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ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention
… A flyer published in Zulu by the Black Peoples Convention urging unity and solidarity of its members. The flyer is accompanied by a handwritten draft in…
ArchiveTwo year recognition battle won
… The Transport and General Workers Union has finally won its two year recognition struggle with PUTCO with the signing of an agreement which will give it…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… The African National Congress has emphatically denounced … nationals in our country. We have further called on the people of Africa to unite against these…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Durban on 23 September 1948. He studied art at the Ndaleni Educational Training School under Lorna Peirson . After completing his studies, he went on to…
EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… Africa in 1985 for Mozambique after being tipped off by the ANC's Counter-Intelligence Unit that the Apartheid security forces were planning to kill him by ……
EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… artist, was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. He studied at the Polly Street Art Center and Jubilee Art Centre under … Sydney Kumalo. When Kumalo retired in…
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… Africa would welcome Maoris in New Zealand rugby teams. The presence of Maoris, a non-White indigenous New Zealand … of racial segregation in sports. John…
EventZola Budd breaks a world record
… England, South African born athlete Zola Budd broke the 5 000 metres world record set by Ingrid Kristiansens of Norway by more than ten seconds. Budd also…
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… geology. One of his most famous projects was his study of the Karoo and its dolerite intrusions, of which he wrote and … Alfred Wegener's theory of…
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… On 5 August they were stopped and arrested just outside the Natal midlands town of Howick. It was alleged that the police were informed of Mandela’s…
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… The property was granted to Matthys Coeymans in 1669 and its … was subsequently erected in a Cape Dutch style. During the 19th century a number of Victorian…
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… in Paris and earned his citizenship. He later joined the French army. He later chose to return to his native country and led the struggle for independence…
ArchiveMoral decay and social reconstruction: Richard Turner and radical reform by Eddie Webster
… This Richard Turner Memorial Lecture was delivered at the University of Natal, Durban on 25 March 1993. The lecture formed part of a long term project on the…
ArchiveCommittees Drift go-ahead
… Press cutting relating to the Government's go-ahead with the Committeees Drift Glenmore scheme to resettle Black people from Grahamstown in the Ciskei…
ArchiveEmergency Convocation of Churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
… The Emergency Convocation of Churches in South Africa was … on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure the government to the negotiation table…
Bowling them over
… Donna Symmonds from Barbados in the West Indies is a world cass sports broadcaster. The SABC Invited her to be a guest broadcaster during the one day cricket…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front: Last Beleaguered Hope
… Interview with Azhar Cachalia who is the National Treasurer of the United Democratic Front where he mentioned that they honestly believe that the United…
EventSecurity police arrest SSRC leader Dan Montsitsi
… Almost a year after the June 16 Soweto Student Uprising, Security Police announced the arrest of Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC) … Montsitsi…
EventBenni McCarthy of Bafana Bafana is bought for nearly R40 million
… Bafana, accepted a contract of R38, 5 million to play for the Spanish club Real Club Celta de Vigo. The amount (over 6m Euro) was at the time the most…
EventLondon Times pays tribute to King Sekhukhune
… The London Times, a British based newspaper, paid tribute to King Sekhukhuneof the Marota Empire, commonly known as the Bapedi Kingdom. The newspaper…
ArchiveUDF National Conference held on 1 to 3 March 1991
… Handwritten document presented at the UDF National Conference held on 1 to 3 March 1991 concerning the future of the United Democratic Front where they…
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to National Executive and SRC Presidents
… General circular letter from the President of the National Union of South African Students, informing the National Executive and Student Representative…
ArchiveWhat is a constitution?
… Booklet published by the African National Congress Constitutional Committee. A discussion document prepared for the Constitutional Committee of the ANC to…
ArchiveTussle at VW over tour kombis
… The All Blacks rugby tour was called off in July just a week before the team was due to leave New Zealand. It was determined protest and resistance to the…
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 6 Number 8 July 1981
… Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal which supports the democratic labour movement in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and recording the…
ArchiveHead Office report to NUSAS Congress 1981
… Report from the head office of the National Union of South African Students, presented at … Town from 28 November to 3 December 1981. Report refers to the…
ArchiveWhy do millions of workers reject Workers Day and instead celebrate May Day?
… A pamphlet issued by NUSAS/ERC looks at the rejection by South Africa's largest trade union federation COSATU of the government declared Workers Day on the…
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 …
ArchiveP. O. W. : Prisoner of War: Exhibition
… Notice of an exhibition at the Market Theatre, from the 16th February to the 7th March. Live performances in the Rehearsal Room. End …
South African Labour Bulletin Volume 10 Number 5 March 1985
… Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal which supports the democratic labour movement in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and recording the…