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PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… properties, located between Muizenberg and St James, are the only remaining concentration of early 20th century Edwardian beach houses in South Africa, and…
Confidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of …
Confidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of …
ArchiveConfidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of …
EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… Matome Maponya, chair/owner of several food companies in his name and deputy chair of the Agricultural and Rural Development Corporation Ltd (ARDC), was born…
Letter from Barney Pityana to Barry Streek
… The letter discusses the issue of SASO/NUSAS representation at the Commonwealth Students' Conference in the context of representation of the two…
PlaceMea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
… Westenberg and C van der Made, both engineers employed by the Netherelands-South Africa Railway Co, for their own occupation. It is one of the last remaining…
EventCOMSA calls on SA to move towards election
… In a first-phase report, the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa (COMSA), … that based on its homicide rate, this country was one of the most…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… On this day Mr Mahlomela Mabizela, a member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of the Alexandra Student Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through…
EventSouth African Actor, Henry Cele , dies
… a revered actor, most famous for his chilling portrayal of the Zulu King, Shaka in the 1985 mini-series, Shaka Zulu. Cele landed the role after …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in … DJ & PC du Plessis (eds) (1972)…
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… After being readmitted into the international fold, the newly formed South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… On 29 March 1988, Dulcie September, the African National Congress (ANC) representative in France, … was asassinated in Paris. She was shot five times in the…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, introduced a new housing plan to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and entailed the … eliminate informal housing…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under…
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… At the time of his death at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran actor in South … who inspired a generation in apartheid South Africa from The…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn page 3 Article: Response to a Crisis
… RESPONSE TO A CRISIS JAMES MAKHAYA, A combatant of MK, discuss the November white referendum The history of the Nationalist Party is pock-marked with the …
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist was hanged for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions …
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… a television broadcast President Nelson Mandela confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re-election in 1999. … to what he had initially said when…
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… I welcome most heartily the convening of the Afro-Asian Conference and congratulate all those …
PlacePolokwane Bird and Reptile Park
… This reserve is home to over 280 species of birds. It was known as the Pietersburg Snake and Reptile Park. It is still however, a great attraction in the…
EventSouth African refugees leave Lesotho
… The Lesotho government announced that an undisclosed number of South African refugees have decided to leave Lesotho voluntarily. Most of the refugees…
EventSA trade unionist Raymond Budd dies
… in Tonbridge, London, England. On 25 May 1933, Budd joined the Cape Town branch of the Almagated Engineering Union (AEU), holding all branch … Verwey, E.J. …
ArchiveANC statement at Lisbon Conference
… Statement of the African National Congress at a 1977 conference of the African Liberation Movement. Statement covers the South …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.1 Oct-Dec 1960
… CONTENTS The Heart of Darkness. Cartoon, Papas. The Pondoland Massacre, Dennis Kiley. Cartoon, Gask. South … for a Republic, L.J. Blom-Cooper. The Sacred…
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… The American president, George W Bush, announced his … African and two Caribbean countries during his State of the Union address at a congress session in the…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… and enrolled at Adams College at Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. In 1944 he enrolled at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Science in Johannesburg. While in…
ArchiveStudent political action
… Report by the Student Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University …
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 5: War on sellouts!
… In this pamphlet APDUSA expresses their concerns over the results of the elections on August 22 and 28 1984 ; as well as what the …
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white socialist Labour Party from 1953 to 1958, and …