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An Egyptian munitions ship, Star of Alexandria, explodes at the dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 are injured, and $20 mi
WWI: The Battle of Delville Wood, the bloodiest battle ever fought by South Africans, starts. It lasted till 20 July. Of th
The United Nations marks the 20th anniversary of the first official report on Aids. An estimated 58 million people have contrac
”Report on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee” by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
At their 13th Ordinary session in Algiers, last July, the OAU Committee of Eleven adopted the following resolution regarding the Pan Africanist Congress: "The…
Cyprian Solomon, paramount chief of the Zulus, warns 20,000 of his people not to participate in the defiance campaign and says
Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain
President, distinguished platform guests, ladies and gentlemen! We have arrived at a historic moment. We have brought together under the aegis of the United…
Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta (born Kamau Johnstone on 20 October 1891) dies in office in Mombasa. He is succeeded by his vice
Health Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria,
ArchiveReport on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
At their 13th Ordinary session in Algiers, last July, the OAU Committee of Eleven adopted the following resolution regarding the Pan Africanist Congress: "The…
On the afternoon of 17 January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo (Cetewayo) addresses 20 000 of his warriors at the great military k
Sebokeng activist, Joseph Skosana, is shot and killed and Oupa Dlamini, an ANC activist, wounded at about 20h00 when unknown gu
Slavery in South Africa
It is hardly known in India that there was a considerable importation of slaves from Asia to South Africa by the Dutch East India Company and its employees…
Abel Chiloane
Abel Chiloane was released from Robben Island prison on 20 June 1978. His prison number was 1/5355.
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
Photography is the common language of modern history. It’s everywhere; and everyone, in some way, understands it. No institution presents and parses that…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014
Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Representatives of all sectors, Fellow South Africans, Good morning to you all. Thank you for joining us on this important…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Heads of Delegations, Honourable Ministers and Ambassadors, Your…
Mbongeni Clement Khanyi
Khanyi Mbongeni C. was sent to prison on Robben Island. He was given prison number 0/0071 and was released on February 20th 1981.
BiographyManfred Zylla
“I use art as a tool to confront reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience my own reality…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
William Andrew Hofmeyr, popularly known as Advocate Willie Hofmeyr, was born on 22 November 1954 in Cape Town, South Africa[i] . After matriculating from…
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE OPENING OF THE 350TH CLINIC BUILT SINCE SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTION 20 September 1997
In another shark attack on the Eastern Cape coast, a White killer shark at Gonubie Point mutilates the 20-year old Anton de Vos
GCIS Transcript of SABC Interview with President Thabo Mbeki following the State of the Nation Address - SABC2, 20:00, Sunday 11 February 2007
Press Comments made by South African President Thabo Mbeki and Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire Guillaume Soro, Cape Town, 20 June 2007
ArchiveMK Special Operations Unit Project Interviews, Teddy Sikakana, 20 November 2025, London (telephonically)
BiographyPeter (Petrus) Nchabeleng
Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng was president of the Northern Transvaal region of the United Democratic Front (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served…
BiographyFranklin Kaye Kendall
Kendall was an architect whose interests led him to join SASA as both artist and administrator. Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1870. He was educated at King\'s…
BiographyDeputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke
Dikgang Moseneke was born in Pretoria on 20 December 1947. He is the eldest of the four children of Karabo Mabel and a school headmaster Samuel John Sedise…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of wedlock. His father…
BiographyEdward Clark Churchill Mace
Edward Clark Churchill Mace was born in Leicester, England, 1863. He emigrated to Australia when he was eighteen and made a fortune from mining. Rendered…
BiographyStella Madge Damos
Born in 1930, Damos was a trade unionist. During the government's race classification of Coloured people, she organised a protest meeting and was charged with…