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BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…
BiographyCecyl Esau
Cecyl Esau was born on 30 September 1955 in Worcester, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province), the youngest of four children. His father was a veteran of…
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…
Bathandwa Ndondo
As a young child, Ndondo’s maternal grandmother raised himwhile his mother, Lulama Sidumo (nee Ndondo),worked. Following the death of his grandmother, his…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
BiographyEve Hall
Eve Hall was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris, France, to a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her father was on a visit to…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act
The National Heritage Resources Act , no. 25 of 1999, aimed to introduce an interactive and integrated system to manage and preserve national heritage…
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