History through pictures

artist Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo

artist Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo

The artist Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo was born in Kinshasia, the Deomcratic Republic of Congo in 1981. 

Apartheid police - Sharpeville, Johannesburg 21 March 1960

Apartheid police - Sharpeville, Johannesburg 21 March 1960

Anti-pass campaign demonstrators flee as police shoot into the unarmed crowd

Anti-pass campaign demonstrators flee as police shoot into the unarmed crowd

Angolan Civil War

Angolan Civil War

15 years ago in February 2002 the 27 year long Angolan Civil War came to an end. 

Anderson Ganyile

Anderson Ganyile

Anglo Boer War

ANC Founders

ANC was founded on 8 January 1912 and 60 years later in 1972, party members in exile issued the first of the annual stat...

An Indian family in Natal circa 1888

An Indian family in Natal circa 1888

An Indian family in Natal circa 1888

Alexandra bus boycott

Alexandra bus boycott

Alex La Guma with his son

Alex La Guma with his son

Alex La Guma with his son, Barto in London(1925 - 1985)

Alex La Guma

Alex La Guma was a highly celebrated South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. 2017 is the 50th anniversary...

Albertina Sisulu anti-apartheid activist banned

Albertina Sisulu anti-apartheid activist banned

Albie Sachs attends the launch of the Freedom Charter

Albie Sachs attends the launch of the Freedom Charter

26 June 1955, a twenty-year old Albie Sachs attends the launch of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown.

Albertina Sisulu by Sue Williamson

Albertina Sisulu by Sue Williamson

Part of the Series 'A few South Africans' by Sue Williamson, Albertina Sisulu, 1984

Albert Kimmerling makes the first power-driven flight in South Africa - East London, 28 December 1909

Albert Kimmerling makes the first power-driven flight in South Africa - East London, 28 December 1909

Albertina Sisulu and Archie Gumede

Albertina Sisulu and Archie Gumede

Albertina Sisulu and Archie Gumede. UDF Press Conference, Johannesburg 1983. Photographer: Cedric Nunn

African women in grasslands

African women in grasslands

African Union logo

African Leaders at the Unity Conference in Donalson Centre, Orlando -1960

African Leaders at the Unity Conference in Donalson Centre, Orlando -1960

Africa Day celebrations

Africa Day celebrations

African fans, wearing Ghanaian colours, exhibited African unity through their support for Ghana

African fans, wearing Ghanaian colours, exhibited African unity through their support for Ghana

Accra Conference

Accra Conference

Abafana Bo Moya performing in Durban, November 1986

Abafana Bo Moya performing in Durban, November 1986

Rafs Mayet's image of Abafana Bo Moya performing at Metal Allied Workers Union annual general meeting Curries Fount...

A visual representation of the South African Bill of Rights

A visual representation of the South African Bill of Rights

A plaque from the Jan Smuts statue was burnt

A plaque from the Jan Smuts statue was burnt

A plaque from the Jan Smuts statue was burnt during protests at the University of Cape Town, 16 February 2016. Photogra...

A miner wears a green blanket

A miner wears a green blanket

A miner wears a green blanket as a symbol to commemorate the anniversary of the Marikana protests in August 2012. The bl...

A mother and her child photographed in a corrugated iron shack

A mother and her child photographed in a corrugated iron shack

A mother and her child photographed in a corrugated iron shack in Durban by an Afrapix photographer. 

A building on Mozambique Island, just off Mozambique in East Africa, where slaves were housed.

A building on Mozambique Island, just off Mozambique in East Africa, where slaves were housed.

1st Traditional gay wedding - KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, 06 April 2013

1st Traditional gay wedding - KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, 06 April 2013

1994 election rally, Sebokeng

1994 election rally, Sebokeng

South Africa, Sebokeng, Gauteng - election rally 1994.

1994 election queue

1994 election queue

On April 27, 1994, a long line of people snaked toward a polling station in the black township of Soweto outside of Joha...

Anglo-Boer prisoners on St Helena

Anglo-Boer prisoners on St Helena

Anglo-Boer prisoners on St Helena