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BiographyTerry Bell
Terence Albert Bell (Terry Bell) was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa on 12 September 1942. He married his fellow exile, Barbara,…
Make your own ROCK ART
… own ROCK ART Express your creative side! Make your own San rock art. WHAT YOU WILL NEED: THINGS TO DRAW: White A4 … instead of paint brushes. Use the…
EventThe People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
The one-year-old parliamentary opposition People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan Village township. He attended Welsh High School in East London where…
The Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven-month ban.
The Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven-month ban.
Cecil Higgs, one of SA’s foremost painters, is born in Thaba Nchu, OFS.
Johannes (Jan) Commelin, SA expert on herbs, is born in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Frederick William Fitzsimons, pioneer of SA’s school museum service, is born in Ireland
Ian Bruce Anderson, SA baritone, actor and director, is born in Southport, England.
Albert van de Sandt Centlivres (79), chief justice of SA (1950-1957), dies.
EventBafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final
South African were the host of the Africa Cup of Nations Tournament in 1996. It was the national team, Bafana Bafana’s second appearance in the tournament…
BiographyBarasarthi Naidoo
Barasarthi Naidoo, the eldest son of Thambi and Veerammal Naidoo, was born on 22 December 1903. At a farewell banquet for Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
The famous Casino/Hotel Complex about 50km from Rustenburg. It officially opened its doors on December 1979. It features the Lost City, a huge swimming Pools…
A Zimbabwean student, threatening an air hostess with a syringe and hypodermic needle, demands access to the cockpit of an SAA
T. Samuels scores SA’s first ever try and also the first points for SA in 5 rugby test matches against Britain.
The Chamber of XVII orders Jan Van Riebeeck to restrict the allocation of farms at the Cape
Only three days after his arrival at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck starts building on the fort.
Mary Margaret Ngalo
Mary Margaret Ngalo was born in Cradock, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) to Tom and Leah Plaatjie. As the niece of Reverend Canon James A. Calata, who was…
BiographyDorothy Joan Wright
Dorothy Joan Wright was born in Pretoria in 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied under Francis Pickford-Marriott at the Port Elizabeth…
ArchiveSam Tambani: hamba kahle
Coloured photograph of Sam Tambani. Union logos around photograph. Freedom fighter died in 1993.
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain was a British statesman, a colonial administrator and politician who went from being a radical, almost socialist liberal to an arch…
ArchiveThe Man Who Could Fly
PlaceRocher Pan Nature Reserve
Rocherpan is a coastal nature reserve teeming with birds and colourful wildflowers. The reserve, which lies 25 km north of Velddrif on the Cape West Coast,…
EventSAA flight 295 crashes
The South African Airways Helderberg 747 jet aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… as Mbombela. The city and the surrounding area contain San art. Kwa-Zulu-Natal The garden province of South Africa, … status for its dramatic natural beauty…
ArchiveCartoon of Ian Smith
White poster with black cartoon drawing of Ian Smith in Rhodesia, sitting in a wheelchair firing a gun. Attached to him are drips with names of oil companies…
BiographyNöel Robb
Nöel Robb (nee Barrow) was born on 25 December 1913, in Plymouth, England. She was the third child of Benjamin Wingate Barrow, a naval officer and his wife,…
ArchiveYou can prevent AIDS
Multicoloured cartoon of a man and woman in bed with skeleton in between with word AIDS on it. Balloon, from mouth of worman, with words "We cannot run away…
EventJan Smuts is born
Jan Christian Smuts, who became South Africa's second Prime Minister in 1919, was born on the farm Bovenplaats near Riebeeck West in the Cape. Smuts had a…