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Tsonga
… sounds, for the Tsonga apparently had no contact with the San . The Tsonga language has some affinities with Sotho, …
The largest organised trek to East Africa, under Jan van Rensburg, consisting of seventy families with forty-seven wagons and s
Lambertus and Abraham, eldest sons of Jan van Riebeeck, leave with skipper Douwe Aukes for their uncle, Abraham Quevellerius in
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
Founder of and first commander of Cape Town, Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck, was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands on 21 April 1619. An administrator for…
Joan van Arckel establishes the first congregation at the Cape, with Abraham Schut as elder and Jan Reyniersz as deacon.
Following meetings between the SAG and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), broad agreement was reached that could lead
Merchant Jan van Riebeeck requests in a letter to the Council of XVII (Lords 17) a salary increase and express his disappointme
The United States Senate votes to ban economic aid to members of the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SAD
The United States Senate votes to ban economic aid to members of the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SAD
Jan Eloff, son-in-law of President Paul Kruger, is appointed as commissioner of Johannesburg, replacing Carl von Brandis, who w
The three ships, Drommedaris, Reijger and Goede Hoop, carrying Jan van Riebeeck and his party, leave Texel, the Netherlands, on
The Industrial Development Corporation, Sagem SA, and the SAPS sign an agreement to implement an Automated Fingerprint Identifi
The Industrial Development Corporation, Sagem SA, and the SAPS sign an agreement to implement an Automated Fingerprint Identifi
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer was born on 23 April 1908 in the Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer,…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The Education Bill, 1906 The School Board Act, No. 35 of 1905 1 Throughout his public career, Dr…
The myth of the real man
Black and white poster. Image of a man's head. Wits Women's Movement.
The SA rugby team beats the British 26-12 in the first test of the series. S.C. Louw scores SA’s 100th try.
CAYCO demands rents we can afford
Offset litho; Black on yellow; CAYCO Cosatu demands : Rents we can afford : Youth and workers unite : Fight for a living wage : There shall be work and security
Artwork of a man with handcuffs broken
Black, white, orange, red and yellow poster. Artwork of an African man reaching towards the sun, breaking his handcuffs. Name - Werner - in bottom right hand…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
John Koenakeefe Mohl was born in Zeerust in the Noth West province. He began drawing at a very young age and would often get in trouble in school for not…
Gen. Johan van der Merwe, former commissioner of the SA police, is born in Ermelo, Tvl.
Jan F.E. Cilliers (70), SA poet of “Die Vlakte” and other poems, dies in Harrismith, OFS.
SA signs the following international agreements: agreement concerning the establishment of diplomatic relations with Sao Tome &
Karl Gottlieb Mauch, the first man to discover gold in SA, is born in Stetten, Wurtemberg.
Jan Carel Juta (52), father of the publishing industry in SA, is born in Chiswick, London.
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize was born and raised in Macambini, a rural area in KwaZulu-Natal. Little is documented about his early life, but like many young…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… prisoner of the state, Tutu called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former leader of Burma’s opposition and …
The strike crafts SAS Kobie Coetzee, P.W. Botha and Frederic Creswell are renamed SAS Job Maseko, SAS Shaka and SAS Adam Kok on
The strike crafts SAS Kobie Coetzee, P.W. Botha and Frederic Creswell are renamed SAS Job Maseko, SAS Shaka and SAS Adam Kok on
Stop met die plundering van die natuurlijke hulpbronnen van Namibie
Multicoloured poster, with black lettering. Artwork of the head of a miner with a miner's hat on.