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Adam Faith suspends his concert tour of South Africa, because the government prohibits him to perform before mixed audiences.
Referendum in France approves a peace settlement with nationalist rebels in Algeria.
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, British general during the siege of Mafeking during Anglo-Boer War 2 and founder of the Boy Scouts, d
Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, marries Gide
The KWV (Koöperatiewe Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika)is founded in Paarl, Western Cape.
A railway strike is declared in the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) is formed in Bloemfontein. The name of the organisation was changed in 1925
Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields, including the first Afrikaans films, is born in
Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British South African statesman and administrator of native affairs, who was responsible for the anne
The Battle of Blaauwberg takes place, and part of the defending force capitulates two days later. Cape Governor Janssens and th
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
On 9 January 1973 around 2 000 workers in the Coronation Brick and Tile factory in Durban downed tools after the employers rejected their demand for a wage…
ArchiveRick Turner: His writings
The Moment of Western Marxism in South Africa by Andrew Nash
Re-reading Rick Turner in the New South Africa by Tony Fluxman and Peter Vale
Who Shot My Dad? by Jann Turner
I began searching for my father's killer in 1989. I was living in New York City at the time. I read in the paper that an investigative journalist called…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
Cape Town. Christmas 1977. I was thirteen years old. That seems like a very long time ago now, in a galaxy far, far away. We were living in a period of Civil…
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
On 11 January 1963, African National Congress (ANC) member, Walter Sisulu attended a secret meeting at the house of George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg…
EventTshifiwa Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police custody
In October 1981 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives bombed Sibasa Police Station in independent Vendaland. Several policemen were killed in the attack. The…
ArchiveMkhumbane our home African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960 by Iain Edwards
This study is concerned with all the material structures of everyday life and the nature of power in the African shacklands of Cato Manor Farm. Click to read:…
Sarie interview with photographer Constance Stuart Larrabee
Jonathan Berndt 8 November 1950 - 11 September 2010
Inside by Jeremy Cronin
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
An express train carrying seven cars and an estimated one thousand people destined for Addis Ababa, derailed when it reached a curve 125 miles east of the…
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) members arrived at Caculama, the main training…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
The United Nations Organisation (UNO) succeeded The League of Nations which was founded just after the end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
Eugene Nielen Marais began writing at a very young age. By the age of 12, he was a published writer. Marais became famous as an Afrikaans writer, even though…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
More than anyone else, Pixley ka Isaka Seme (1881-1951) was the founder of the ANC. It was he who, on his return from long years of study in the United States…
EventPretoria High Court Judge, Nkola Motata, is arrested
In 2007, Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata drove through garden wall of a house north of Johannesburg. He was found to be drunk by police and is said to…
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
It is estimated that 11 South Africans lost their lives during the devastating Tsunami that lashed large parts of Indian Ocean countries in 2004. By late…
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
The French Huguenots were refugees in the Netherlands fleeing religious persecution brought about by the ascendancy of Catholicism in France. The Edict of…