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ArticleNokukhanya (Bhengu) Luthuli’s Life Timeline
1904, March 3 Nokukhanya born 1913 Began formal education at Ohlange Institute 1914 Death of Nokukhanya’s mother, Nozincwadi, (also known as…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… published the novels Song of the City (1943), Mine Boy (1946), which became a classic, The Path of Thunder (1948) and …
PlaceWindermere
… of the Western Cape at 14868 in 1936 and 37005 in 1946. Estimates for the area are much higher, with …
BiographyMabunu Mkize
Tensions between the Ntanzi and Bomvu communities developed in the 1940s, allegedly because Nembe Ntanzi, the hereditary leader of the Ntanzi section, ”was…
BiographyMzinto Ngubane
Tensions between the Ntanzi and Bomvu communities developed in the 1940s, allegedly because Nembe Ntanzi, the hereditary leader of the Ntanzi section, “was…
BiographyNkume Ngubane
Tensions between the Ntanzi and Bomvu communities developed in the 1940s, allegedly because Nembe Ntanzi, the hereditary leader of the Ntanzi section, “was…
BiographyMxolisi Mgxashe
Mxolisi “Bra Ace” Mgxashe was born in 1944. He joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in Cape Town in the 1960s and took part in the march, in Cape Town’s…
Report on the second general assembly of the ecumenical association of third world theologians (EATWOT), held in Oaxtepec, Mexico, December 7-14, 1986
’Black reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973’, Statement by Oliver Tambo to the annual meeting of the African Studies Association, Syracuse, 1 March 1973
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
Friends and Fellow South Africans; In the history of our country there have been many decisive turning points. It is our privilege as South Africans to be…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
Your Excellency President Museveni; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen; People of Uganda, It is a great honour to join you in celebrating the…
Robert Van Tonder, founder of the Boerestaat Party in 1986 to fight for the restoration of the old Transvaal, Northern Natal an
The South African Broadcasting Corporation is inaugurated, set up in terms of the Broadcasting Act (Act no 22 of 1936). It broa
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical practitioner assassinated with his wife by state agents in 1986, is awarded the Order of the Su
The Government Gazette announces an extension to the provisions of the 1964 Tear Gas Act to widen the range of those empowered
’Trumpet Call to Youth” [announcing meeting of September 10, 1944]. Flyer issued by the Provisional Executive Committee of the Congress Youth League
The monument at Delville Wood, unveiled on 10 October 1926 to honour the thousands of SA soldiers who were killed there during
Defence Minister Roelf Meyer (1991-1996) says that the ANC’s proposals on joint control of security forces and on a role for th
The Department of Bantu Development is planning for the consolidation of the ‘homelands’ by buying land in terms of the 1936 legislation
The government admits responsibility for the death of the Black leader, Joseph Mdluli on 19 March 1976 and agree to pay damages
James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the ANC in 1949, is born in Th
Document 12 - Non-European Unity Movement. Resolutions passed at 6th National Unity Conference, Cape Town, 29, 30 and 31 March 1948
Document 9 - Report of the proceedings of the Second National Anti-CAD Conference held at Banqueting Hall, City Hall, Cape Town, 4-5 January 1944
The General Laws Amendment Bill of 1966 is published. The bill entitles police officers to detain up to fourteen days anyone su
John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956
Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, is born in Riversdale, CP. His poems were translated into E
Bruce Fordyce, legendary Comrades Marathon winner, is born in Hong Kong. He came in 1956 to South Africa with his parents and i
The number of men required for military training in 1964 is to increase by 60%, i.e. from 10,368 to 16,537.
BiographySamir Amin
Samir Amin was a prominent Egyptian-French Marxist thinker. His work on capitalism, colonialism and (under)development was one of the most important…