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Terrorist bombing of a bus in Nairobi, Kenya, kills twenty-seven people and injures about 100.
The United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) has ordered the mobilisation of 100,000 reservists.
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town…
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Volume VI - Africa in the Nineteenth Century until the 1880s
BiographyEmily Hobhouse
In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South African Conciliation Committee, which was a group that opposed the British government policy…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the 1800's. The interior was penetrated by Arab slave traders in …
BiographyEllias John Mqoboli
E. J. Mqoboli was born around 1860 in the Cape and educated at Healdtown, Mqoboli trained first as a teacher and then as a Methodist minister. Politically…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
A British mission to subdue Sekhukhune was abandoned after having failed with heavy loss of life on both sides. The attempt to subdue Sekhukhune came after the…
PlaceLesotho
Two-thirds of the Country of Lesotho consists of Mountains. The highest Peak, Mount Ntlenyana, is 3,482 Metres above sea level. The Drakensberg range forms the…
BiographyStephen Mini
He was an early leader of the African National Congress (ANC), serving at times as head of the House of Chiefs. He was also among the first leaders of the…
EventPassbook laws relaxed
In July 1986, South Africa was in a state of martial law, with a nation-wide State of Emergency having been declared in June of the same year. To counter the…
BiographyDaniel William
Daniel William Alexander was born in 1880 in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he later…
Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750–1870: A Tragedy of Manners (African Studies Book 98) by Robert Ross
A strike by Black municipal workers in Johannesburg ends when police supervise the removal of over 1,000 dismissed men.
All-in African Conference (25-26 March) with 1,400 delegates from 145 religious, cultural, peasant, intellectual and political
Harold (Ralph) Henning, SA golf player, is born in Johannesburg. Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human &a
Harold (Ralph) Henning, SA golf player, is born in Johannesburg. Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human &a
Anglo-Boer War 2: An extraordinary ZAR Government Gazette is published, containing Act no 5 of 1900, allowing for the reorgan
ArticleAfrica Timeline
100 000 BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahara Desert region, the people develop the use…
BiographyRuth Elizabeth Arndt
Arndt was born in Canada in 1890 and died in South Africa in 1982. In South Africa, Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of pre-school…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias, also spelt: Bartholomew Diaz. He was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope showed Europeans there was a…
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
Our Lady Of Montserrat in Betty's Bay, Western Cape is a Christian Congregation serving the Betty's Bay Community and encouraging others through a life…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… 1982, but has been a popular venue for outings since the 1800's. The Garden has been voted the best place to get back …
BiographyEric Hendrik Louw
Louw was a politician and a diplomat. During the 1930s, he was South Africa’s first ambassador to the United States and the League of Nations. Eric Louw was…
BiographyLord William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne
Lord William Palmer, the second Earl of Selborne was born in 1859. He studied history at the University of Oxford. He was Under-Secretary for the Colonies from…
Severe drought is reported in Ethiopia, over 800,000 people are in urgent need of supplies.
BiographyNehemiah Tile
Leader of the first major secessionist church in South Africa, Tile was born in Tembuland in the Transkei and received some formal education at Boloto. He…
ArticleTransport on land
… a train or a bus. A Wells Fargo stagecoach from the mid 1800’s Image source Animals as transport A beast of burden is … The electrical cars became very…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), country located in central Africa. Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country has a 25-mile …
BiographySchalk Burger
General Schalk Willem Burger was born on the 6 September 1852. At the age of 21 he worked as a clerk at Lydenburg in the office of the field coronet. During…