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Rebels begin an offensive in Eritrea, Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s military government orders bombers, armoured units and troops into o
In an address to the Foreign Correspondents Association, minister of cooperation and development, Dr Gerrit Viljoen , announces
Mlungisi Hlongwane, national president of the SA National Civic Association (SANCO) and director of SANCO Investment Holdings s
SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Almond Tshabalala (36), Daveyton, PWV, member of Daveyton Interim Committee, is shot dead by an unknown gunman.
Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, dies i
Security police raid English-language newspapers, seizing documents related to an advertisement calling for the legalising of t
The British army suggests that 600 troops returning from a tour in Kenya should take an AIDS test.
James Manuel Blanckenberg, SA cricket player in eighteen tests (1913-1924), is born in Claremont, Cape Town.
Landdros Anders Stockenström (father of Sir Andries Stockenström), seven or eight burghers and an interpreter are att
A C-130 Hercules with ten passengers and a crew of four, under which a SA pilot, disappears near Huambo, Angola.
SA signs agreement with Botswana relating to the establishment of a Botswana government labour representative in South Africa.
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… which was called, Shaken Roots – Some Experiences of the San People . The exhibition opened at the Johannesburg Market … 1990. Omar Badsha landed in New York…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 9 October 1940. She attended Inanda Seminary Secondary School, a boarding school for black South…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TIMELINE — 2011 – 2020 2011 8 January 2011 African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma delivers the traditional ANC…
PlaceSandton, Johannesburg
… Norscot Koppies. About 10,000 years ago ancestors of the San people settled. Sandton is considered a city today, …
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… could trace their ancestry back to an indigenous Khoi San and an enslaved Asian, so they were among those who were …
ArticleNational Party (NP)
The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of the PACT government in 1924. The NP was the governing party of South Africa from…
ArchiveOmar Badsha: an ordinary South African whose struggles and triumphs offer insights into broader social movements—Sean Jacobs reviews Available Light by Daniel Magaziner
PlaceMali
… 20th century. The newer towns, such as Bamako, Kayes, San, and Kati, consist of a central business district, around …
Address of the President of South Africa and the current Chairperson of the G77 and China, Thabo Mbeki at the 61st Session of United Nations General Assembly 19 September 2006, New York
… to fulfil some of the objectives set by the founders in San Francisco because, in truth, it does not reflect the …
BiographyBilly Lesedi Masetlha
Billy Masetlha was born on 21 November 1954 in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is a founder member of the Congress of South African…
BiographyJoey Fourie
Joey Fourie was born in Oudtshoorn in the then Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a traditional Afrikaans family. She was educated in Wellington, Cape…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
This short history of Electrical Supply Commission (ESKOM) aims to provide an overview of the history of the power utility over its first seventy-eight years…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
Introduction It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… dispossession and segregating South Africa. The Khoikhoi, San and Black Africans under the British and the Afrikaner …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Level 1 & 2…
BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
His Majesty, King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II was born on 2 May 1938, in the Village of Salang in the Mountain District of Mokhotlong in the…
BiographyDavid Livingstone
David Livingstone was born on 19 March, 1813 in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was a committed Protestant Sunday school teacher and probably…