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BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
John Xavier Merriman was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… members of the SL began leaving the organisation. Lazerson notes, “The combined effect of the Act, and the broadening … and became part of the Congress…
BiographyDaniel Kunene
On 27 May 2016, surrounded by his beloved family, Kunene died peacefully at his home in Madison, America. He was 93 years old.[i] Daniel Kunene was born in…
BiographySamson Ratshilumela Mudzunga
Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga was born in 1934 in the Nzhelele district of the former Venda ‘homeland’, now Limpopo province. However, Apartheid-era documents…
BiographyJosie Palmer
Josephine ‘Josie’ Palmer (Mpama) was born in 1903 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province), to Georgina Garson and Stephen Bonny Mpama, an…
The results of the local government elections in Kwazulu-Natal indicate that Inkatha polled 44.50 percent of the votes, the ANC
The South African Parliament votes to amend the Internal Security Act No. 74 of 1982. Police will in future need the permission
Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo, ANC politician and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985 and translated into s
First ever multi-racial elections held in South Africa ends, with the ANC receiving 62.6% of the votes and the National Party 2
UN Security Council votes to set up the largest and most expensive peacekeeping operation so far 30 000 troops and civilians ar
The International Court of Justice at The Hague rules, by the narrow majority of eight votes to seven, that it has jurisdiction
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… copy of Nelson Mandela’s original handwritten journal and notes in the National Archives of South Africa in Pretoria … Ethiopia was the first point of…
EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
… and Tambala means “rooster”. Since its introduction, notes of higher denominations including the 50, 100, 200, 500 …
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not offered at the Van der Kemp Mission Primary…
The electoral college elects T.E. Donges as the next State President by 163 votes to fifty-two, cast for Major van der Byl.
The second general election is held in the Union of South Africa. The South African Party gets 94 000 votes. The National Party
President Reagan’s decision not to impose sanctions on South Africa is overridden by Senate veto, 78 votes to 21, and the US in
The UN Security Council votes to lift sanctions against Libya that had been in place for eleven years as a response to the 1988
Zola Budd, noted SA athlete who emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announces that she
South Africa’s tour of the British Isles finishes on an upbeat note as Jake White’s experimental young side takes Scotland apar
BiographyBantu Holomisa
Major General (Retired) Bantubonke (Bantu) Harrington Holomisa was born on 25 July 1955 at Mqanduli, Transkei, the son of the late Chief Bazindlovu Holomisa…
BiographyDevikarani Priscilla Jana
Devikarani Priscilla Jana was born on 5 December 1943, in Westville, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), to a middle class Indian family.[i] From an early age Jana…
BiographySidney Percival Bunting
Sidney Percival Bunting was born on 29 June of 1873 in London, the son of Sir Percy William Bunting, the founder and editor of the Contemporary Review. His…
BiographyGeorge Naicker
George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the Natal Indian Congress in 1941 and became an executive member in 1956 until his…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… verse: https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com notes: https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com stories: …
Esmé Berman
Esmé Berman, a Jewish South African art historian, author and researcher, was born in 1929. She enrolled at the University of Witswatersrand in 1946 and…
Doing Oral History
… would be in the form of a report, with supporting field notes. A possibly extension activity could take the form of a … were identified as necessary for this…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… needed to start the TLSA. Historian Mohamed Adhikari notes that: “The APO's role as midwife in the birth of the … and later Willem P van Schoor became its…
BiographyJames Kantor
James Kantor was born on 26 February 1927 in Johannesburg to Abraham Kantor, a lawyer and Pauline ‘Polly’ (Braude) Kantor. James Kantor was one of Johannesburg…
BiographyGraeme Pollock
Robert Graeme Pollock was born on 27 February 1944 in Durban. His father was a first-class cricketer and editor of the Port Elizabeth Herald. Pollock attended…