Galleries

The Great Kei River, near the southern boundary of early farming settlement.

The grave of Robert Sobukwe in Graaf-Reinet

(Left) The first Chinese Consul-General in Johannesburg, Lew Yuk Lin, with daughter and consular staff outside his Hospi...

The Gala Dinner, Department of Education, Pretoria, 2011. Source: SAHO

(Left) The first Chinese Labourers arrive on the Rand. The train trip from Durban to the Rand took 27 hours. (Right) The...

In 2002, the Palace of Justice’s entire interior was renovated, except for the holding cells below ground level. M...

The flame of freedom in the Freedom Charter Monument in Kliptown, in the Johannesburg metropolitan area. The flame was l...

The day of the Massacre, mourning the dead and getting over the shock of the event.

One of the important political events covered by Drum journalists and photographers in the 1950s was the 1952 Defiance C...

The father of a Nation

Known as the “Pride of the Free State”, the CR Swart Building houses the Provincial Administration and featu...

Dutch Reformed Church in Bloemfontein, c1910s

Movie poster for the film of DRUM. The film stars Taye Diggs and is based on the real life accounts of Drum magazine wri...

The Castle of good hope

The affair at Park Station, Thursday March 11, 1976 - During the trial on terrorism of Miss Pumza Dyanty and six others ...

TEKEN DIE UDF VERKLARING

Tanya and Nelson Mandela

Chief Luthuli and Oliver Tambo at Johannesburg Station, before his banning in May 1959. Photograph: Alf Kumalo

Swazi Women, smoking. c1910

Moroka Swallows (1950s)

Mandela still campaigning at 80 years old, 1999

Structure

Students going into exile to Tanzania to join Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Here four young students are interviewed by a Dar ...

Start of the gold rush in South Africa

Stellenbosh Village. Martin Plaut Collection.