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Hans Jürgen Aschenborn, librarian, director of the State Library and receiver of the Sailis Award for Bibliography in 1985, is
Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand
Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand
Archibald Lamont, minister of religion, politician and mayor of Durban from 1929-1932, is born in Port Babbabtyne, Bute Island,
Jannie de Beer, Springbok rugby flank forward who kicked remarkably well during the1999 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, is born.
A Group Areas Amendment Bill introduced on 7 March 1982 and enacted on 21 April, maintains the existing commitment to the princ
Rhodesia gains independence after ninety years as a British colony, taking the new name Zimbabwe. The 1972-1979 war of independ
Dr Zola Sidney Skweyiya, Minister of Social Development of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999, is born.
Dr Mohammed Moosa Motala, medical practitioner, political activist and SA ambassador in Morocco from 1996 to 1999, dies in Piet
Tumi Padi and Nokuzolo, both MK’s, are shot dead in Soweto. Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the rep
Membathise Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana, Minister of Labour of the Republic of South Africa since July 1998, is born in Keiskamma
Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a "Whit
Mk hero Solomon Mahlangu, executed 6 April 1979 in Pretoria on two counts of murder and buried in Atteridgeville because police
Five anti-apartheid leaders, imprisoned in 1988 for political activities, are freed from Robben Island. Among them are the gen
The interim state Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, created on 1 June 1979, returns to colonial status and becomes the colony of Zimbabwe-Rhod
Meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the United States Ambassador, Mr Herman Nickel: Cape Town, 27 May 1985
Minutes of a meeting between United States Ambassador, Mr Herman Nickel and Mr Pik Botha, South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding South African…
Meeting with Secretary of State Shultz during a working lunch at the Department of State, Washington D.C. on 26 November 1982
Minutes of a meeting between the Foreign Affairs Minister together with other representatives of the South African Government and the Secretary of State…
The official Commission of Inquiry into the media appointed in June 1980, under the chairmanship of Justice M. Steyn, tables it
Henry Mutile Fazzie, vice-president, Eastern Cape Region of the United Democratic Front, 1983, and member of the Port Elizabeth
Major General Bantu Holomisa, who became head of a military state in Transkei after a coup in December 1987, lifts martial law
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South …
George Mzimvube Matanzima, Prime Minister of the Transkei, 1979 and younger brother of Kaiser Matanzima, is born at Qamata, Tr
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… On 5 July 1989, African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela met … Mandela and P.W. Botha occurred in secret on 5 July 1989, and was very brief. However,…
BiographyNelson Mukhuba
Mukhuba\'s stay in Sophiatown lasted until 1958. He returned to Tshakuma where he started producing wooden sculptures and household utensils, including tourist…
BiographyBheki Zacharia Mvulane
Bheki Zacharia Mvulane died in detention on 29 March, 1985. A fellow-detainee of Mvulane said: "I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police Station fling…
BiographyDr. Pholile Mpofu
Dr. Mpofu noticed that the field of dermatology tended to be neglected by black doctors, and felt she could have an effect in this field. She was sure that…
BiographyJohn J. Skomolo
John J Skomolo was an Anglican clergyman prominent in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC…
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
Born in 1916 in Johannesburg Mathole was a miner and an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union. He was active in the 1946 mineworkers' strike. He later…
BiographyMargaret Chuene Mncadi
Margaret Chuene Mncadi was born in the Eastern Transvaal, she graduated from Fort Hare and the medical school of the University of the Witwatersrand. She…
BiographyJustice Zac Yacoob
Justice Zakeria “Zac” Mohammed Yacoob was born on 3 March 1948. He became blind at 16 months because of meningitis. Yacoob attended Durban's Arthur Blaxall…
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Conference was formally opened in the City Hall, on…