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EventSA national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, win the SA’s first ever FIFA sanctioned match.
South Africa had been suspended by FIFA in 1961 and formally expelled in 1976 because apartheid law forbade mixed-race sport. For three decades, generations of…
The Natal Mercury reports that Mr Jan Steyn, a director of Hillview Investments, announced that the company was to develop SA’s
PlaceSao Bento Shipwreck, Coffee Bay
The earliest known wreck is the Portuguese carrack, Sao Bento. A carrack is a sailing sailing ship of the 14th–17th centuries that was usually built with three…
BiographyNerine Constantia Desmond Fial
Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial was born in Constantia, Cape, 1908. She studied graphics at London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, was unveiled. The statue stands on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town. It…
Jaco van der Merwe, SA baritone, is born.
Manie Botha, SA actor and camera man, dies.
Nico van Rensburg, SA concertina player, is born.
Margaret van der Post, SA soprano, is born.
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
Major Allister Mackintosh Miller secured a government subsidy and introduced the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
South African cricket player, Paul "Gogga" Adams, became South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, when he featured in his first test debut at the age of 18…
EventNiel van der Watt, SA composer is born
Born Gerhardus Daniel van der Watt in Pretoria, Niel van der Walt is a composer well known for his choral compositions. He comes from a family of teachers. He…
Dulcie van den Berg, SA actress, is born.
Hettie Smit (S.J. Van Vuuren), SA author, dies.
ArchiveAn interview with SWAPO President Comrade Sam Nujoma
ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
14 October 1639: Simon van der Stel is born to parents Adrian van der Stel and Maria Leviens aboard le Cappel on route to Mauritius. 25 May 1646: His father,…
Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigning (FAK)
The English translation of this organization is Federation of Afrikaner Cultural Organisations. The Federasie of Afrikaanse Kultuur Vereniginge (FAK) was…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 3: Colonisation of the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries
… The word ‘San’ means ‘people different from ourselves’. The San, who were hunter-gatherers, were the first people to live … all over southern Africa. We know…
BiographyRosa Hope
Rosa Hope's The Old Miii was shown on the SASA 35th Annual Exhibition in 1937, and acquired by the SANG, as noted by critic Melvin Simmers (qv.), for its …
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
Jabulile Nyawose and her husband Petrus Nyawose worked long hours for Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU), focusing on delivery to members and paying attention…
Mark Thatcher, SA business man and son of Margaret Thatcher, is arrested by the Scorpions on the suspicion of providing about $
André Stander, SA’s suave heist man and bank robber, flees to Fort Lauderdale in the US using a false passport. Allan He
PlaceThe SAS Somerset Museum
The SAS Somerset is stationed at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A Waterfront), Cape Town. The SAS Somerset is a bar-class boom defence vessel, a type of…
EventIan Roberts is born
The South African actor, playwright and singer was born on this day in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. It was his character of Boet in a series of…
BiographyJohnson Ngwevela
Johnson Ngwevela was a longtime activist in the African National Congress (ANC) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the Western Cape, and in the…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… San hunter-gatherers The word ‘San’ means ‘people different from ourselves’. The San, who were hunter-gatherers, were the first people to live …
BiographyCyprian Mpho Shilakoe
Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe was born on 3rd August 1946 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal. Shilakoe spent his childhood on an isolated mission station at Buchbeesreich…
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed the signs of greatness and it was clear that he had a future. The country frequently…