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EventBritain returns the Cape to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle
… sponsored development and reforms. In short the colonial history of the Cape of Good Hope from its first occupation in … to the year 2000, unpublished papers…
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… Mtshali expressed the view that the proper function of history and museums is to convey to those safe from war and …
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… political arena removed a pivotal figure in the country's history. Click here to read African National Congress Kwazulu … 2011. ‘ Organisations-National…
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… century Cape Colony to the early 1950s covering the family history or the Gools, Rassools, and Abdurahmans. The context …
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… where she obtained a LLB degree and later a doctorate in history from the Oxford University. On her return to South …
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… For the first time in the South African criminal history a man was hanged with his name known only by …
PlaceBlue Crane Municipality, Sarah Baartman District- Eastern Cape
It is the second-largest Municipality of seven in the District, accounting for 19% of the Geographical Area, and is an an Administrative Area. The Municipality…
PlaceEkurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, East Rand
The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a Category A. This Municipality and covers an extensive Area from Germiston in the West to Springs and…
PlaceO.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
The renaming ceremony of the Johannesburg International Airport to O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27, 2006. Oliver…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… 83 000 Africans and 2 000 coloured men volunteered for service. When a troopship, the Mendi, collided with another … mine if they were unhappy with the wages…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… " ”¦It will be that, by God's blessing, ”¦ (that), civil and religious liberty shall prevail among all the …
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… black dispossession - it is impossible to discuss the history of women's suffrage in South Africa without becoming … from the relative shortage of white…
UCT Summer School 2020
… Please note the following history related courses will be offered at the 2020 UCT Summer School. Local and South African History MASSACRE ON THE FRONTIERS…
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… to acquire and disseminate knowledge about the Earth, its history, and life on Earth, both past and present. One of …
ANC statement on the high court`s ruling against IT, 29 October 1998
… will now unfortunately become part of South Africa`s history. The ANC will make a comprehensive statement on the …
ANC statement on the passing of Epainette Mbeki, 7 June 2014
… Her passing has made South Africa poorer given her long history of activism and her contribution in the struggle …
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… live in, from the bottom up. Exploring the parallels, history and effects of our current urban environment, "Not in …
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… to the standard NBL 20" x 24" design. Somewhere during its History it also picked up plates from NBL 27404, which served …
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
… of the requirements for the degree of Magister Artium in History in the Faculty of Arts, at the Rand Afrikaans …
ArchiveSouth African trade unionism in an era of racial exclusion
… In analysing these developments, reference is made to the history of the trade union federations reflections reflecting …
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… arrested. Read more on the 1913 anti-pass campaign, the history of women’s struggle and pass struggles in … Build More Gaols,’” in Gasa (ed.) Women in South…
Madiba The African Opera
… of the Opera was born from Mtirara’s wish to document the history of the Thembu Royal Family and Nation. He soon …
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… This book recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria’s communist movement. …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.3 Apr-Jun 1958
… Post-Colonial Interlude, Paul Bowles. The Fact of African History(II) Islam in West Africa, Thomas Hodgkin. Shamba …
EventIndependent African States resolve to impose sanctions against South Africa
… over the airspace of the Independent African States. The history of international pressure for sanctions against South …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth, now named: Gqeberha . The 1820 Settler History and Architectural delights of the Historical City can …
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… www.arcyart.com [Accessed: 18 October 2011] South African History Online(2011). ‘Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier’[online]. …
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 10 …
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… The 1922 mineworkers strike was the biggest strike in the history of the sector and resulted in the execution of three … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in…
EventThe Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act commences
… Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, …