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State vs Nelson Mandela

  • ZA HPRA AK2513
  • Fonds
  • 1962

Records of the trial State vs Nelson Mandela, which was held in the Pretoria Regional Court from 15 October - 7 November 1962.

Nelson Mandela was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for inciting workers to strike and for leaving South Africa without a valid travel document.

State vs Nelson Mandela and 9 Others (Rivonia Trial)

  • ZA HPRA AD1844
  • Fonds
  • 1963-1964

The trial records of what would become known as the Rivonia trial originate from the defense attorneys for the accused.

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

State vs P. Ngubane and Others

  • ZA HPRA AD1900
  • Fonds
  • 1960

Case No. F398/60, Date 1/3/1960 21/4/60.

In Magistrates Court for District of Durban, held in Durban (2 Boxes).

[Charge of Murder; Cato Manor; death of policemen. 68 others involved].

Court Records.

State vs Wilton Mkwayi and Others

  • ZA HPRA AK2520
  • Fonds
  • 1964

Records of the trial MKWAYI, W. AND OTHERS (David Kitson, Laloo Chiba, John Matthews, Sathyandranath 'Mac' Maharaj), who were accused of sabotage in 1964.

Stephen C Volz

  • ZA HPRA A3218
  • Fonds
  • 2006

Dissertation for a D Phil, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2006, entitled "'From the mouths of our countrymen': the careers and communities of Tswana evangelists in the nineteenth century.".

Stephen Gelb, Working papers

  • ZA HPRA A3442
  • Fonds
  • 1970s-1990s

The collection contains the working papers of Stephen Gelb, with materials relating to the South African economy and economic policy debates which he accumulated during his deep involvement in those debates between the mid-1980s and the early 2000s. The materials include his own research and analytical work, as well as his notes from meetings, many reports and documents from South African and international organisations, some published by the organisations, many unpublished working drafts. Some of the material was in the public domain at the time, some had private or narrow circulation. It is a collection reflecting his own involvements and interests.

Gelb, Stephen

Steyn Report Summary

  • ZA HPRA AG3288
  • Fonds
  • 1992-1993

Executive Summary of the Steyn Report.

Following a raid by the Goldstone Commission on the offices of the Directorate of Covert Collection (DCC), President De Klerk announced on the 18 November 1992, that an investigation into the activities of the DCC would be conducted and that General Pierre Steyn, a former Chief of Defence Force Staff, had been appointed to take charge of this investigation into Third Force activities.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

Story of June 16 1976

  • ZA HPRA A3317
  • Fonds
  • 1996

"The Story of June 16 1976" is a 50 min. radio documentary, produced for the Ulwazi Educational Radio Project, 1996.

The documentary tells the story of the events through the voices of eye-witnesses like Fanyana Mazibuko, Ellen Kuzwayo, Peter Magubane and others.

Struben family Papers

  • ZA HPRA A116
  • Fonds
  • 1884 - 1947

Certified copies of letters and documents supporting the claim of the Struben Brothers to be the first discoverers of gold; articles of association and minutes of shareholders meeting of the Sterkfontein Junction Mining Syndicate 4 Mar. 1884; mining maps including A new geological map of the Transvaal by F. Struben, London, 1889 and 'A geological section of the Witwatersrand' drawn by Fred Struben in 1885, reprinted from the Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, vol. 50, 1947. 9 photographs (by H.F. Gros) of the Strubens' Confidence Reef 1886 and of Johannesburg 1887 and 1889, used as Christmas greetings cards; 2 postcards from water-colours in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg, one of the Struben Brothers Camp at Wilgespruit as sketched by Edith Struben in 1885 and the other of the Old Farmhouse before the discovery of gold by J.W. George.

Including diary kept by Edith Struben (daughter of H.W. Struben), 1885 and 2 diaries by Mary L. Struben (wife of H.W. Struben), 1884-1887; letters between members of the Struben and Lys families, including correspondence of Godfrey Lys (nephew of the Strubens), Fred, Harry, Edith and Mary Struben.

Struben Family

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