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EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in … party were attacked by about forty Zulus in the vicinity of…
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
… April 1999, the CIH computer virus infected a large number of computers around the world with Korea bearing the brunt at over $250 million worth of damage…
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… This groundbreaking work was the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The collection sheds light on the … era and…
ArchiveAnnual Report of the Department of Health year ended 31st December 1958
… Annual Report of the Department of Health for the year ended 1958 … Annual Report of the Department of Health year ended 31st December 1958 …
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… Today's opening address of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… Claremont, a Suburb in Cape Town , is situated North of Kenilworth , East of Bishopscourt and South of Newlands in the Western Cape Province. The name is…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… The Michaelis School of Fine Art, the namesake of the Fine Art Department of the University of Cape Town , is located on Hiddingh … https://showme.co.za/cape…
ArchiveMinutes: Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg, 26 February 1976
… Minutes of the 94th Ordinary Meeting record the service provision and the administrative duties of the Council within a segregated local government … Minutes…
Meeting of ANC, SACP, COSATU of Transkei and the Border held in Umtata
… Minutes of a meeting of the Tripartite Alliance. Discussed political developments … Meeting of ANC, SACP, COSATU of Transkei and the Border held in Umtata …
ArchiveMeeting of ANC, SACP, COSATU of Transkei and the Border held in Umtata
… Minutes of a meeting of the Tripartite Alliance. Discussed political developments … Meeting of ANC, SACP, COSATU of Transkei and the Border held in Umtata …
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… opened. Mavivane Execution Cliff- This means the 'Place of Shivering'. According to legend Shaka used it as an execution cliff. The cliff is on the outskirts…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History used to be the Transvaal Museum of Natural History, which in turn developed from the 1892 … Gauteng’s only…
EventDay of the African Child
… The 16th of June is commemorated each year as the Day of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 … honour those who had laid down their lives…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
… The old village of Wynberg was developed during the mid-19th Century when it became the preferred place of retirement for British civil servants returning…
ArchiveInterim report of the African National Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Expenditure
… Report by Moses Kotane on reduction of expenditure in the African National Congress. Recommends the reduction of allowances and reduction in camps…
BiographyTielman Johannes de Villiers Roos
… the “Young Turks” gathered around him. Towards the end of 1912 Botha dismissed J B M Hertzog from his cabinet and Roos protested by demonstrating at the…
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… South Africa entered WWI on 8 September 1914, on the side of the Allied Forces. On 15 July 1916, the S.A. Infantry … was ordered to clear the wood at d…
EventVorster appoints a Commission of Inquiry
… Prime Minister John Vorster appoints a Commission of Inquiry under chairmanship of Justice H. J. Potgieter of The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… multiparty negotiating forum agreed to repeal section 29 of the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allowed for detention without trial. This measure had been…
BiographyDonald Thumamina Mboto
… on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. He was the ninth child of Thandiwe Daphney Mboto. He attended school at St. Michaels … and had not yet secured formal…
PlaceWits School of Arts (WSOA)
… The Wits School of Arts (WSOA) is ranked as one of the top interdisciplinary school of arts in South Africa according to World Universities … https://www…
PlaceCradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg
… The Cradle of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johannesburg , South Africa in the Gauteng…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… was a teacher, lawyer, politician, and principal architect of Africanism in South Africa, died unexpectedly in Johannesburg at the age of 33. In 1944 Lembede…
ArchiveMessage of goodwill and solidarity
… Message of goodwill and solidarity from His Excellency Dr Kenneth David Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia from the chairman of the preparatory…
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The League of Nations was established after World War I, during the Treaty of Versailles. The intention of this organization was to reduce armament and to…
Draft constitution of the ANC
… Report of the working group under paragraph three of the Pretoria Minute 1. The Working Group was established under paragraph 3 of the Pretoria Minute, which…
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… Given the turmoil in Europe and the importance of the Cape sea-route to India the British Government sent a fleet of seven Royal Navy ships under the command…
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.2 No.1 1971
… Douglas Livingstone. Arthur, or The Man Who Was Afraid of Nothing, Christopher Hope. Photographer’s Twiggy, Peter … City, Fiona Morphet. Gulliver’s Day, Mike…
ArchiveBiography of Moses Mabokela Chikane
… Biography of Moses Mabokela Chikane who was born in 1948 August 14 in area of Groblersdaal first of the family of nine, he was detained under section 28 of ……
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in … in Skinner Street, Pretoria . This department, consisting…