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Cetewayo (Cetshwayo), cousin of Chaka and the last king of independent Zululand, dies in Eshowe.
The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
A government commission is appointed to inquire into and report on all aspects of native education.
Federal State of Mali is formed by union of Republics of Senegal and French Sudan.
Document 14 - Resolution by the Conference for a Democratic Future on negotiations and the Constituent Assembly
Joanna van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and Maria van Riebeeck, is born at the Cape.
Joshua Polumo Mohapeloa, regarded as Lesotho’s foremost composer and choral master, dies in Maseru, Lesotho.
Eileen KaNkosi-Shandu, South African educationist and leader of the Inkatha Women’s Brigade, is born.
War breaks out between the British and the Zulu. (Omer-Cooper: History of Southern Africa)
Dr Jan Schutte (79), author and former director-general of the SABC, dies in Johannesburg.
The Rev. Mr Josephus Johannes Kuhn, poet and versifier of the first Afrikaans Psalms, dies.
Charles Barter, writer, magistrate and editor of The Natal Guardian, marries Emma Butler in Ireland.
Gov. Harry Smith annexes country between Orange and Vaal Rivers in South Africa for Britain.
Thandiwe Sylvia January-McLean, academic, director of companies and public speaker, is born in Kimberley.
J.J Fouché is nominated and unanimously elected President following the death of Dr. T.E. Donges.
Leadership of National Liberation Front, which won Algeria’s independence and ruled for three decades, resigns.
A heat wave hits South Africa and temperatures soar in places to up to 44,4 Centigrade.
Re-reading Rick Turner in the New South Africa by Tony Fluxman and Peter Vale
Joy Adamson, scientist and author of ‘Born Free’, is murdered in a game reserve in Kenya.
The regular railway service between the capital of the ZAR, Pretoria, and Lourenço Marques starts.
Gen. Jan Kemp (74), SA warrior, politician and minister of defence, dies in Piet Retief.
Paul Adams became South Africa’s youngest Test Cricket player, aged 18 years and 340 days.
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… , however, depopulated the region in 1823; and so, the land appeared empty when Voortrekkers arrived. To understand … it is today, that is, it was warmer and…
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
CHENGIAH “ROGERS” RAGAVEN was an arts student at the University of Natal “Non-European” Section and became a close friend of Steve Biko. He was elected…
PlaceMbunza Living Museum, Kavango-Namibia
… is the demonstration (and preservation) of the fishing and land cultivating Culture of the Mbunza. The traditional …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… member of the party's Johannesburg Committee. The Asiatic Land and Trading (Transvaal) Act is passed. It extends the … Krugersdorp, Klerksdorp and Roodepoort…
First Matabele War
… (now Harare). Greedily, Rhodes had been distributing land to the settlers even before the royal charter, but the … volunteers. Each trooper had been promised…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… amongst which were buffalo and lion. As time went by, the land slowly became occupied and the road to the North was …
PlacePaarden Eiland
… burghers " of the Dutch East India Company were granted land to farm along the river in 1657, shortly after the first …
ArchiveAri Sitas in Conversation with Sumangala Damodaran
… unforgiving seasons, and the deep fog descending on this land”. It doesn’t help that “I gift it flowers!” Not … imagery. I am speaking with some emotion…