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No to Botha demonstration

No to Botha demonstration

3 December 2021

The Anti-Apartheid Movement’s “No to Botha” demonstration on 2 June 1984, while British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...

Anglo-Boer War prisoners of war on St. Helena

Anglo-Boer War prisoners of war on St. Helena

26 November 2021

Anglo-Boer War prisoners of war on St Helena.

Opposition youth members protest against Robert Mugabe

Opposition youth members protest against Robert Mugabe

26 November 2021

Opposition youth members protest against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 14 April 2015

Tutu and the Dalai Lama

Tutu and the Dalai Lama

19 November 2021

His Holiness the Dalia Lama and his good friend Desmond Tutu.

Indian fishermen in Durban circa 1896

Indian fishermen in Durban circa 1896

5 November 2021

Indian fishermen in Durban circa 1896. 

Makeba at the Africa Festival in Delft, the Netherlands, 4 August 1990

Makeba at the Africa Festival in Delft, the Netherlands, 4 August 1990

22 October 2021

Miriam Makeba, performs at the Africa Festival in Delft, the Netherlands on 4th August 1990. Image: Frans Schellekens...

Kenyan security officials ready a batch of poached ivory

Kenyan security officials ready a batch of poached ivory

15 October 2021

 Kenyan security officials ready a batch of poached ivory.

Busi Mhlongo live in concert

Busi Mhlongo live in concert

15 October 2021

Busi Mhlongo live in concert promoting her album, Urban Zulu, before she passed away.

The 33rd anniversary of the formation of the UDF

The 33rd anniversary of the formation of the UDF

Derek Hanekom, Faiez Jacobs, Baleka Mbete and Cheryl Carolus at the 33rd anniversary of the formation of the UDF

A woman in a train compartment reserved for Whites protesting against Apartheid

A woman in a train compartment reserved for Whites protesting against Apartheid

3 September 2021

A woman in a train compartment reserved for Whites protesting against Apartheid

Albertina Sisulu and Winnie Mandela sit with their respective husbands

Albertina Sisulu and Winnie Mandela sit with their respective husbands

3 September 2021

Albertina Sisulu and Winnie Mandela sit with their respective husbands in City Hall, Cape Town, following the unconditio...

Ghana Independence

Ghana Independence

In 1957, Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African nation to declare independence from Colonialism.

The pass that Indians were forced to carry in the Transvaal, 1908

The pass that Indians were forced to carry in the Transvaal, 1908

The pass that Indians were forced to carry in the Transvaal, 1908

Albert Luthuli and Nokukhanya for the Nobel peace prize

Albert Luthuli and Nokukhanya for the Nobel peace prize

Albert Luthuli and his wife Nokukhanya in Oslo 12 September 1961, for the Nobel peace prize.

Patrice Lumumba in Congo, 1960

Patrice Lumumba in Congo, 1960

Patrice Lumumba in Congo, 1960.

Accra siblings

Siblings in pre-independent Accra in 1934. 

Gideon Iileka, Steve Hayes, Thomas Ruhozu

Gideon Iileka, Steve Hayes, Thomas Ruhozu

Gideon Iileka, Steve Hayes, Thomas Ruhozu. Kamanjab, Namibia, 5 Oct 1971

Norman Levy Portrait by Paul Trewhela

Norman Levy Portrait by Paul Trewhela

Playbill for Shakespeare's Henry IV at Pretoria Local Prison - New Year's Eve, 1966 - Outer Page - Art by Harold Strachan

Playbill for Shakespeare's Henry IV at Pretoria Local Prison - New Year's Eve, 1966 - Outer Page - Art by Harold Strachan

Outer page of a playbill for the single production of two scenes from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I that political priso...

Playbill for Shakespeare's Henry IV at Pretoria Local Prison - New Year's Eve in 1966 - Inner Page - Art by Harold Strachan

Playbill for Shakespeare's Henry IV at Pretoria Local Prison - New Year's Eve in 1966 - Inner Page - Art by Harold Strachan

Inner page of a playbill for the single production of two scenes from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I by p...

Dance instructor Phillip Boyd

Dance instructor Phillip Boyd

Dance instructor Phillip Boyd gives a ballet class in Gugulethu to previously disadvantaged youth. 

Jean and Barloo Naidoo

Jean and Barloo Naidoo

Jean and Barloo Naidoo, who were members of the Space Club Committe and their extensive, wonderful family.

The South African women artists collective iQhiya

The South African women artists collective iQhiya

The South African women artists collective iQhiya at Documenta in Kassel Germany earlier this year. (Photo by Stath...

Sonke Gender Justice

Sonke Gender Justice

Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) celebrates the verdict of guilty against Nkosinam Xabadiya for the domestic violence murder...

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June 16 leaflet

Athol Fugard

An early photo of key figures in South Africa’s theatre heritage: John Kani, Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona.

Dr Somalingum Leslie Ponnusamy - seated - with his brothers Denny, Billy, Roy (L - R)

Dr Somalingum Leslie Ponnusamy - seated - with his brothers Denny, Billy, Roy (L - R)

Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy with colleagues from the Cardiology Department, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy with colleagues from the Cardiology Department, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Dr Somalingum Leslie Ponnusamy with his parents - Mrs Parvathie Moonsamy (l) and Mr CP Moonsamy (r)

Dr Somalingum Leslie Ponnusamy with his parents - Mrs Parvathie Moonsamy (l) and Mr CP Moonsamy (r)

Dr Somalingum Leslie Ponnusamy with his parents -  Mrs Parvathie Moonsamy (l) and Mr CP Moonsamy (r)

Winnie Mandela at Govan Mbeki press release 1987

Winnie Mandela at Govan Mbeki press release 1987

Govan Mbeki faces the press shortly after his release from prison. Together with him are: (back) Aubrey Mkoena and Samso...

Elvis Govender preparing posters for Krishna Rabilal Memorial (Motala Massacre, Mozambique), Merebank, 1984. Photograph by Myron Peter

Elvis Govender preparing posters for Krishna Rabilal Memorial (Motala Massacre, Mozambique), Merebank, 1984. Photograph by Myron Peter

With Cyril Ramaphosa and Nelson Mandela - circa early 1990s

With Cyril Ramaphosa and Nelson Mandela - circa early 1990s

With Ronnie Kasrils and other ANC members - ANC 1994 victory celebration

With Ronnie Kasrils and other ANC members - ANC 1994 victory celebration

With parents, Nora and Ganese Govender and his brother, Deena - Umzinto, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)

With parents, Nora and Ganese Govender and his brother, Deena - Umzinto, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)

George Naicker in exile - Tanzania

George Naicker in exile - Tanzania

George Naicker in exile - Tanzania

Comrade George Naicker

Comrade George Naicker

Comrade George Naicker 

Students marching to a funeral of COSAS member in KwaMashu, KwaZulu Natal, 1981

Students marching to a funeral of COSAS member in KwaMashu, KwaZulu Natal, 1981

Students marching to a funeral of COSAS member in KwaMashu, KwaZulu Natala, 1981. Photographer: Omar Badsha

Sharpeville 21st of March 1960

Sharpeville 21st of March 1960

Sharpeville, near Vereeniging where 180 people were injured and 69 killed after the police opened fire on protestors on ...

Mandela and Mbeki during the ANC 50th conference

Mandela and Mbeki during the ANC 50th conference

Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki are seen during the ANC 50th conference held in Mafikeng (Mahikeng) in December 1997