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
1952The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime, which in the following years inspires the establishment…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
From 27 April 1994 to 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership of African National Congress (ANC…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws…
ArchiveHealth Workers Union : March to CPA
Notice of a march on Saturday 8th September 1990 organised by the Health Workers Union. Start at 10.00 in Keisersgracht Street, opposite castle in Darling…
ArchiveMemorandum from Popo Molefe to United Democra
Memorandum from Popo Molefe to United Democratic Front's regions regarding the meeting of the National Executive Committee of the United Democratic Front…
ArchiveANC Womens League national launch
Black, green and yellow poster advertising launch. Yellow and black lettering. Black image of four women in centre of poster. List of speakers. ANC Logo…
ArchiveDemand the release of all political prisoners - stop apartheid executions
White border with black lettering. Multicoloured artwork of people holding placards with demands. Image of industry in the background. 35th Anniversary of the…
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
The William Fehr Collection had been on exhibition at the Castle – more or less unchanged – from the 1950s. The core of the collection comprises historical…
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
At the height of apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand imposed a blanket ban on virtually all visits by sports teams from South Africa. The move by New…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
Shanty town women stripped to the waist and confronted bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
South African cricket player, Paul "Gogga" Adams, became South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, when he featured in his first test debut at the age of 18…
EventWhite sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a protest
About 100 White sympathisers joined evicted Black squatters in a protest against the demolition of shanty dwellings outside Cape Town. This was the third day…
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, who became the National Minister of Arts and Culture under President Thabo Mbeki’s administration, was born in B Location, Kroonstad,…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the…
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
Around 100 African National Congress (ANC) members were reported to have been detained in Swaziland. The arrests were confirmed by the Swaziland Police…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
ArchiveANC welcome rally for ANC women from exile
Black, green and yellow blocks with white and black lettering. Rally on 17th June 1990, at Jabulani Amphitheatre. Artwork of two women holding welcome home…
ArchivePress statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
Press statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress reporting on a meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia, in March 1990, regarding…
ArchiveA womans place is in the struggle: Women of
Black and white poster. Title in yellow letters. Notice of International Women's Day on March 8. Artwork of women with arms raised carrying brooms and a banner…
ArchivePost-apartheid South Africa: the macroeconomic perspectives for year one and beyond
Article on economics in post-apartheid South Africa by Vella Pillay, prepared for an ANC seminar on Economic Policy in Harare, Zimbabwe, in April and May 1990…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Abraham, Peter. Tell Freedom: Memories of Africa. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. Basner,…
EventNelson Mandela meets F.W. de Klerk
Prisoner Nelson Mandela had the first of three meetings with the State President F.W. de Klerk to discuss the future of SA. The meeting took place in De Klerk…
Nelson Mandela
Black Green and gold poster. Photo of Nelson Mandela in centre. Nelson Mandela in gold lettering. Note to the people of Sweden in Mandela's handwriting . The…
Meeting of the ILG
Minutes of a meeting of the National Interim Leadership Group (ILG), 31 July 1990. Discussed authority and powers of the ILG, function of the ILG and frequency…
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…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
The years 1990 and 1991 were as important as they were eventful. The agreements recorded during this period ensured that obstacles in the way of substantive…
ArchiveBreaking new ground: recommendations from an
Recommendations from an African National Congress in-house workshop on the political, economic and social issues of South Africa's rural areas, held in Lusaka,…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
On 14 June 1913, the first Immigration Regulation Act, which limited the free movement of Asians, and restricted their entry into the country, was passed in…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against…
EventFietas, site of forced removal in Johannesburg, is renamed Pageview
Fietas, a western suburb of Johannesburg, was officially re-named Pageview in honour of Mr. J.J. Page, the Mayor of Johannesburg at the time. Up until this…