History through pictures

Migrant labourers (photograph by Margaret Bourke-White)

Miriam Makeba was a fashion icon and talent that continues to be contemporary. 

Members of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commissionin Dr. Alex Boraine (second from left), deputy chair;...

Members of Pan-African Parliament at Addis Ababa, 06 March 2012.

Thabo Mbeki addresses parliament on 20 September 2000.

Historical May Day posters from around the globe.

Historical May Day posters from around the globe.

Historical May Day posters from around the globe.

Historical May Day posters from around the globe.

'Masigoduke (End of the work day)’ by Qubeka Bead Studio

March 22 1960 newspaper from the Rand Daily mail with a newspaper article reporting on the Sharpeville massacre.

Mapungubwe UNESCO heritage site

Born on the 6th of January 1906, Walter Battiss was an influential South African artist whose early on main departure po...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela being sworn in as South Africa's first democratically elected president at the Union Build...

The face of Nelson Mandela is shown on a large billboard in the stands at the memorial service for former South African ...

First State of the Nation Address given to a democratic Parliament by Nelson Mandela in 24 May 1994.

Nelson Mandela at 42 years old in 1961. He was found not guilty in the infamous Treason Trial at this time, and was a le...

In memory of Ahmed Kathrada, a warrior of freedom seen here celebrating Nelson Mandela's 80th birthday. Picture...

Mandela delivers his first speech at the Grand Parade, Cape Town, 11 February 1990. Photographer: Chris Ledochowski

Environmentally friendly ways to spend your 67 minutes this Mandela Day, 2013

Nelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday with then President Thabo Mbeki and current President Jacob Zuma at Loftus S...

Lomnim mineworkers protesting after the Marikana massacre

On 30 March 1960, Philip Kgosana led a PAC march of between 30 000-50 000 protestors from Langa and Nyanga to the police...

Prior to their collaboration with Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo were discreet with their usage of traditional Zulu...

Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the UN during the Africa21 summit in Yaounde, Cameroon.