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PlaceThe Langman Hospital, Part of the 'The Ramblers Club' in Bloemfontein
Ramblers Club is one of the most Historic Buildings in Bloemfontein. As the oldest Sports Club and former Military Hospital in the Free State. The main…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
Everyone knows about apartheid. They know that it was a system of racial discrimination that segregated the people of South Africa based on their skin color…
ArchiveNUSAS talks to the ANC
Subtitled: Reportback on meeting between the National Union of South African Students and the African National Congress held from Sunday, 31 March to Tuesday,…
ArchiveInterview with Potlako Kitchener Leballo
Oral interview, conducted in Nairoi, with P. K. Leballo (1924-1986) a leader in the Africanist movement and later in the Pan Africanist Congress, serving as…
EventTunisia gains independence from France
On 20 March 1956, Tunisia gained its independence from France after two years of negotiations between the French and the Neo-Destour (“New Constitution”) party…
EventSouth African artist Michael Zondi is born
On 10 March 1926, Michael Zondi, a South African artist was born in Msinga in Greytown, Natal. He was trained in woodwork at the Swedish Lutheran Mission Trade…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, passed away at the age 83 at the Embo State House. The king died after a…
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
In June 1966, during the darkest years of Apartheid, United States (US) Senator Robert Kennedy made a historic visit to South Africa. He was invited by the…
EventPik Botha visits Soviet Union
South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, visits the Soviet Union, where he re-established consular relations which had been severed in 1956. Though the visit…
EventFirst public service of the Church of England in South Africa
The Church of England or Anglican Church is the oldest of the English speaking denominations in South Africa. The first recorded public worship of the Church…
EventBishop Zulu is born
Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, Anglican bishop of Zululand and Swaziland was born in Nquthu, Natal. He was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu and was a…
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
Singer Mary Eveline Fincken , also known as choirmaster, teacher of singing and educationist was born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She came to South Africa…
EventParamount Chief, Botha Sigcau is appointed the first President of Transkei
Paramount Chief of Eastern Pondoland, Botha Sigcau who had earlier supported Bantu Authorities was appointed the first President of Transkei at the opening…
EventThe name of the military base, Voortrekkerhoogte is officially changed to Thaba Tshwane
Thaba Tshwane is the military headquarters of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in Pretoria. The base had been known as Voortrekkerhoogte…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions in concentration camps in South…
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
Click on image to enlarge Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 July 1984. This is a double-storey manor house designed by architect P…
ArchiveMinutes of a Meeting between Officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, the West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board, Representatives of the Urban Bantu Councils on the West Rand ...
Minutes of a Meeting between Officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, the West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board,…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
Letters between Albertina and Walter Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island: A South African Love Story This remarkable love story spanning more…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
1910 Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions Act. Discrimination against Indians – Indians were excluded from receiving pensions according…
EventYouth has been burnt to death in Mahwelereng Township
On 6 June 1986, Mr Ronnie Molifi was stabbed and burnt to death by a group of youth in the Mahwelereng Township in Limpopo province. He was accused of being a…
PlaceAbraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
The building was designed by Frank Taylor and was officially opened on 16 October 1909 by the then Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, Abraham Fischer…
EventSA poet Sydney Vernon Peterson dies
Sydney Vernon Petersen, one of the prominent South African poets and educationist of the 1940s, died in Germiston. His poetry was translated into English,…
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
On 02 January 1969, Jacobus Francois Pienaar was born in Vereeniging,Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). Born into a working class Afrikaner family, he…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela carried out a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing all the NP ministers with African National…
EventGen. Magnus Malan appears in court
The trial of Gen. Magnus Malan former defence minister, and nineteen co-accused started in the Durban Supreme Court. They pleaded not guilty to thirteen…
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British proposals for peace on 31 May 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was…
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
Captain Thomas Henry Duthie emigrated to the Cape in 1826. In 1830 he visited Knysna, where he was the guest of George Rex, whose daughter Caroline he…
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
President Kaiser Matanzima of Transkei announced his intention to retire from the Presidency in February 1982, to devote more time to traditional and family…
President Kaunda of Zambia meets the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation.
President Kaunda of Zambia meets the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation in Namibia and South Africa. This is…
Gandhiji’s vision of a free South Africa: A collection of articles by E.S. Reddy
"If we look into the future [of South Africa], is it not a heritage we have to leave to posterity, that all the different races commingle and produce a…