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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… of colonial occupation and deepened the contest for land and natural resources in the region. - 100 years since … employment, skills, health care, education,…
EventFormer Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Then President F.W. de Klerk, the last president of the white minority rule who abandoned the unsustainable and untenable apartheid system towards a non-racial…
EventInternational Literacy Day highlights the importance of literacy in areas such as health and education
International literacy Day was first celebrated in 1966. This day is meant to raise awareness in countries all over the world about the high levels of…
EventSouth Africa is criticised for its foreign policy and deliberate interference in the SADC region
The third Annual Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and representatives of donor countries and…
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
Black upholsterer and poet, Benjamin Moloise was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985. Moloise was accused of murdering a black police officer…
EventSA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title
On 2 July 2005, South African tennis player, Wesley Moodie, and Australian, Stephen Huss, won the Wimbledon Men's double title. They beat twins Bob and Mike…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began playing soccer at a young age and…
EventMoses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National Congress stalwart dies in Moscow
Moses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National Congress stalwart passed away in Moscow, Russia where he was hospitalised after a long…
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
On 7 September 1986, former Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu, was ordained as an…
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
Sir Julius Gottlieb Ferdinand Jeppe passed away in London on 2 September 1929 at age 70. He was a mining and property magnate who was knighted for his…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
Arthur Robert Ashe, a prominent African American tennis player who was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia died on 6 February 1993. He died of complications…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
Charlotte Maxeke was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young age Maxeke showed musical talent. She finished primary school early and…
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
On 28 October 1971, the death of anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was officially confirmed. It was revealed that the thirty year old teacher at the…
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
Two former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo, 25, and Mary Loate, 23 were given long term imprisonment under the Terrorism Act. Seathlolo was given 15…
ArchiveIf your mother was tortured: your father murdered and children abducted: would you be silent
Yellow, black and white poster. Issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
ArchiveMeeting between Lt-Gen A Ndalu and Dr M Burger on Saturday, 29 April 1989, Cape Town
Meeting to discuss economic development and co-operation between Angola and South Africa.
ArchiveReport and information given by Group M-4 Commander Cde Kapoko from their mission in Grootfontein Area
Report by a Commander of a mission in Okavango and Namibia and the reasons for failure
ArchiveMinutes of a meeting between South African and Angolan Delegations: Ilha Do Sal, 23 February 1983
Minutes of a meeting between South Africa and Angola to discuss a negotiated settlement for southern Africa and in this regard the withdrawal of Cuban troops.
Summary notes of a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation: Geneva, 20 April 1986
Report from a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation in which the South African government's position on influx control was discussed,…
Communists in National Liberation Movements: a talk dedicated to the life and work of Ruth First
Typescript of a talk delivered by Jack Simons on Communists in National Liberation Movements. Headings: Communist Theory; Nations and Nationalities; Self…
ArchiveCommunists in National Liberation Movements: a talk dedicated to the life and work of Ruth First
Typescript of a speech delivered by Jack Simons on Communists in National Liberation Movements. Headings: Communist Theory; Nations and Nationalities; Self…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
On 30 May 1899 President Paul Kruger and the British High Commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, met at a conference in Bloemfontein to talk about…
ArchiveStatement of the Controversy between the South African and Namibian Government regarding the Walvis Bay
Statement by Popo Molefe on the Controversy between the South African and Namibian Government regarding the Walvis Bay as a historically part of Namibia as…
ArchiveNatives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act, Act No 67 of 1952
The Act was to repeal the laws relating to carrying passes by natives; to provide for the issue of reference books to natives; to amend the Native…
ArchiveLegislation and race relations: a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations
This book provides a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations. Acts from 1909 to 1948 include among others those relating to…
ArticleThe Homelands
… not very viable largely because of the poor agricultural land in the homelands. In addition, Blacks owned only thirteen percent of South Africa’s land. These…
PlaceSongimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site
… and only about 425 million Years ago, vegetation Colonised Land followed by the first land animals. And since then Mother Earth went full throttle …
PlaceKnysna Lagoon, Garden Route- Western Province
… the possibility of shipping timber from Outeniqua to land by sea, using the Knysna lagoon . As his Farm … 'Melkhoutkraal' bordered on the Lagoon and he…
PlaceTankwa Karoo National Park
… is a measure of the amount and vigor of vegetation on the land surface and NDVI spatial composite images are developed … principally controlled by rainfall,…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… of the Khoikhoi were issues such as the loss of land for grazing pastures and livestock to colonists. Slaves …