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PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
This impressive building surmounted by a Clock Tower was built in 1912-13 and was officially opened on 7 June 1913 by the Minister of Railways & Harbours, Mr…
PlaceAlbert Jackson School, Port Elizabeth
Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 4 January 1963. Greenwood Primary School had its origin in the Albert Jackson Primary School which…
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
On 2 September 2014, Advocate Pansy Tlakula announced her resignation as Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). She submitted her letter of…
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
Most historians consider the first half of the 1960s as a period in which the Nationalist Party (NP) Government consolidated white rule in the face of growing…
EventSA experiences a monetary crisis due to the heavy drain of gold from the country during the Great Depression
The Great Depression had a profound effect on economies around the world and South Africa was no exception. South Africa's greatest exports at the time were in…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
After declaring in 1976 that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia, "not in a thousand years," Ian Smith reluctantly began to yield to diplomatic…
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
A Durban magistrate ruled that no one was to blame for the death of a young dentist, Dr. Hoosen Haffejee, who died in police custody in August 1977. It was…
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
Penelope Heyns, was born on the 8th of November 1974 in Springs, Transvaal. Her parents later moved to the Natal South Coast. She attended Doon Heights…
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
Situated on the west coast of Africa, the banks of the River Gambia have been inhabited for many centuries. The first known written record of The Gambia is a…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
When U.S. lawmakers approved economic sanctions against South Africa over President Reagan's veto, several high profile companies divested in name only. IBM…
EventWolraad Woltemade drowns at sea after saving 14 people from a sinking ship
On 1 June 1773, the Jonge Thomas, a Dutch East India ship, was anchored at the mouth of the Salt River in Table Bay. In the early hours of the morning, a storm…
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
Following the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thousands of Hutu refugees fled to the neighboring Congo (DRC), previously known as Zaire. This was in an attempt to…
EventSA judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years
During the Apartheid regime, Eugene de Kock was a colonel in the South African Police force. He acted as the commander of a counter-insurgency group located on…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising, also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt, which occurred during a period of economic depression…
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
In 1906, the Transvaal government promulgated a new Act which enforced registration of the colony's Indian population. At a mass protest meeting held in…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
Germany's occupation of Namibia was accomplished through military conquest of the numerous groups in the region, with the Khoikhoi being among the last to be…
An extract of the speech delivered by Albertina Sisulu on the first anniversary of the UDF
Sons and daughters of AfricaTo me today I’m a great big mother For today our multiracial baby is bornFor today our baby that will rule this South Africa in …
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida This book, History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first of…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
The Wanderers Cricket Stadium was formerly known as Kent Park. It has a Seating Capacity of 28 000. Gauteng and Transvaal Cricket Teams both use it as their…
Answers to questions by Drum: Albert Luthuli, 6 May 1961
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic 6 May 1961 [Drum asked several non-European leaders for answers to three questions concerning the planned…
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
This compilation of speeches of Dr Monty Naicker is an invaluable chapter in the history of our struggle for liberation. Monty, as we all referred to him…
EventSA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
The seventeen year old Pretoria schoolboy sprinter of Pretoria Boys' High, Oscar Pistorius, fell coming out of the start of his 200m heat for leg amputees,…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
One of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of…
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
Xhosa Chief Sandile, born in the Ciskei in 1820, was killed in Denge Forest in a skirmish with the Fingos under Captain J. Lonsdale. Sandile was a son from the…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
Louis Hayward was born in Johannesburg on 19 March 1909. He went to study in England where he met playwright Noel Coward who became his patron. He starred in a…
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The programme of the Fourth International Organisation…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
South African Communist Party 2003 Chris Hani Memorial Lecture. 15th April 2003. Delivered: by Z. Pallo Jordan. 15th April 2003. Transcribed: by…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
Thami Mnyele and Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective During the past few years the Johannesburg Art Gallery has focused attention on black artists who were…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) formed an alliance…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
Bloemfontein is the birth place of the SANNC, which became the ANC in 1923, one of the largest organizations in later years to struggle for freedom and justice…