Poet, journalist and 1820 Settler

'Ten letters of Thomas Pringle (1826-1833) together with his The Desolate Valley: a South African Scene and The Wild Forester of Winterberg: a South African Ballad' 34p.

Correspondents are Mrs. W.B. Rawson, A. Watts and T. Wilson and the subjects of the correspondence are literature and the slavery question. 'The Desolate Valley' was published in African Sketches, London, Moxon, 1834 and 'The Wild Forester of Winterberg' under the title of 'The Forester of the Neutral Ground' in Afar in the desert, London, Longmans, 1881.

Originals are in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

Missionary at the London Missionary Society in Rhodesia

Describes his missionary work at Shiloh in Matabeleland and contains many references to Chief Lobengula. Includes copies of letter from Lobengula to the British Resident, Pretoria, 30 Mar. 1882 and to Commandant-General, Transvaal Republic, 21 Apr. 1882, together with a copy of the treaty between Lobengula and Hugh Dobbie, Daniel and William Francis and Samuel Dodds, ceding right to explore for gold, 2 Sep. 1881. Also copies of reviews of his Eleven years in Central South Africa, London, 1872.

Certificate to the effect that he has been sworn in as a special constable for the East Rand Proprietary Mines, signed by G.G. Munnik, Speciale Rechterlijke Commissaris, Boksburg.

A note in English by Heldzingen explains that the reason for his being sworn in was to enable him to carry a revolver when he took the gold output to Johannesburg.

His papers relate to his careers as journalist, propagandist and conservationist. Among his correspondents was Laurens van der Post, a boyhood friend. There are personal papers including correspondence, notebooks, diaries and records relating to organisations with which he was associated. There is interesting information on the Broederbond and a fine collection of negatives for "Libertas", the journal he edited during the war.

Ornithologist

Fragment of a diary. Describes a hunting expedition in the Transvaal and comments on Chief Lobengula.

Chairman, Rand Water Board and M.L.C.

Including notes, articles and letters on sociology, race problems and theosophy.

Includes extracts of Court record.

CASE NO. 19740/86.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (WITWATERSRAND LOCAL DIVISION) 1986-1988.

In the matter between:

THEMBA MICHAEL MNGOMEZULU First Applicant.

ISAAC MZONDEKI RADEBE Second Applicant.

MXLOLISI ALFRED MPHUNGWA Third Applicant.

and.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOWETO Respondent.

(re evictions).

"The Third Day of September: an eye-witness account of the Sebokeng Rebellion of 1984", by Johannes Rantele. Published as part of the Storyteller Series No.1, by Ravan Press. The author was a witness to the events which unfolded in Sebokeng and other townships in the Vaal Triangle. He took photographs on which the artist Goodman Mabote based the illustrations in the publication.

In 1974 SASO/BPC members were arrested for staging Viva Frelimo rallies at Curries Fountain and at Turfloop University, and charged. They were Saths Cooper, Muntu Myeza, Strini Moodley, Patrick ‘Terror’ Lekota, Nchaupe Mokoape, Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, Nkwenkwe Nkomo, Kaborone Sedibe and Zithulele Cindi. Their trial, officially known as 'State vs Cooper and Eight Others', dragged on for 16 months, after which the accused were found guilty and sentenced to five and six-year terms on Robben Island.

Steve Biko appeared as one of the defence witnesses in the trial in May 1976, and his testimony is included in the court records. The records also include 'The Definition of Black Consciousness'.

State of Bophuthatswana vs. S. J. BANDA and 194 others.

This trial record is incomplete, but includes a certain amount of information on corruption and human rights violations in Bophuthatswana.