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Prof. W.S. Logemann, professor in Dutch, French, German and history at the Victoria College in Stellenbosch, is born in Haarl
… Prof. W.S. Logemann, professor in Dutch, French, German and history at the Victoria College in Stellenbosch, is born in Haarl …
In the Parliamentary by-election in Durban North, the Progressive Reform Party’s candidate gains the party’s first seat in Nata
… In the Parliamentary by-election in Durban North, the Progressive Reform Party’s candidate gains the party’s first seat in Nata …
Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), dies in Seshego, Pietersbur
… Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), dies in Seshego, Pietersbur …
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… sought to shed light on the injustices of man against man in other countries as well. Tags Lionel Ngakane, Artist in … not shown in South Africa until the…
ArchiveConcentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019
… Collection Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein SA Image source More than a century after 48 000 people died in concentration camps in what’s known as the…
ArticleTransport on water
… might have sails, so that the wind takes them forward and in a certain direction. Modern boats can have motors … please click on 'contribute'. The first…
BiographyChris Hani
… Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transke i. He was the … SACP would have proved a…
Why have so many major South African films featured non South Africans in the starring roles?
… People or institutions (like banks) that invest money in feature films want to know that they will be guaranteed … and Lena had Americans Angelina Basset and…
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
… Timothy Peter Jenkin was born in 1948, in Cape Town and educated at Rondebosch Boys' Prep and Boys' … He worked for the ANC Elections Briefing Unit from 1994…
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
… to commemorate one hundred years of Indian settlement in South Africa. The large number of Indians detained under … the Emergency underlines many of the main…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… Ray Alexander Simons nee Alexandrowich arrives in South Africa from Latvia where she was born on 12 January 1913. After her arrival in the country she…
BiographyWessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje
… Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje was born in Bloemfontein on 25 September 1969 to Ewie and San-Marie Cronje. He attended Grey College in Bloemfontein, a…
BiographyMoses Ndlovu
… Moses Ndlovu was born in KwaSemane which is in the Otto Bluff area near Pietermaritzburg, Natal. His … also witnessed the killing of neighbours and friends…
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… 48/258 A and adopted by consensus an invitation to SA to resume its participation in the activities of the General Assembly. The Assembly … at the successful…
ArticleCommemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa
… 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa …
"People's Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa", The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
… "People's Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa", The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936 …
"Future of the Africanist Movement." Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… Movement." Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959 …
"The Programme of the 4th International in South Africa", Workers Voice, 1 July (19437}
… "The Programme of the 4th International in South Africa", Workers Voice, 1 July (19437} …
Conference Programme: The Durban Moment - Revisiting Politics, Labour, Youth and Resistance in the 1970s
… Moment - Revisiting Politics, Labour, Youth and Resistance in the 1970s …
The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external pressures
… The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external …
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… have made to the Indian people since you left South Africa in 1960. Can you tell us what the background to this leaflet … Today, history is witnessing a…
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… Athanase Seromba, a priest accused of partaking in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that saw over 800 000 tutsis die … Some 2 000 Tutsis hiding from Hutu rebels…
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
… In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, … Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg, Orange Free State , caved in. About…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… “If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside … ://www.sahistory.org.za/article/pass-laws-south-africa-1800-1994)…
Delegates from the Congress of SA Trade Unions mission to Zimbabwe are left at the Beit Bridge border post by Zimbabwean police
… Delegates from the Congress of SA Trade Unions mission to Zimbabwe are left at the Beit …
This Day reports that the SA movie, Senter, produced by students from the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Liv
… This Day reports that the SA movie, Senter, produced by students from the South African …
A fifty-two-strong delegation, led by Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and Alex Boraine, leaves SA for talks with the African Natio
… by Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and Alex Boraine, leaves SA for talks with the African Natio …
SA tennis player Liezel Huber and Cara Black of Zimbabwe win the women’s doubles on Wimbledon. Huber also reached the semi-fina
… SA tennis player Liezel Huber and Cara Black of Zimbabwe win …
The SA rugby team, with François Pienaar as captain, wins the World Cup final match against New Zealand 15-12. Joel Stransky
… The SA rugby team, with François Pienaar as captain, wins the …
At the final poetry performance at the Urban Voices festival, SA poet Don Mattera, widely known as Bra Zinga, announces his wit
… the final poetry performance at the Urban Voices festival, SA poet Don Mattera, widely known as Bra Zinga, announces his …