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EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… from 1978 until his death in 2005 toured Africa in 1980. The pope spent eleven days and toured five countries, including The DRC, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ghana…
ArchiveDetention of United Democratic Fronts activi
… The UDF totally condemns the detention of more than thirty (30) campaigners against apartheid in Natal, the Eastern Cape, the Transvaal and Oudtshoorn. We…
ArchiveBekamping van die revolution:re aanslag
… Document outlining the mission of the South African Government to eliminate the guerilla movement which threatens the security of its …
EventList of detainees is released
… The government, for the first time, released the official list of all detained under the Preventive Detention clause of the Internal Security Act … O'Malley,…
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
… ; 21cm. -- Debut collection. . [Inscriptions: Signed by the author]. 821. 3 GWA [Record ID: 5197] 4. GWALA, Mafika … -- Includes text in Xhosa. . …
ArchiveReport
… Report from the Western Province African National Congress underground. Covers ANC work in the Western Province, youth, women, the Labour Relations Act and…
ArchiveSouth African and Western Initiatives
… Covers United Kingdom interest in South Africa and the attitude of the UK towards the ANC, the views of the United States and the UK on …
ArchivePolice reserves are traps
… This pamphlet discusses the formation of police reserves, and APDUSA examines the so-called reasons for the formation of the police reserves as been lies,…
ArchiveAffirmation
… lettering. Students Representative Council, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Signatures gathered at Jan Smuts Airport on 29th January 1971,…
ArchiveTrade union brief
… Circular about the meeting between the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCSAWU), the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union (HARWU)…
Amulets & Dreams by Omar Badsha and Guy Tillim
… This book covers civil strife and its effects on the society in 6 African countries namely Angola, Mozabique, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Eritria…
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… "winds of change" tour of Africa in Ghana. Ghana became the first country in Sub-Sahara to gain independence in 1957, … Macmillan, British Prime Minister on…
PlaceClarkson, Eastern Cape
… A Moravian Mission Village in the former Humansdorp District, 26 km South-East of … feet tall, he spent his long adult life working to abolish the…
Invitation: BikoHausen - Steve Bantu Biko and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Johannesburg, 1971
… (Camera) Catherine Meyburgh, Jannous Aukema (Editing) At the end of a working lecture tour to South Africa in March 1971, the composer Karlheinz…
ArchiveMeeting between Cosatu/UDF and ANC held in Harare on December 1 - 3, 1988
… Report of a meeting between the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress in Harare, December 1-3…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… The African National Congress mourns the passing of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe, Comrade Ahmed … on earlier today, 28 March 2017. Members and supporters of the…
PlaceAluimkloof, Calitzdorp- Western Cape
… A Ravine at the Eastern end of Badspoort, 16 km South-East of Calitzdorp. The name is Afrikaans for 'Alum Gorge', which refers to the occurence of the double…
Rhodes Must Fall Exhibition: "Echoing Voices from Within"
… “Echoing Voices from Within”, captures with precision the multi-layered and intersectional voice of black bodies – the students, workers and staff who have…
PlaceMontecasino
… Montecasino is located in the suburb of Fourways in Northern Johannesburg. The casino and entertainment complex is designed to resemble an ancient Tuscan…
PlaceMaitland Road
… Milestones where used to measure distance, by the early settlers, in Cape Town. A Post Office known as … at a local Inn, but this was abolished in about 1860…
PlaceMarconi Beam, Montague Gardens
… Gardens and Marconi Beam are of strategic importance to the entire Cape Metropole. Situated Centrally between the Cape Metropole’s two CBDs, Cape Town and…
ArchivePromise of hope
… white photo two young boys crying; text: What is needed by the black people of South Africa is not sticking plaster; but the promise of hope for the future…
PlaceGoede Hoop Wine Estate
… The Bestbier family first bought this farm in 1928 and today it’s still run by the family with Pieter Bestbier (now a third generation winemaker) at the helm…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… KwaNdebele (or place of the Ndebele) was granted self-government in 1984 and was intended to be the new home for the Transvaal Ndebele people. It was…
EventMandela pays his first state visit to Mozambique
… After the 1994 national elections, President Nelson Mandela paid … met with his Mozambican counterpart Joaquim Chissano. The meeting resulted in the two…
EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… South Sudan was granted independence on 9 July 2011 with the town of Juba as a capital. The declaration of independence marked “the end” of intermittent…
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… former South African political prisoners, in defiance of the restriction orders the regime imposed on them after their release, launched a … outside Cape…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… Smith, declared a state of emergency. This was prompted by the United Kingdom’s (UK) refusal to grant Zimbabwe … and Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia)…
EventBoxing legend, Dingaan Thobela thwarts a hijacking at his home in Johannesburg
… On 27 September 2006, Boxing legend Dingaan Thobela 'The Rose of Soweto' arrived home only to be greeted by … hijackers as he was about to enter his Kelvin…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… The then African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, … Sisulu, was served with two notifications in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44…