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Lord Liverpool, British Colonial Secretary, sends instructions to Cape governor Sir John Cradock, to investigate allegations ma
The Kenyan Air Force disbands following an attempted coup by non-commissioned officers in which 159 died.
Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand, advocate, journalist and first Speaker of the Cape Parliament, is born in Simonstown.
SA signs an amendment to the air transport agreement of 23 May 1947 with the United States.
A meeting of the African National Congress (ANC), African People’s Organisation (APO), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaa
First commercial air route is established when Alan Cobham does a return flight between London and Cape Town.
Sir William Cornwallis Harris, traveller, hunter and renowned artist, arrives in Algoa Bay to begin a hunting expedition
The Union government appoints Commissioner of the Transvaal Police, Colonel (later Sir) Theodore Truter, as Chief Commissioner
Sir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister. Info can be found from Potgieter (1970).
Col. Sir David Harris (90), soldier, politician, mining magnate and director of De Beers, dies in Kimberley.
Sir Christian Ludolph Neethling Felling (48), SA born manager of the railways in Kenya and Uganda, dies.
The Bloemfontein Conference between President Paul Kruger and British High Commissioner Sir Alfred Milner, under President Stey
South Africa signs treaty with Denmark, Norway and Sweden on the temporary amendment of 1958 air agreements.
Sir Bartle Frere is named British High Commissioner of South Africa with instructions to work toward federation.
Sir Bartle Frere is named British High Commissioner of South Africa with instructions to work toward federation.
The new British Ambassador to South Africa, Sir John Nicholls, presents his credentials to the State President.
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (77), financier, mining and industrial magnate who founded the Anglo American Corporation and politician
Sir John Carruthers Beattie, first rector of the University of Cape Town, is born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Sir Otto John Beit, financier, philanthropist and younger brother of Alfred Beit, is born in Hamburg, Germany.
Landdros Anders Stockenström (father of Sir Andries Stockenström), seven or eight burghers and an interpreter are att
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
King Cetshwayo’s place of birth was his father’s (Mpande) kraal of Mlambongwenya, near Eshowe. He was born in 1826, a very troubled period in the history of…
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
Ismail Chota Meer (known as IC) was born September 5, 1918 in the small town of Waschbank in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father was a trader. He…
BiographyZainab Ebrahim Asvat
Zainab Ebrahim Asvat was born 1920 in Johannesburg, daughter of EI Asvat, came under the tutelage of her father as a young girl. She accompanied him to…
BiographyChief Malebogo
Malebogo (Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch) was chief of the Bahananwa chiefdom, a group of the Tswana peoples. Lebogo led the Bahananwa to the…
Siva Pillay
Siva Pillay was a B.Sc. student at university in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), when he joined uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress’s…
BiographyWillie Bester
Willie Bester was born in Montagu, Western Cape, 1956. Bester’s mixed media works have frequently included passages of painting that have contained strongly…
BiographyDavid Bruce
David Bruce received a call-up notice from the South African Defence Force (SADF) in July 1987. His choices were two years in the army, exile, or six years in…
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1924-1946 by ESSOP PAHAD D. Phil Thesis, University of Sussex, July 1972 GO TO…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa homehomepolitics & governanceliberation struggleemerging…