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EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
Born Alhaji Omar Bongo Ondimba, he was president of Gabon for 41 years, making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In 1990, under…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South African occupying forces at…
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
The Federal Congress of the National Party (NP) supported a set of constitutional ‘reforms’ outlined by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, and explained to the…
EventZambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon killing 18 national soccer team players
A Zambian Air Force De Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo carrying the Zambian national soccer team crashed in the Atlantic Ocean just 500 meters offshore from…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) formed a coalition government with Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Nkomo's party…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
From the 16th century right up to the 19th, slaves from Ethiopia were sold across the world. However, the slave trade within Ethiopia was very much different…
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
After nearly five years in exile in Britain, Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Ethiopia to reclaim his throne with the help of the British. Selassie lost his…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
Archibald Lamont was one of seven children born to Alexander Lamont, a master-mariner and businessman, and Sarah Graham. Born in Scotland, Lamont completed his…
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
These two impressive verandah houses were erected in about 1903 on the instruction of mining magnate Sir Abe Bailey. After WWII the properties were joined and…
PlaceAmersfoort near Ermelo
A Town 56 km South of Ermelo and 72 km South-East of Bethal, on the banks of the Schulpspruit River. It was founded in 1876 and proclaimed a town in 1890…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former President M.T. Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African…
NEDLAC, Union Investment Companies, the Tripartite Alliance and the Shock of the Government's New Economic Policies by Sifiso Gwala
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
Allies or collaborators? Dladla, Buthelezi and the KwaZulu regime, 1972-75 by David Hemson
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
Mrs Graca Machel and members of the Mandela family; Provincial Chairperson of the ANC, Comrade Cassel Mathale; National Chairperson of the ANC, Comrade…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaA change so unexpected and a development never known before were due to the discovery in 1886 of the greatest…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
The Origins and formation: The South African Student Organisation (SASO) was formed in 1968 after some members of the University of Natal’s Black Campus…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and the Annual Surveys of the SAIRR. These…
From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries Bezuidenhout and Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Conference on Fifty years since the 1973 Durban strikes Durban…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on ANC`s seventieth anniversary: Appeal to the world, 02 December 1981
The African National Congress invites friends and supporters of our liberation struggle to join with the South African people in commemorating the 70th…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
Charles “Charlie” Barends was born in Johannesburg on 24 September 1919. [i]Charlie was a jockey for 32 years, and rode 2 300 race winners [ii] Charlie only…
EventANC founder John Dube’s daughter passed away
The youngest daughter of the former African National Congress leader John Langalibalele Dube died in Durban at the age of 84 years. Lulu Joan Dube passed away…
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
In a two-day meeting to discuss emergency measures against South Africa and the problems its membership poses, the governing body of the International Labour…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
Edward Roworth was a British born South African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of…
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
On 12 June 1917, Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor, novelist and community worker, was born in Durban. She moved to London where she completed her…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
Ahmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian prime minister, was assassinated in parliament following his announcement that Egypt was declaring war on the Axis powers. The…
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
A government notice published on 6 November 1964 gave the names of 303 persons on whom banning notices under the General Laws Amendment Act of 1963 (the so…
EventThe United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania
On 29 October 1964, the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanganyika became independent on 9 December…
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
Albert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture after receiving the Peace Prize the previous day. Luthuli was the first South African to receive the Nobel Prize for…