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PlaceSkukuza Airport, Mpumalanga
Prior to the commencement of scheduled flights to Skukuza Airport on 2 June 2014, the Airport Runway was repaired and resurfaced. Work to rehabilitate the…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
The OR Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM) occupies the Eastern Coastal portion of the Eastern Cape Province, bordered by KwaZulu-Natal and by the Eastern Cape…
EventWalter Sisulu's appeal is dismissed
The Transvaal section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Walter Sisulu against a six years…
*Free Entrance: Emancipation Day and World Aids Day
Join Iziko Museums of South Africa in commemorating Emancipation and World Aids Day.On Sunday, 1 December 2024, Iziko Museums of South Africa will be…
EventThe 'Afrikaner Volksfront' is founded
Afrikaner Volksfront flag A new coalition made up of twenty-one right wing parties, known as Afrikaner National Front (Afrikaner Volksfront or AVF) was…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
Following is a list of abstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes - Celebrating 50 Years Conference. “White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”:…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… politicians seeking votes or support spoke of the "two nations", meaning the English- and the Afrikaans-speaking … weight behind the demands of African,…
First National Consultative Conference: Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee, 25 April 1969, Morogoro
… they are suffering from smaller and relatively weaker nations which are economically less developed. The dilemma of … of South West Africa against decisions…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
… politicians seeking votes or support spoke of the "two nations", meaning the English and the Afrikaans-speaking … weight behind the demands of African, Asian…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… proves our ancestors to have been immersed. Had other nations adopted those principles in their conduct towards us; had other nations applied to Great…
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
… apartheid. She brought this expertise to the United Nations, testifying before various committees. In the …
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone died
Steve ‘The Black Meteor’ Mokone died in Washington D.C on 20 March 2015. He would go to be one of the most recognized South African in the world because of his…
EventPrime Minister, D.F. Malan retires
Dr D.F. Malan, leader of the National Party (NP) and first prime minister of the NP government that came into power in May 1948, retired from his position and…
EventThe People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
The one-year-old parliamentary opposition People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
The constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
The constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading…
EventZimbabwe's interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
Joshua Nkomo, long time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… abuses and exploitative labour practices. The United Nations defines contemporary slavery as consisting of: ...a …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… cited Gandhi as an influence in its struggle to urge nations to reject the use of nuclear weapons. Environmental …
PlaceKeetmanshoop
In 1908, Gottlieb Redecker was the official builder of the German Colonial Government’s Works Department, drew up plans for a new Post Office building in…
PlaceNelson Mandela Museum, Mthatha
A Quote from Facebook: "Then Nelson Mandela Museum is celebrating Youth Day in style attending National Youth Day Careers & Opportunities Expo held at Peter…
PlaceGreater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
"As we celebrate the launch of the Greater Mapungubwe Heritage Route, we urge citizens of Limpopo Province and beyond to explore the cultural landscape and…
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… Olympic Committee (IOC) after serious threats by African nations and the Soviet countries. On 15 May 1970, the IOC …
PlacePotchefstroom
The name comes from the word: 'Potscherf'- (meaning broken pot). This was due to the cracks that appear in the soil of the Mooi River Valley during a drought…
PlaceDzata Venda Ruins and Museum of the Drum, Louis Trichardt
The Dzata Ruins (or Dzana ruins) are an archaeological site in Dzanani in the Makhado municipality, Vhembe district, in the north of South Africa. Scholars who…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman South Africa can heave a collective sigh of relief that…
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…
EventVorster announces that the ‘homelands’ will be perfectly free to form a federation among themselves
The Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes Vorster indicated that the 'homelands' will be perfectly free to form a federation among themselves, once they have…
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
On June 15 this year the Azanian Students Organisation will celebrate its birth 25 years ago as a forerunner to the current leading student organisation SASCO…