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ArchiveWinterveld Community Project
… This memorandum contains an outline of the community upliftment project planned by SASO in the area of Winterveld, north of Pretoria in the Transvaal, South…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… Letter stating the opposition of the National Union of South African Students to the supply of arms to South Africa and giving reasons for …
ArchiveSummarised Minutes of discussions between South African and United States Delegations: 27 January 1984, Fleur du Cap, Somerset West
… of meetings between representatives from South Africa and the United States to discuss the tems of the ceasefire and withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola …
ArchiveKDCs minimum doubled
… Due to the campaigning of Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union members, the KwaZulu Development Corporation has nearly doubled the minimum wage of all its…
ArchiveNew sugar industry negotiating group
… A new negotiating committee has been established in the sugar industry in Natal giving the Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union a firm foot hold in the…
ArchiveFOSATU strikes back at false attack on workers
… STRIKING a gigantic blow against the false attacks on workers by both employers and the State, FOSATU has released the results of a crucial study on worker…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War. He studied there and then returned home to … works as well as some of his…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… in nature. Magadlela was a member of and adhered to the Black Consciousness movement led by Steve Biko. He became very well acquainted with the leader, who…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… political activist, journalist, lawyer and a co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC). His funeral service was conducted by the bishop of…
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… since childhood. His formal art studies started in 1929 at the Wits Tech Art School (drawing and painting), followed by the Johannesburg Training College (a…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Cape. He was born in Gaga, near Alice, and was one of the earliest authors in Xhosa literature. Charles Brownlee rated him one of the best, if not the very…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… Professor Roland Levinsky, of the University of Plymouth, was born in South Africa to a … Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the…
EventBeatles unbanned
… On this day, the South African Broadcasting Corporation lifted its ban on The Beatles. [1] Endnotes [1] The … The Beatles, …
ArchiveStatement by Social Welfare organisations
… concerned social workers group as they opposed to the proposed Amendments to the Internal Security Act and the Public Safety Act …
ArchiveNUSAS Press Release
… NUSAS Press release regarding developments and plans for the National Union of South African Students and a confirmation of a special congress to complete…
ArchiveReport of meeting with HM
… Report from H. Makgothi to the African National Congress National Executive Committee on a meeting with Ntatho Motlana, regarding the South African political…
ArchiveDie University Christian Movement (UCM) van 28 Mei 1969 verwys
… Report signed by the South African Commissioner of Police in Pretoria and sent to the Secretary for Justice, also in Pretoria, about the University Christian…
ArchivePreparing for an ANC Consultative Conference
… Comment by Jack Simons on some of the issues relating to an African National Congress Consultative Conference. Brief overview of the reason for the…
ArchiveImmediate prospect for SACP
… Article in Voice of Women , Number 3, 1983, on the immediate prospect for SACP. It discusses the Suppression of Communist Act of 1950, the Freedom Charter,…
ArchiveSoweto Students Representative Council: We shall share sufference and joyous moments
… The circular, issued by the SSRC, calls for a one year commemoration for all students who died in the political unrest in Soweto on 16th June 1976 …
ArchiveLetter from John Daniel, President, to SRC Presidents and others
… President of NUSAS, suggesting ways of commemorating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. …
ArchiveA distant clap of thunder: Fortieth anniversa
… Booklet to commemorate the 1946 Miners Strike: "A distant clap of thunder". Fortieth anniversary of the 1946 mine strike. The booklet gives a detailed…
Black Consciousness
… Background to the Black Consciousness Movement and an overview of the development of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). Prepared for …
ArchiveBlack Consciousness
… Background to the Black Consciousness Movement and an overview of the development of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). Prepared for …
ArchiveMass detentions, now a curfew
… Using the special powers granted to it by the declaration of a State of Emergency, the South African Police has declared a curfew in a number of …
Maritzburg managers take a hard line
… Since the stoppage at Huletts Aluminium over the pensions issue last year, relations between FOSATU unions and several companies in the Maritzburg area have…
Piet Retief, seventy burghers and thirty mounted servants, arrive at Dingane's kraal
… servants arrive at Dingaan's kraal Ungungundlovu (Home of the Elephant) for the signing of the Retief-Dingane treaty, dated 4 February. …
ArchiveSummary of Congress reports and recommendations for 1981
… Summaries of reports presented at the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29…
ArchivePass Laws and Influx Control
… Pamphlet regarding Pass Laws and Influx Control and the negative effect these laws have on the African people. The laws are considered to be discriminatory,…
ANC Negotiations Bulletin
… 1991. Covers period of negotiations. Explanation of why the preparatory meeting for the All-Party Congress was not held on the scheduled date. …