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PlaceBurkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a small, poor, landlocked country in West Africa. It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
Angola becomes independent after 14 years of armed resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The three major movements fighting the war, the Movimiento Popular…
EventSoweto Town council asks SADF troops to stay
In June 1986, there were many necklacing incidents in Soweto, Johannesburg with people being brutally killed. The Soweto Civic Association demanded that the…
EventPik Botha is born
Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of President F.W. de Klerk was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West…
EventMoses Mabhida dies in Maputo
Moses Mbeki Mncane (Baba) Mabhida, trade unionist, politician, Umkhonto weSizwe commander and Secretary-General of the SA Communist Party, died of a heart…
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
United Nations (UN) troops arrived to help deal with the political crisis following MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé's declaration of independence for Katanga province…
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
The Government of the Republic of South Africa announced in Parliament that 18,000 people had been arrested and detained since the declaration of the State of…
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
Transkei's first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, died of a heart attack. Prime Minister K.D. Matanzima announced his retirement from active politics,…
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
The author of Sherlock Holmes and field doctor in the South African War of 1899-1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, was born at Picardy Place, Edinburgh in 1859. The son…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… in parliamentary rights in the Cape. In 1900, and again in 1906, Natives and Coloureds stood together. There was no one …
Chapter XIV - End of an era
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I drove back alone to Johannesburg, to my comfortable home in a white suburb, to my comfortable white life; my…
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
Oral interview with Duma Nokwe (1927-1978) who was Secretary-General of the ANC from 1958 to 1969. Born to working class parents in Evaton, he studied at St…
EventSouth African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics
Penelope Penny Heyns was born on 8 November 1974 in Springs, Gauteng Province. Heyns began swimming at a young age and displayed great skills. Her swimming was…
EventThe World Health Organisation confirms that Ebola virus killed thirteen villagers in Gabon.
Thirteen people died of an unknown disease in a remote village in Gabon during the month of February 1996. On 19 February 1996, the World Health Organisation…
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, Nyanga, outside Cape Town is burnt down. The broader context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise and reconstruct all fragmented African trade unions into a large federation of non-racial…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 3) The Broederbond Just as it was the white man’s way to think and dream for the…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
During the war agricultural production in South Africa received a major stimulus as a result of increased demand inside the country and a growing export market…
Journals
Background and History The South African Association of Art Historians launched a journal in 1987. Accredited by the Department of Education and Training, the…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a…
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
The Tamil Benefit Society presents a memorandum on poor housing conditions in Pageview, Johannesburg, and the need for housing schemes for poorer Indians to…
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
On 4 June 1996, Kudirat Abiola the wife of Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian President, was gunned down at close range by three unknown men while she was…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
The inclusion in the Bill of Rights of a special section on the rights of the child was an important development for South African children, most of whom had…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
At the age of 88, Clarence Makwetu passed away in Queenstown Private Hospital at 13:30 after a long illness. Makwetu was born on the 6th of December 1928 in…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
Patrice Lumumba, Congolese nationalist who would be the Congo’s first Prime Minister, was briefly imprisoned following two nights of unrest on charges of…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
Following the highly successful multi-racial Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. The…
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
The League of Nations, an international body which preceded the United Nations, agreed to hand over three former German colonies as mandates. Tanganyika, which…
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
On 21 March 1960, 69 Africans were killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws in the township of…