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African Manpower Statistics for the British Forces in East Africa, 1914-1918
Repercussions of World War I in the Gold Coast by David Killingray
France, Africa, and the First World War by C. M. Andrew and A. S. Kanya-Forstner
Announcement by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Saleem Badat, on his decision to step down as Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University and depart Rhodes later this year.
Open communication to my nominators for the post of Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Cape by Saleem Badat
The Christian and Political Issues by Chief Albert Luthuli
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
You are invited to free film screenings and discussions with filmmaker Estela Bravo Cuban-American filmmaker Estela Bravo is presenting her recent film…
Oliver Tambo and the challenges of the ANC’s military camps, by Gregory Houston
The road to democracy: celebrating 20 years of diversity
Making 20 years of democracy, Iziko Museums of South Africa's Education and Public Programmes department is proudly celebrating the first generation of our…
EventKenyan independence hero Bildad Kaggia dies after a long illness
Bildad Mwaganu Kaggia was a nationalist and a freedom fighter. Kaggia joined the Kenyan army when the Second World War broke out and was deployed in London as…
EventThe western wing of Munitoria burns down
The Munitoria building, a municipal building in Pretoria burned down in 1997. The fire spread though the building very quickly and was already out of control…
EventConscientious objector Ivan Toms is sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for refusing to serve in the SADF
Dr Ivan Toms was a physician who worked in the informal settlement of Crossroads in Cape Town. In 1983, he witnessed the South African Defence Force (SADF)…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
In 1976, a year after passing matric (now Grade 10), Kevin Curren accepted a scholarship from the University of Texas, United States of America. He obtained a…
Ideology and Crime in the Third Reich
Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo – 28 October 1947 to 15 June 2010
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
The conference will cover the following topics: v Towards the Commercialization of Traditional Knowledge and Bio-Diversity based products and services v …
EventHundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe
In February 2000, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe spearheaded the Fast-Track Resettlement Program. The campaign meant that White owned farms would be…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). He schooled in Pretoria, where he…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is a Togolese footballer. He was born to parents of Yoruba descent in the city of Lomé. After a talent scout spotted him playing, he…
EventAlgerian terrorist, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid dies
Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was born Mohammed Ghadir in Algeria. He was an Islamist militant who became one of the top three military commanders of al-Qaeda in the…
EventSA cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs is born
Herschelle Herman Gibbs was born in Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape. In school he played soccer and rugby, but chose cricket as his sport of choice. He is…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta was born into a Muslim family in Tangier, Morocco. At the age of 21 Battuta set out on a…
Experiencing Sophiatown - Conversations among Residents about the Past, Present and Future of the Community
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
The Centre for Curating the Archive, invites you to A House in Harrington Street, by Nicholas Eppel. Eppel’s debut solo exhibition reflects three years in the…
Apartheid and the Removal of Black Spots from Lake Bhangazi in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa by Bradley Skelcher
Labour time in South African gold mines: 1886-2006 by Paul Finlay Stewart
EventNigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born
Professor Claude Ake, a Nigerian political scientist, was a visiting professor at Yale University where he taught political science. Ake died in a plane crash…
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers is a South African cricketer of note. In 2011, he succeeded Graeme Smith and became captain of the South African One Day…
EventSA actress, Ashley Callie dies
Actress Ashley Callie, most famous for her portrayal of Leonie Haines in the soap opera Isidingo, died on 15 February 2008. Callie was involved in a head on…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
Born to Indian Emigrants from Tamil Nadu, India, Mudaliar grew up in Johannesburg. She was named after the village her mother came from in India, Thillaiyadi…