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EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
The World Food Program (WFP) was started in 1962 and is concerned with 'providing enough food for every child, woman and man to live an active life'. It is…
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
On 11 October 1899 war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. In March 1901 Lord Kitchener, the commander of the British forces, decided to cut…
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
The Siege of Mafeking (now known as Mafikeng) was an important battle in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The war began in late 1899; President…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
A number of interrelated factors led to the Second Anglo-Boer War. These include the conflicting political ideologies of imperialism and republicanism, the…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
On 3 January 2008 Mlungisi Sisulu, the grandson of Walter Sisulu died in London from Cerebral Malaria. Sisulu, better known as Lungi, was born on 20 August…
EventChief Kausobson Kausob is killed
The chief of a group of San that inhabited the area between the Modder, Riet and Vaal Rivers early in the nineteenth century, Kausobson Kausob, was killed in…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
On 5 April 2011, South African photographer Anton Hammerl was killed, allegedly by Libyan forces on the Brega frontline. According to eyewitnesses, Hammerl’s…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
Sir Patrick Duncan was born on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland as the second son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from…
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
The system of Black authorities and the reforms brought about in the agriÂcultural sphere were not unreservedly accepted in the homelands. Opposition came…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
Albert Luthuli's Presidential Address to the Forty-fifth Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Orlando, Johannesburg, December 16, 1957 The…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work", (Editorial),…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
The accepted view of black, and especially African, politics after the Rivonia Trial, held by historians and other scholars of South African resistance, is…
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) was established on 1 July, 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, as amended. WSU, a comprehensive University…
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
Nigeria's Federal Troops launched a major offensive against multiple targets in Biafra on the 19th of August 1968. Despite claims that scores of people were…
EventThe father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela dies
On 23 January 2018, Hugh Masekela passed away peacefully at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa surrounded by his family. He died after a battle with…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after…
EventLesotho's deputy Prime Minister shot
Lesotho's Deputy Prime Minister, Selometsi Baholo, is shot dead by dissident soldiers during an apparent kidnapping attempt. They also seize four cabinet…
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
How does a person place himself in the current South African discourse when he is young, white and male? As someone who ticks all three boxes, this is a…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the 48th General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA) 25 October 1996
Introduction (Chairperson...) Minister Zuma Dr Moulin, President of the WMA Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to address this important…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinning, St. Georges Hotel, City of Tshwane, 27 September 2005
Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much for your presence here today to support an important project - the South Africa-Mali Project…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in…
PlaceNigeria
Many reports claim that little is known about the earliest history of Nigeria. By 2000 B.C. most of Nigeria was thinly occupied by people who had a basic…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker To Protector of Indian Immigrants, 27th June 1916. Dear Sir, …
The curious case of the missing ANC members – and the crisis plan to win them back by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick),14 October 2015, South Africa
Remember when President Jacob Zuma got booed at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service? The ANC claimed those were not ANC members. Could it be that they were among…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening ceremony of Telecom 95, the 7th World Telecommunications Forum and Exhibition Geneva, 3 October 1995
Dr. Pekka Tarjanne, Secretary-General of the ITU; Your Excellency, President Kaspar Villiger of the Swiss Federation; Honourable Ministers; Members of the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Deputations 1946 First Deputation to India Messrs…
PlaceConstantia
The other picture of a Mansion, 'owned by Deputy Minister- Paul Mashatile, in Constantia. (Link in Further Reading.)The Former estate in the magisterial…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1932 Subsidies for Cape Muslim Primary Schools Du Plessis maintains that in 1931…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
1908 Scientists suggest that yet unnamed Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was first transmitted, from one chimpanzee to one human, as early as 1908 in the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions where students have to use sources to answer the question. The…