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ArchiveCommunity Resource and Information Centre 1989 Calendar
Orange poster with black lettering. Drawing of people protesting in centre. Photograph of Johannes Maisha 'Stanza' Bopape, detained on 9th June 1988 and…
ArchiveArtwork of legs and hands in chains
Light pink, grey and black drawing. Artwork of legs from the knees down, covered in a broken cloth. Artwork of hands with chains around the wrist.
ArchiveNational Symposium on alcohol use and abuse
Black and white poster. Notice of a Ministry of Health Symposium on February 22-24th, at University Student Union Hall . Artwork of four hands holding bottles…
ArchiveThe Presidents Council and his masters voic
Cream and black poster. Artwork of dog with three heads with initials P.C. on it, with a winner's ribbon, listening to a gramophone, with P. W. Botha's head in…
ArchiveBody and procedures for drafting a new constitution
Proposal of the African National Congress to CODESA Working Group 2 on a body and procedures for drafting a new constitution. Suggests ways in which a…
ArchiveThe struggle for peace and freedom continues
Blue, black and white poster. List of names of people who died in Gaborone on the 14th June, 1985. Artwork of a pair of black hands behind barbed wire,…
ArchiveWorkers unite, fight for freedom and democracy!!
Calendar for 1985. Black, red, yellow and white poster. History of important dates at bottom. KMU Kilusang Uno Mayo (May 1st Movement) poster, Philippines…
ArchiveBlack Community Programmes Limited: Projects and people
A pamphlet containing photographs from projects of the Black Community Programmes.The goals of the Black Community Programmes are to help the Black community…
ArchiveAction against students and intimidation of students
Appendix C to the President's Report at the 45th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 6th-14th July, 1969…
Desmond Tutu: External Video and Audio Archive
Video Interview with Desmond Tutu by Marika Griehsel, Sweden, 28 September 2007 (video) Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu Retires from…
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously approved an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in their two-year…
WWII: The first American expeditionary force lands in Africa.
Lang Hans van Rensburg, early Voortrekker leader, is born
Britain agrees to hand back all Dutch colonial possessions.
United Nations agrees to hand over Eritrea to Ethiopia.
The foundation stone of the Voortrekker Monument is laid.
ArchiveMinutes of a meeting held on 25 June 1976, between Officials of the Department of Bantu Education, West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board and Representatives of the Urban Bantu Council
Minutes of the meeting
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
1955 The Freedom charter is adopted. This was the statement, charecterised by its demand that “ the people shall govern” that highlighted the main…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
… acute and severe, most stringent pass laws that needlessly land in gaols thousands yearly, influx control regulations …
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt Revisits "On the Mines" by Jeffrey Ladd, 5 December 2012
As the German publisher Gerhard Steidl prepares a series of books on the life work of David Goldblatt, Jeffrey Ladd spoke with the South African photographer…
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… more than “extra employment”. In his own words: “I prefer land to niggers.” No wonder Hitler described him as “the only …
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own homeland, … was a landmark in an era of expansionism and…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… friends who supported the project purchased 100 acres of land. Indian Opinion printing press in Phoenix (Cedric Nunn … . The farmers were subjected to an…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… (1992) and Afrika (1993), Mbuli’s song “Peace in Our Land” became a national anthem to celebrate the second … Mbuli. Wasafiri , 9 (19): 20-25. Lewis, S…
EventNelson Makhuba murders his family and commits suicide.
SA artist Nelson Makhuba, who produced wooden household utensils and tourist trade objects and was also a band leader, committed suicide. Upon his return from…
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
Born in Cape Town, Steven Gray is one of South Africa’s most prolific writers. He received an M.A. in English from Cambridge University, a M. Fine Arts from…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… on a national scale. [1] The movement’s demands were for land redistribution, secure tenure, and an end to evictions … Formation The LPM was originally a…
ArchiveBoycott Cape and Outspan: every bite buys a bullet!
Yellow, black and red poster. Call for boycott of Cape and Outspan products. Artwork of a hand holding half an orange, with photograph of two soldiers in a…
EventWalter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground
On 19 April 1963, African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter Sisulu forfeited R6000 bail and went underground. Security Police visited Sisulu's house and…
EventThe lengthy trial of Gandar and Pogrund ends
The lengthy and expensive trial of Laurence Gandar and Benjamin Pogrund, of the Rand Daily Mail, on charges under the Prisons Act, ends with both being found…