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ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… pertaining to the role of traditional leadership. The Khoi-San, on the other hand, have struggled to find a voice and … and needs by the national government…
ArchivePhotograph of a man in a wheelchair
Black, white and blue poster. Photograph of a man in a wheelchair holding an umbrella, being pushed by a woman. Voedingsbond FNV logo.
BiographyEzrom Legae
Ezrom Kgobonyane Sebata Legae was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in 1938. He attended school at St. Cyprians and Madibane High School. In 1959, Legae studied…
BiographyMotsoko Pheko
Motsoko Pheko was born on 13 November 1933 to a wealthy rural family in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his…
Potlako Leballo
He was born in 1924 near Mafeteng, Basutoland (now Lesotho), the son of an Anglican minister. In 1940, while a student at Lovedale, he concealed his age and…
ArchiveSlotavond van remember Soweto ..maand
Black , red and white poster. Foreign language. Seems to be a concert in support of the struggle in South Africa. List of performers. Artwork of guitarist…
BiographyJoão Albasini
João Albasini was born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 June 1813. Beside the fact that his father was a sea captain, little is known about young Albasini’s youth. In…
BiographyMary Thipe
Mary Thipe was born in 1917* in Ramhlakoane, a village in the Matatiele district, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) near the Eastern Cape border. Later, as a young…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… control of the VOC. As the conflict spread further inland San communities living as hunter gatherers also joined the … For instance, in the 1730s both the…
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… known as Nama, which is the most commonly spoken Khoi and San, language,” says Cunnama. The idea is for those stories …
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
In the mid-80s a strange pop phenomenon swept through the shebeens and music festivals of South Africa. Based on the artist's name and song title, everybody…
BiographyIrma Stern
Irma Stern was born in 1894 in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal. She studied in Weimar and Berlin and had her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her return…
Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two pounds of butter was churned at the Cape.
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
On 3 September 1979, Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert was elected as the leader of the opposition party, the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). He took over from…
Marais Viljoen is inaugurated as SA’s fifth state president after the resignation of B.J. Vorster.
Dr Jan Bouws, Dutch and SA musicologist and composer, is born in Purmerend, the Netherlands.
The Rev. Andrew Murray, one of SA’s first Scottish ministers, is born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Sir Laurens van der Post, SA philosopher, explorer and author, is born in Philippolis, OFS.
Stan Getz, SA born USA jazz musician, is born. (Beeld, 2 Feb 2004. Vandag se verjaardae).
Gen. Jan Kemp (74), SA warrior, politician and minister of defence, dies in Piet Retief.
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
Hout Bay is a sheltered cove along South Africa's Cape Peninsula. Before European settlement, the area was populated by Khoisan hunter-gathers who lived…
BiographyWopko Jensma
Wokpo was born on 26 July 1939 in Middelburg, Cape Town. He received his education at the University of Potchefstroom, but his studies were temporally…
Samuel Malinga
Mr Samuel Malinga,aged 45,died in the intensive care unit of the Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzberg on 22 February 1977.He had been detained at his home in…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
Frederik Bester Howard (Erik) Laubscher was born on 3 February 1927 in Tulbagh, in the Cape. His father was a Glasgow trained physician with strong interests…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
The early Cape was settled not only by ex-VOC workers who became free burghers and the Huguenots but also by slaves who lost their freedom and was brought to…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik and Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd. His…
An extradition agreement between SA and Malawi is published in Pretoria.
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
In 1913 the Police Bill and Defence Bill were both enacted and the authorisation for the establishment of a national police force was given. The South African…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu family in Sophiatown on 1 August 1959. His parents were Roselinah Msuthukazi Mbuli, a Xhosa…
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