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Ruth Golembo, former financial journalist and managing director of Lange Public Relations since 1995, is born in Bulawayo, Rhod
Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, is the first sub-Saharan African country to acquire independence. Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the first
The multilateral Convention on the International Maritime Organisation, to which SA is a party, is signed in Geneva.
The multilateral Convention of the World Meteorological Organisation with Related Protocols, to which SA is a party, is signed
Prof. Hermanus Marthinus van der Westhuysen, historian and supporter of the Ossewabrandwag, is born in the district of Pretoria
Prof. Casper H. Rautenbach, former Rector of the University of Pretoria, is born.
Isaac Williams Wauchope, author and activist, is ordained as pastor of the Congregational Native Church of Fort Beaufort and Bl
Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence): A provisional armistice between the Generals Wood and Joubert is agreed on an
Com. Richard C. Dyer, staff-commander in command of H M S Industry, anchors in Walvis Bay. He annexes the territory for Britain
Sir Francis Cradock (75), Governor of the Cape, dies in England.
Death in Black and White: Suicide, Statistics, and Race in Natal, 1880-1916 by Julie Parle
Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme: Article by Pixley ka Isaka Seme ILanga Lase Natal, 1912 (PDF) How Congress Began - R.V. Selope Thema,…
Zulu wins Columbia prize
Zulu of King’s race a prize orator
Royal Zulu willing to become a vallet - Pixley Seme - Newpaper Cutting 1903
Presidential address by Dr. Pixley ka Seme, 1933
Pixley Seme’s letter to Professor H Cutler at Mount Hermon, 30 January 1911
Pixley Seme letter, 5 September 1908
Pixley ka Seme public lecture, reported on 16 April 1906
How Congress Began - R.V. Selope Thema, Drum July 1953
Mail & guardian article about the Sisulu family, 2003
Star article about Land Restitution, 2002
The Great Trek by B.P.J. Erasmus - Panorama feature about the Great Trek form 1985 (PDF)
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
Andrew Charles Hudson was born on 17 March 1965 in Eshowe, Natal (KwaZulu Natal). He distinguished himself as a cricketer by playing in 35 tests and 89 One Day…
Western countries continue to provide arms to South Africa despite UN sanctions
EventGambia gains independence
On this day in history Gambia became the 36th African nation to gain independence. The Gambia (officially the Republic of The Gambia) commonly known as Gambia,…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and disappears. He went underground and…
EventBram Fischer, Q.C. Jumps Bail
On 25 January, 1965, Bram Fischer Q.C., fails to arrive in court to face charges of membership of the illegal Communist Party, which was unlawful under the…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
On 5 January 1965, members of the African National Congress (ANC) Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrived at Robben Island. They…
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…