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Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM)

  • ZA HPRA AD1709
  • Fonds
  • 1945 (1961-1963) - 1971

Contains minutes, reports, addresses on NEUM and the African People's Democratic Union of South Africa, including documents used as exhibits in the case of K. Hassim and others v. The State.

Department of Justice File

  • ZA HPRA A3302
  • Fonds
  • 1964 - 1994

The compilation contains a list of persons which were held in custody or listed as members of subversive organisations in terms of the Act on Terrorism, Section 6 and 29. Some of the listed persons were charged and tried.

James Lycett, Journal

  • ZA HPRA A72
  • Fonds
  • 1854

Journey: August 8, 1854 – November 11, 1854

The James Lycett Journal describes a “Journey to Namaqualand from Cape Town, commenced on Tuesday August 8th, 1854 in company with J. Calvert Esq., Coachman John Southgate, and Daangie, a Hottentot” (p.1) Another man named March, described as a “Hottentot boy,” also travelled with them. The Journal ends on November 11, 1854, with Lycett alone in Hondeklip Bay.

The Lycett party was part of the Namaqualand copper boom of 1854, and crossed paths with other prospectors, local farmers, and some government officials, including Charles Davidson Bell, Surveyor General, and Dr. William Guybon Atherstone, who later reported on the geology of the region to the Government. Atherstone kept three notebooks of his 1854 trip to Namaqualand, which describe similar struggles of travel but offer a different perspective on the people he met - including John Calvert.

The Atherstone notebooks are held in the Albany Museum in Grahamstown (Makhanda) in the Section that used to be the Settler Museum. My thanks to Dr. Elizabeth van Heyningen, Honorary Research Associate [HRA], History Department, University of Stellenbosch, for this information.

Lycett, James

Goldstone Commission, Boipatong Massacre Records

  • ZA HPRA AK2672
  • Fonds
  • 1990 - 1999

Records of Goldstone Commission enquiry (1992), an appeal heard in the Supreme Court (1994) and Amnesty Committee records.

Includes some Sebokeng records, 1990-1991.

These papers relate to the events which took place on June 17 1992 at nBoipatong, during which 39 people were murdered, several people injured and property was stolen or destroyed. There were accusations of police involvement in the crime.

The collection comprises 3 sets of documents: the Goldstone Commission of Enquiry (1992), the Appeal Court record with accompanying documents (1993-1994) and the Amnesty applications with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1999).

Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation

Albert Lutuli letter

  • ZA HPRA A3408
  • Fonds
  • 15 June 1953

The letter, written by Albert Lutuli, is addressed to Prof ZK Matthews, dated 15 June 1953

Albert Lutuli makes reference to a letter he received from ZK Matthews on 11 June 1953, and assures him that the letter has not been tempered with. He goes on explaining that he learned from the 'White Press' that Matthews had arrived from the U.S.A. He agrees with Matthews that the bans (Lutuli was a banned person at the time) 'have much nuisance value'. Lutuli then attends to suggestions made by Matthews for the commemoration of 'June 26' 1953, saying that he will be issuing a PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE AND CALL (written in capital letters) for the whole Union. He also promised that the Working Committee has approved the statement, and that it will be distributed to branches, as well as published in the newspapers 'Bantu World', 'Ilanga' and 'Imvo'. He finally passes greetings to all friends at Fort Hare and signs "Yours in the National Service Albert Lutuli President-General, A.N.C".

The 26 June was traditionally observed by the African National Congress and other organisations, because it was on the 26 June 1950 that the Suppression of Communism Act was passed by the South African government, sparking national protest actions. Following this letter, Albert Lutuli issued his public statement for the commemoration of the 26 June 1953. Furthermore, ZK Matthews proposed a national convention in 1953, calling for a Freedom Charter for a democratic South Africa.

Albert Lutuli

Herman Max Gluckman, BA Honours Thesis

  • ZA HPRA A1119
  • Fonds
  • 1934

Zulu Ethnography, BA Honours Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand.

Written by Max Gluckman, the thesis covers the history, way of life and customs of the Zulu.

Herman Max Gluckman

Alfred Beit, Deed of Gift

  • ZA HPRA 183
  • Fonds
  • 14 December 1904

Deed of Gift of the Frankenwald Estate to the Colony of the Transvaal for educational purposes. Signed by A. Belt.

The deed was signed sealed and delivered by the Alfred Beit in the presence of the British Vice Consul Monaco. It was witnessed by Lord Miner, RW Schumacher, FJ Carpenter, A Jameson and F Ware.

Alfred Beit

Holmden's Register of Township Maps of Johannesburg and District

  • ZA HPRA A0001
  • Fonds
  • 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.

Map Office, Johannesburg, Fox street

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