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PlaceElandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
Our farm, Elandsfontein, is about 18 km (25 min drive) from Pretoria, about 25 km (45 min drive) from Johannesburg; and about 25 min drive from Jan Smuts…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
After the advent of democratic rule in 1994, the newly elected ANC led government was faced with the task of dealing with a legacy of centuries of land…
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
On becoming prime minister after the resignation of B.J. Vorster, P.W. Botha made some changes in the allocation of portfolios in his cabinet. He retained the…
EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
The first Chadian oil pipeline was opened by Chad President Idriss Deby on 10 October. Thus the small West African republic of Chad joined the group of oil…
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
In 1835, Captain Allan Gardiner retired from the navy and went to Natal to begin Missionary work amongst the Zulus. Although the Zulus as a whole were…
EventSomerset concludes a treaty with Ngqika (aka Gaika)
On this day 1817, Cape Governor Lord Charles Somerset concluded a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Ngqika (who was also known as Gaika). The treaty was concluded…
PlaceMorocco
Mountainous country of western North Africa, Morocco borders Algeria to the east and southeast, Western Sahara to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the National Assembly 20 June 1996
Madame Speaker; Honourable Members; Ladies and Gentlemen. Tomorrow parliament rises for the winter recess. I am certain we will all agree that we have…
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
On this day Sergeant Jonas de la Guerre left the Cape to venture north in search for the "great river that flowed east to west" and to "investigate trade…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
Following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium, MoÁ¯se Kapenda Tshombe led the Congo province of Katanga into secession on 23 December 1961…
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
Durban - It is understandable that while meandering through Van Reenen’s pass, negotiating its dangerous terrain, a traveller is likely to miss a most superbly…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
Awards In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding…
Insurrections: The Storming
September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw and Ari Sitas Performance Visual: Piya…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw and Ari Sitas Performance Visual: Piya…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
On 4 May 1978, the South African air force flew over Cassinga, allegedly a Namibian refugee camp in Southern Angola. It was the South African Defence Force’s …
PlaceCarnarvon District, Karoo
The district of Carnarvon was proclaimed on 1 January 1880, incorporating within its boundaries portions of the divisions of Fraserburg and Victoria West. It…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
Table Mountain is probably one of the most famous iconic landmarks of the world and dominates much of the picturesque, Cape Peninsula. Extending for 2km from…
PlaceTogo
Togo is a country of western Africa. Lomé, the capital, is situated in the south-west of the Country and is the largest city and port. Until 1884, what is…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and member of the State Security Council, was born in Kroonstad, Orange…
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
Former name of Luderitz Bay. Portuguese for 'bay of tacks', this name was given in 1488 by the Portuguese mariner Bartholomeu Dias because contrary winds…
Africa South
Africa South, a journal edited by Ronald M. Segal (1932-2008) was launched in Cape Town in 1956. The journal was published quarterly while funds were available…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
The year 1859 marks the founding of the Reformed Church, in Pretoria and its first church was built in the town in 1863. Only on 21 December 1894 did the…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Late Pleistocene (Early and Middle Stone Age) 800 000 years Artefacts in a…
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
Claas Blanc and Rijkaert Jacobsz were two prisoners on Robben Island who had been accused of ‘mutually perpetrated sodomy’ according to trial records from the…
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
On 31 October 1998 the Blue Bulls of Pretoria beat Western Province 24-20 at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, to win the Currie Cup. The Absa Currie Cup is the…
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
During the first week of Anglo-Boer War 2, Boer forces besieged the small town of Mafeking (now Mafikeng) in the Northern Cape (now North West Province),…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
On this occasion the Prime Minister dealt with the policy of separate development in a particularly effective way. Adv. Vorster also referred to a few of the…
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
The building, with its richly decorated gable, was completed in 1896 and is one of the last surviving structures of the old Transvaal railway system. It was…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
Born in 1945 in the North West Cape, Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch…
ArchiveUnlike The Gambia’s Jammeh, Mugabe may not disappear, 22 November 2017, AZAD ESSA
In the central lobby of the Banjul International Airport, a painting of Yahya Jammeh, the former president of The Gambia, adorns the ceiling. Jammeh, in…