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Shooting at Sharpeville: The agony of South Africa, Book

  • ZA HPRA CPSA0003
  • Fundos
  • 1960

The book was written by Ambrose Reeves during his time as Bishop of the Diocese of Johannesburg, with the assistance of Mary Benson and Christian Action, with reference to Jack Halpern. It contains a Foreword by Chief Luthuli.
The book was banned on the 24 February 1961, and included in the "Jacobsens" Index of Objectionable Literature under its titles "Bloedbad in Sharpeville" and "Shooting at Sharpeville. It was unbanned on the 9 January 1987, Government Gazette entry 10578, according to a note on the back cover of one of the books.

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Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), photographs

  • ZA HPRA AG3401
  • Fundos
  • 1913-1980s

The collection of digital photographs contains images depicting the interior and exterior of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, and its immediate surroundings being Joubert Park in the heart of Johannesburg.
Including photographs of the foundation stone, laid by Henry John Hofmeyr on the 11 October 1911, subsequent construction of the building in 1913, arial photographs of JAG in Joubert Park, images of interior exhibition spaces and of the building, as well as extensive construction work in later years.

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Biko and Solidarity, Poster

  • ZA HPRA A3250
  • Fundos
  • 1977

Tribute poster to Steve Biko that was carried by mourners at his funeral in 1977, released by the Black People's Convention.
Original size 35,5 x 54,5cm.

Hal Miller, A Memoir

  • ZA HPRA A3464
  • Fundos
  • 2023

"Hal Miller: A memoir and personal history of The Argus Newspaper Group", with a foreword by Rosemary Miller and an afterword by Jonathan Hobday, former Argus Group editor.

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Holmden's Register of Township Maps of Johannesburg and District

  • ZA WITS ARCH0001
  • Fundos
  • 1920s

The map book contains an index in original handwriting, with an additional typescript inclusion for new townships. All townships in the Municipal area are drawn to a scale of 400ft to the inch. The maps of the various townships include every stand number per street that existed at the time.

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Caroline Douglas, Album

  • ZA HPRA A1080
  • Fundos
  • 1852 - 1868

The sketch book includes drawings of the Malays of Cape Town, Khoisan of Algoa Bay and Swellendam, Fingoes of Algoa Bay and Zulus of Natal. Also scenes such as an ox wagon on trek; Wynberg Church and the Botanical Garden, 1852; Umlass Lake, Natal; cartoons of M. Jourdan of Mauritius, 1868 and a flower painting of sparaxis.

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Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith, Letter

  • ZA HPRA A288
  • Fundos
  • 27 November 1851

Sealed letter written in King Williams town to Faku, Chief of the Pondo, condemning Faku's behavior 'You did most wrongly ... your conduct has been bad. Now I call upon you ... to fall on Kreli'.

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Abbe Nicolas Louis De La Caille, Notebook

  • ZA HPRA A892
  • Fundos
  • 1746 - 1754

The notebook contains observations made by De la Caille at the Cape and elsewhere; a list of expenses in connection with his observatory at St. Martin (Paris); and details of the mathematical basis for his calculations, including lists of formulae and trigonometrical proofs, used as an aide-memoire during his travels. There are calculations of some star coordinates, apparently made at the Cape, and, most important of all, a calculation of the difference in latitude between the Cape and Klipfontein for his determination of an arc of the meridian.

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Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, Recordings

  • ZA HPRA A1742
  • Fundos
  • 16 October 1923

The recording of songs were made during a visit by Sol Plaatje to the UK, on behalf of the then South African National Native Congress (SANNC later ANC). They were recorded at the studios of the Gramophone Co. Ltd. In Hayes, Middlesex on 16 October 1923.

Sol Plaatje, singing, was accompanied by Sylvia Colenso on the piano, the daughter of Francis Ernest Colenso, son of the Bishop of Natal John William Colenso.

The record contains the very first recording of "Nkosi Sikelel iAfrica", also listed here as "Hark 'tis the Watchman's Cry".

The following songs are included:
"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", also known as "Hark 'tis the Watchman's Cry (Hymn in Sechuana)
"Lead Kindly Light" (Hymn in Sechuana)
"Pesheya Ko Tukela" (Across the Tugela, a Hlubi folk song)
"Singa Mawele" (We are Twins, Dance melody in IsiXhoza)
"A band of hard pressed men are we" (Hymn in IsiXhoza)
"The Kaffir Wedding Song" (J.K. Bhokwe) (Sung in IsiXhoza)

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Dirk Coetzee, Testimony

  • ZA HPRA A2790
  • Fundos
  • 1990, 1994

Hitsquads. Testimony of a South African Security Policeman: the full story, by Dirk Coetzee

The testimony was written by Dirk Coetzee in exile, at the ANC Headquarters in Lusaka and in London, with the help of his brother Ben Coetzee. The main body was completed in 1990, and was spell checked and reprinted by Ben Coetzee in 1994.

Dirk Coetzee's testimony would also form part of the submissions to the Harms Commission of Inquiry, which he gave in London.

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