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EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
… to reverse its decision and offer the Peelton people land in South Africa. This was one of the great rural …
ArticleList of employers to whom Indentured Indians were assigned
… Govt. Railways Madras Natal Govt. Railways Madras Natal Land & Colonisation Co (C Behrens) Calcutta Natal Land & Colonisation Co (C Behrens) Madras Natal…
Ghana’s president Kwame Nkrumah escapes an assassination attempt when a hand grenade is thrown into a crowd greeting him. The d
The first congregation of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in Transvaal is instituted in Potchefstroom. The Rev. Daniel Lind
The Sand River Convention, under which Britain renounces all claims to authority beyond the Vaal River, is signed.
The corner stone of the oldest church building in Transvaal, the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk in Potchefstroom, is laid.
The Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), second university with its seat in Johannesburg (after the University of the Witwatersrand
Amy Johnson lands in Cape Town, beating the existing record flight time from London by over ten hours.
Four years after first raising the possibility of irregularities in South Africa’s multi-billion rand arms acquisition process,
Polokwane the Segregated city
… of Penzance were staged in 1913. In the same year, a new land show was staged, the first year remembered for excellent … Hotel on 8 August 1948 declared: …
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du PlessisThis project has been beset throughout by many difficulties,…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
This historic joint meeting of the representatives of the national organisations of the African and Indian people, representing the Executives of the African…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or were imprisoned or deported by the…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
The death of Sam Nzima, the man who took the photograph that came to symbolise all that was wrong with apartheid and how it would be opposed, offers a moment…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
Apartheid Israel The Politics of an Analogy Edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs Foreword by Achille Mbembe …
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
On 9 October 1803, Jacob Abraham de Mist, Commissioner General, left Cape Town on a 167 day journey into the interior, accompanied by his daughter, Augusta, a…
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
BETWEEN THE FREEDOM FRONT, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
In the late 1950s Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie…
ArchiveAhmed Timol and the return of The Light by Kevin Bloom (Daily Maverick), 28 October 2016
“Naturam expellas furca tamen usque recurret.” These words of the Latin poet Horace seem to be turning up everywhere lately. Rendered loosely in modern…
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
The Information Scandal that broke out in 1978 is widely regarded as the single event that heralded the end of B. J. Voster's term as State President of South…
Minutes of the meeting between the RSA and Angola at Ilha Do Sal on 5 June 1980
Minutes of a meeting held with representatives of the South African and Angolan Governments to discuss border issues, including border incidents and the…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
On 5 April 1990, at an informal meeting in Cape Town, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela agreed to reschedule formal talks between the Government and…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
Arthur Elias Letele was born in Lesotho in 1916, but grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State. After completing secondary school in the Eastern Cape, he studied…
The National Committee for Liberation (ARM), 1960-1964: sabotage and the question of the ideological subject
Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree in History at the the University of Cape Town by Andries du Toit. The dissertation gives…
EventAlan Paton, author of “Cry, the Beloved Country” and founder member of the Liberal Party, dies
Alan Paton is one of South Africa's most celebrated authors. His most renowned novel 'Cry, the Beloved Country', which was published in 1948 is still in print…
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
In 1998 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and thirty nine international pharmaceutical companies brought a lawsuit against the South…
EventSeven impalas are trapped in a camp and viciously beaten to death at Skukuza, Kruger National Park
Four South African National Parks (SANP) employees were arrested for beating seven impalas to death and cutting them up for meat in Skukuza, Kruger National…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
'States of Emergence' is Johannesburg gallerist Warren Siebrits' coming of age. A former curator at the influential Everard Read Contemporary, circa State of…
EventArchbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, former…
EventSouth African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston, Transvaal
Hestrie Cloete was born in Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 26 August 1978. She began high jumping at the age of 13 when she was discovered by her coach…