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EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
Most historians consider the first half of the 1960s as a period in which the Nationalist Party (NP) Government consolidated white rule in the face of growing…
EventThe SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International…
EventSA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title
On 2 July 2005, South African tennis player, Wesley Moodie, and Australian, Stephen Huss, won the Wimbledon Men's double title. They beat twins Bob and Mike…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
The sale of diamonds in some African countries has been linked to the funding of African rebel groups, which have in turn funded some of Africa's most vicious…
The Cape Coloured People To-day: An Address Delivered to the League of Coloured Peoples
EventBarry Hough, SA literary critic and successful author of mainly teenage books is found dead
Barry Micheal Hough was a literary critic and author of Afrikaans teenage fiction. He was born in Johannesburg in 1953. He obtained a BA Communications degree…
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government’s announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
The Durban Supreme Court cancelled the South African government's announcement of 18 June 1982 concerning the repossession of the Ingwavuma region, KwaZulu…
The National situation, an address delivered at the Edendale Conference of the All African Convention
The address opens with a description of three major landmarks of the year, namely;The first, the Treason Trial, which began on 5 December 1956 where 156 people…
An open letter to the ‘Fakir’ of the “Leader’ and ‘Sadiq Alli’ of the “Graphic”
Strini Moodley examines the writings of journalists in Indian weekly newspapers who show no affiliation or sensitivity to the opressed persons of South Africa.