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ArchiveMemorandum delivered to De Klerk
Memorandum delivered to President De Klerk by Rev Chikane, Rev Boesak and Archbishop Tutu outlining six points that they felt the South African Government…
ArchiveInterview with Frank Chikane
Oral interview with Rev Frank Chikane, This interview was conducted just after Rev. Chikane's appointment as General Secretary of the South African Council of…
Padraic O’Meara
Born: Cape Town, 1980. Lives and works in Cape Town. Has a BA (Hons) degree in Motion Pictures and Diplomas in Animation for Film and TV and in Business Acumen…
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
Kilnerton Training Institution fondly called: 'KTI', during the Sixties was undoubtedly one of the premier Black schools of its time. Reflecting on the impact…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
The Dutch Reformed congregation of Uitenhage, the 10th oldest Dutch Reformed congregation in South Africa and the second oldest in the Eastern Cape is the…
Indian education in Natal
1865 A report? Native Schools 1865? states that these were day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia…
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
Before 1856, Farmers in this Area attended the Church in Aliwal North. Primitive transport, bad Roads, Rivers and other obstacles made it an ordeal to go to;…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
In an essay entitled “The 16th of December in the context of Nationalistic thinking in colonial- and apartheid-South Africa” Wolfram Kistner [1975] makes an…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 11. A. M. LEMBEDE, "Congress on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African…
Mission Stations - N-S
Mission Stations - N NAAUWPOORT, also known as NAAUWPOORT JUNCTION, Cape: DGT NABILEYO, Flagstaff, Cape: No data available NABIS, Namibia: RM NAKEEKE,…
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
After actively petitioning the National Convention and being ignored during 1910 and 1911, delegates to the South African Native Convention (SANC) decided to…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke THE BRITISH next aimed their attack at Hintsa, paramount chief of the Gcaleka, who…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
This is probably the oldest surviving house in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Treaty or no Treaty, the control was in the hands of the military and at this stage…
PlaceNgcobo
On 1 November 1859, a day known in the Christian calender as All Saints Day, Chief Fubu of the amaQwathi met with Archdeacon Waters and the Rev John Gordon of…
ArchiveMessage to the churches
Letter of protest about the detention of Rev John Thorne on May 24, 1980, for no given reason or preferred charge.
EventDr. Nico Diederichs is inaugurated as South Africa’s third State President
Dr. Nicholaas Diederichs (Nico), former Finance Minister, was inaugurated as South Africa's third state president, in succession of President Jim Fouche…
ArchivePress statement
Press statement where Valli Moosa welcomed the return of Rev Frank Chikane and how he has been a subject of detention without trial and assassination.
ArchiveDawn raids on city clergy and journalists
This is the letter form Rev James Kirkwood to Dear friends and Theo and Helen Kotze concerning persecution of the Kotzes in 5 December 1977.
ArchiveRelease political prisoners
Gold poster with black lettering. Image of key in lock at jail. Rev George Irvine and UDF Speaker. GLT 1:15 Wednesday. Issued by NUSAS.
ArchiveRelease Our People Rally
A2 red and black on white; graphic man bound with barred window; text: Release our People Rally Rev McCamel's temple evaton; speakers Samson Ndou, Amanda…
ArchiveThe challenge of Black Theology to the present S.A.
Lecture delivered by Rev M. Ngakane, Deputy General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches in Benoni on March 6, in 1976 about the challenge of…
Non-Violence News, Second quarter 1982
Newsletter written by Rev R J D Robertson with short articles about conscientious objection regarding sentences impossed in a martial court to military staff…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, Second quarter 1982
Newsletter written by Rev R J D Robertson with short articles about conscientious objection regarding sentences impossed in a martial court to military staff…
ArchiveDec. 16 Service
Light yellow background with black lettering. Notice of a Service on December 16th - Hero's Day. Remember Ashley Kriel. WPCC Inter-Church Youth Logo. A.M.E…
ArchiveInternational Youth Year Rally Ga-Matlabe
A2 blue, black and red silkscreen; graphic two students; logo International Youth Year text: International Youth Year Rally Ga-Matlabe; Traditional Dancing,…
ArchiveNational Detainees Day : Inter-faith service
Yellow and black poster. Notice of an inter-faith service on Sunday 15th March. Venue - Bonteheuwel Civic. Issued by Call of Islam. Artwork of a candle…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
Nokukhanya Luthuli, maiden name Bhengu, (also known as MaBhengu) was the wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli. Although she never became as public a figure as her…