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EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
Five people were killed and many others injured at the University of Zululand (Ongoye) after the outbreak of political violence at the institution on 29…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church and Parsonage, Three Anchor Bay
The church building was officially opened by Dr Andrew Murray on 9 July 1879. Eight months later, on 10 March 1880, the congregation seceded from the Groote…
PlaceMill House and Water Mill, farm Naauwpoort, District of Marico
Click on image to enlarge The mill was probably erected during the early 20th century. Its water wheel and cast-iron machinery drove a set of millstones, and…
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
The Transvaal section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Walter Sisulu against a six years…
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta was elected Kenya’s first Prime Minister, in 1963, following that country’s independence from Britain. In 1964 he became the first President of…
EventCedric Mayson is charged with treason
Cedric Mayson, former Methodist Minister who was banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appeared before the Pretoria Supreme Court on…
EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
Former UMkhonto we Sizwe commander, Chris Hani, was elected as secretary-general of the South African Communist Party (SACP) at its first legal congress in…
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
On 26 September 1916 artist and ichthyologist, Margaret Mary Smith, was born in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology that deals with…
EventJB Marks is born
John Beaver (JB) Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist was born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal (now North West Province) on March 21 1903. He was…
EventInternational Day of Families.
The International Day of Families was proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1993, as a day to provide an opportunity to celebrate families…
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
… settlers achieved its zenith with the Native Land Act of 1913. The last signs of organized resistance were quickly … dream after the promulgation of the…
ArticleThe Johanna
The Johanna, or Joanna, was a British East Indiaman vessel sailing from Kent, England, to Surat, India, under the command of Captain Robert Brown. She embarked…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Glossary
Extra note: In order to standardise the “Terms you need to Know” articles in the Classroom Section, all definitions are accessed from https://www.dictionary…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
I first came into contact with Comrade Devadas Paul David in 1977, soon after a few of us established the Tongaat Youth Club. We were struck by his youthful…
ArchiveUDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
A2 black and pink on white; silkscreen, graphic hand pulling up paper; text: The United Democratic Front was launched in Cape Town in Agust 1983 to unite a…
PlaceSettler Houses, 10-12 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth
The two buildings, originally owned by Police Constable Sterley, date from about 1840, and together with the adjacent house at 7 Castle Hill, are typical…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Jeppetown, Johannesburg
The foundation stone of this building was laid on 5 May 1906 by General Koos de la Rey, and the church was officially consecrated on 26 January 1907. It is…
EventSA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born
South African poet and graphic designer Wopko Jensma was born in Middelburg, Eastern Province. Highly talented but suffering from schizophrenia, he studied at…
EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
Stalwart anti-apartheid campaigner of South Africa, Albertina Sisulu, wife of African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter Sisulu, was placed under a banning…
EventSouth Africa signs CITES treaty on international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna
South Africa was a founding member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Wild Fauna and Flora, known as the CITES Treaty. This…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
Founding member of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. During his political career, Eglin was instrumental…
EventP.W. Botha is born
Former South Africa state president, Pieter Willem Botha, (also known as Die Groot Krokodile - The Big Crocodile) was born on the farm Telegraaf in Paul Roux…
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
During Apartheid, South Africa was expelled from many international sporting bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup - the…
EventThe Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris
The Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid was established in Paris with the support of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid…
EventThe Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) invade the World Trade Centre, during constitutional negotiations, in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, Transvaal
On 25 June 1993, hundreds of armed white separatists together with the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement - AWB) stormed the World…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
WHITHER PALESTINE ? Ronnie Kasrils, Middle East Monitor, London 19 May, 2015. 1. INTRODUCTION: It is an honour to have been invited to present this…
ArchiveRelations with Other Groups Committee report
Report of the subcommittee, Relations with other groups Committee, presented at the 60th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students,…
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
On 02 January 1969, Jacobus Francois Pienaar was born in Vereeniging,Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). Born into a working class Afrikaner family, he…
EventFirst ANC Conference in SA in three decades
The African National Congress (ANC) held its first Consultative Conference in South Africa after thirty-one years from 14-16 December 1990. It was considered…
EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) celebrated its 18th anniversary by becoming the first trade union in the world to sponsor a CD. The…