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Magnus André De Merindol Malan, former SA Minister of Defence, 1980, is born in Pretoria.
SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Cambodia.
British troops are flown in to Uganda to suppress an army mutiny over low pay.
SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Panama.
Members of the S.A. security force murder Dr Richard Turner at his home in Durban.
The South African flag is hoisted on Prince Edward Island after an agreement with Britain.
Gary Kirsten becomes the first SA cricket player to score 10 centuries in test cricket.
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Affectionately known as ‘Magogo’ (meaning grandmother – a title bestowed to her for her motherly, nurturing character), Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)…
PlaceSongimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site
… the presence of earlier inhabitants. These vary from San paintings to the theories on temples of Dravidian and … the presence of earlier inhabitants. These…
PlacePort Edward, South Coast
… a central pursuit being golf. Well-known Eco Estate of: 'San Lameer' , with its many activities are down the road. …
PlaceCederberg Wilderness Area
… symbolic religious meanings. Paintings were made by the San as part of their Religion and can thus not be interpreted …
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
… Regions, as well as the cultures of the Xhosa, Sotho , San , and Zulu peoples. This Provincial Heritage Site and …
PlaceTarkastad, Eastern Cape
… quite a bit of attention and are an example of the San rock paintings that draw people to the Area. Other …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
… We know that first peoples were hunting peoples - known as San or, in the popular literature, as Bushmen. At some time … know, for example, that hunting and…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… and 1502-1504. [8] On his first voyage, Columbus claimed San Salvador, Cuba and Hispaniola as Spanish possessions. He …
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
Historic shipwrecks are time capsules of their time, they are often untouched for decades, sometimes centuries, until they are discovered. Everything onboard…
BiographyLucas Manyane Mangope
Lucas Manyane Mangope was born west of Zeerust near Bechuanaland border on December 27,1923,the son of a local chief,Mangope graduated from St Peter's School…
BiographyRebecca Bunting
Rebecca Bunting (nee Notlowitz) was one of the founders of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s. She was a Jewish immigrant from the Baltic…
PlaceWellington, Western Cape
… dates back to Stone Age groups like the Khoikhoi and the San , to the settlement of Free Burghers and Huguenot …
“The most patient of animals, next to the ass:” Jan Smuts, Howard University, and African American Leadership, 1930 by Robert Edgara and Myra Ann Houser
Baron Pieter van Rheede, appointed governor of the Cape who died at sea on his way to the Cape, is born in Utrecht, the Netherl
Speech by Prsident Nelson Mandela at the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Idustries of Southern Africa man of the year awards Johannesburg, 19 November 1994
Rijkloff van Goens arrives in Table Bay to report on conditions at the Cape to the Directors of the Dutch East Indies and to fo
P.J. van der Merwe, writer of the book “Ons halfeeu in Angola 1880-1928” is born on the farm Die Hoek near Humpata, Angola. (St
Adam Kok III, Griqua chief and third son of Griqua chief Adam Kok II, dies near Kokstad. Date is given as 30 December 1875 in a
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
… “An historical incident: conflict with the Briqua and San,” (Matiti and Teteb). “The doro, or young men’s …
PlaceNamibia
… in the treacherous waters, whalebone shelters used by the San and ghost towns that boomed during the early diamond … various different groups. Its population…
BiographyDavid Bruce
David Bruce received a call-up notice from the South African Defence Force (SADF) in July 1987. His choices were two years in the army, exile, or six years in…
BiographyDulcie Howes
"Nothing Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set…
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
Dorothy Mary Benson – known as Mary Benson – was born on 8 December 1919 in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), where she received her early education…