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The National Arts Council (NAC) launches the National Craft Development Initiative as part of its National Development Strategy
… launches the National Craft Development Initiative as part of its National Development Strategy …
Zambian president Kenneth David Kaunda refuses to take part in UK-US discussions on majority rule in Rhodesia.
… Zambian president Kenneth David Kaunda refuses to take part in UK-US discussions on majority rule in Rhodesia. …
Zululand becomes part of the colony of Natal, after the initial annexation by the British in May 1887.
… Zululand becomes part of the colony of Natal, after the initial annexation by …
Phineas ‘Mokotjo’ Leoate, Edgar Sandile Phakone, Thulani Mabaso and Ntanda Makhuba disappear, allegedly part of a group of six
… Thulani Mabaso and Ntanda Makhuba disappear, allegedly part of a group of six …
EventSwaziland welcomes SA's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
… it claims the territory is historically and culturally part of the Swazi kingdom. The areas demarcated for the hand …
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end The Berlin Airlift dubbed, 'Operation … The Soviet blockade of Berlin was finally…
Cosatu special congress, Day One: The façade finally falls by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 14 July 2015, South Africa
… to the newly formed metalworkers union Limusa being part of the congress. They also argued that Cosatu second … strength – the numbers were on their side…
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… on Robben Island. Langalibalele was therefore one of the first Black activists to be banished to Robben … Hlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first…
BiographyDJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
… As he was the youngest in group, he used to be the one who played the music for everyone. He credits this, in an … in 1994. The performance was almost not to…
BiographyIsmail Ahmed Cachalia
… and spent three weeks in prison Durban. Molvi Cachalia was one of the key figures in the 1946-1947 Indian passive … Cachalia was one of the thousands of…
BiographyMichael Davis
… his schooling in Johannesburg, Davis served his compulsory one-year call-up in the South African Air Force as a medical … a Masters degree in photography. At…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
… thought he looked smart. He attended Falconer High, the one-roomed local high school, until Standard Six when he left … for two years before returning to his…
EventThe first part of the South African Press Commission's report is tabled in parliament
… On 19 February 1962, the first part of the South African Press Commission's first report was … The first part of the South African Press Commission's report…
BiographyHermanus Lethebe
… reference to the Courts, to banish any individual from any part of the country, to forbid any individual from attending … Bunting delivered the funeral…
BiographyGana Makabeni
… he was elected to the party's central committee, becoming one of its first African members; in 1932, however, he was … protesting the treatment of S. P…
BiographyAndries Hendrik Potgieter
… with local Black leaders who were hiding from Mzilikazi . One of these leaders, Makwena, exchanged some land between … took control of Natal, but Potgieter…
BiographyRuth Mompati
… of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954. She was later one of the leaders of the Women’s March on the 9th August … Executive Council. During this time, she…
Eric Gumede, Youth League activist, is shot dead in KwaMashu one week after release from detention.
… Gumede, Youth League activist, is shot dead in KwaMashu one week after release from detention. …
Ernest George Bock, SA cricket player in one test match (1935/1936), is born in Kimberley.
… Ernest George Bock, SA cricket player in one test match (1935/1936), is born in Kimberley. …
Hannah Botha (84), veteran actress and one of the main characters in Egoli, dies in Johannesburg.
… Hannah Botha (84), veteran actress and one of the main characters in Egoli, dies in Johannesburg. …
A second earthquake hits Tulbach, six months after the first one in which nine people were killed.
… second earthquake hits Tulbach, six months after the first one in which nine people were killed. …
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak frees thirty-one journalists and political figures, including five former Cabinet officials, w
… Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak frees thirty-one journalists and political figures, including five former …
The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.
… on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers. …
Isaac Daniël Buys, SA cricket player in one test, is born in Somerset East, eastern Cape.
… Isaac Daniël Buys, SA cricket player in one test, is born in Somerset East, eastern Cape. …
BiographyLawrence Nkosi
… in the campaign to draw up the Freedom Charter. Nkosi was one of the accussed in the infamous Treason Trial of 1956, … but he was hospitalised with…
ArchiveTRC Amnesty Hearings, Johannes Mnisi, Part 3, 8 May 1998
… TRC Amnesty Hearings, Johannes Mnisi, Part 3, 8 May 1998 …
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… historian Max Hastings as a "rehabilitated Boer" and one of the British Empire's "foremost heroes", had graduated … as the "Smuts report". "My father's…
BiographyMadimetja Lawrence Phokanoka
… Alongside Harry Khanyi, Stephen Gawe and others he became part of the organisation’s cell at Fort Hare which discussed … bodies and the administration. He…
ArchivePart of an address given to the Transvaal Roman Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace on October 31, 1971
… Part of an address given to the Transvaal Roman Catholic …
ArchiveBe part of making your dream come true: Constitutional guidelines for a free, democratic, non-racist, non-sexist South Africa
… Be part of making your dream come true: Constitutional …