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ArchiveWe celebrate women's struggles: we celebr
… and blue poster. Title in red letters. Inscription on the walls of a cell in women's prison in South Vietnam: "The mountain is only so high...our capacity is…
ArchiveBiography of Naphtali Mbuti Nkopane
… Biography of Naphtali Mbuti Nkopane who was born on the 18th of August 1944 on a farm near Nigel in the Transvaal. In 1949 his family moved to Evaton in the…
ArchiveBill Nair interview
… with Bill Nair where he was asked to first comment on the state of the United Democratic Front since Murphy and Valli were … increase in various forms of…
EventShift in US Foreign Policy toward apartheid state takes place
… The Republican US President Ronald Reagan accepts that the policy of constructive engagement has failed. He … a change in United States foreign policy…
ArchiveMemorandum on BPC external affairs programme
… from Thami Zani to Ranwedzi Harry Nengwekhulu following on the fifth congress of the BPC held on the 28-30 January 1977 in Durban where a commission was …
EventDavid Kramer was born on this day
… The South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director … day. He is especially well-known for his musicals about the Coloured communities and the ways…
PlaceApryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg
… literally means 'small pictures mountian', derived from the San paintings found in the area.'Appryntjie' which is an historical word for a freed … mixed…
PlaceAnzac, a Railway Siding near Brakpan
… A Railway Siding, on route between Germiston and Brakpan. The name is derived from all the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed at Anzac … in Turkey,…
ArchiveReport of NUSED Congress, July 1971
… Report of the Congress of the National Union of Students Education Department, July 1971, presented at the 47th Annual Congress of the National Union of…
ArchiveA Celebration of Queerness: Zanele Muholi receives a French knighthood
… The French Embassy was due to present the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et de Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) to acclaimed photographer and…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 20, December 1988
… Bulletin, No 20, December 1988, produced by the South African Communist Party. Issue covers an SACP … a letter sent to comrade Meir Vilner, General Secretary…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 15 Belvedere Avenue, Oranjezicht
… The House was Erected at the turn of the 19th Century and is one of the earliest Structures to have been Built in Belvedere …
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe receives an honorary degree
… and musician, received an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare in recognition of the major contribution he had made to Xhosa music. In the…
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… The first South African State President C.R. Swart opens Melrose House in Pretoria as a museum. The House was built in 1866 by George Jesse Heyns a Pretoria…
EventEight British tourists are killed
… five men and three women, were killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swerved to avoid a pedestrian on the R74 between…
PlaceAirlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder
… Railway station between Sycamore and Hemlock, on the route from Pretoria to Maputo, some 16 km east of … it was renamed Airlie, after a British officer, the…
Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957
… [Extract] Chief Lutuli spoke of the "unprecedented human suffering being brought about by … by seeing our stand of opposing apartheid vindicated by the…
ArchiveDurban and Districts Council of Churches Cultural Festival 10 June 1990
… groups were invited to perform and show off their talent. The topic for the Festival - Faith without works is quite death. The various speakers were…
Students and action in society
… Papers presented at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: Approach to student power;…
Students and action in society
… Papers presented at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: Approach to student power;…
ArchiveKwa-Natal Indaba
… as it met to plan tactics and tie up crucial loose ends in the face of dicouraging government reaction to its proposals, in the latest setback,…
Archie Gumede Inaugural Memorial Lecture Invitation
… Professor Ahmed C Bawa, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Durban University of Technology and Mr Don Gumede, Founder of the Archie Gumede Foundation…
ArchiveInterview with Ambrose Makiwane
… Fort Hare in 1955, when he was age 34. His family lacked the means to send him earlier, and he had been expelled from … after a student strike. At Fort Hare…
EventWomen call for alternative ways of conscription
… The Star reported that a number of women called on the government at a press conference to permit those men who refuse to serve in the army to make their…
PlaceOld Crown Mines Headquarters, 5 Press Lane, Selby, Johannesburg
… The building was designed by Herbert Baker after the amalgamation of eight mining companies in April 1909, when Crown Mines Ltd was founded. The office…
EventSA artist Vincent Baloyi is born
… Baloyi was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. He joined the National Arts Society and the SAAA, taught art at the Open School (1981-1986), and FUBA (1987),…
EventGill Marcus is born
… Minister of Finance from 1996-1999, Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and Manager of Spoornet, was … She has since been appointed executive…
EventEngenas Barnabas Lekganyane is buried in Morija
… or Ignatius), ambitious and charismatic founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), was laid to rest in Moria, … district. This date has since been…
EventPolitical Activist, Barbara Hogan, is sentenced for High Treason
… Barbara Hogan is sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to an effective ten years in prison for high treason and membership of the banned African National…
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
… Three years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the ANC's…