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ArchiveSouth Africa Bomb Blast Kills 2, New York Times, 25 October 1988
"Strategy and Tactics"- Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
"Should we get rid of the whites?"- Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
Statement at the International Conference on the EEC and South Africa by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 27 January 1979
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
… its regime was overthrown by a mass uprising. In October 1989 many of the East Germans began forcing their way across … German regime was forced to open the…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 By December 1982, the government of Lesotho…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker Founded in 1869 by American Board Missionaries, Inanda Seminary was the…
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… that the bones found at the scene were from animals. In 1989 police had excavated Van Rooyen's garden and swimming …
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… the conservation and exhibition of artworks. On 11 October 1989, Oliewenhuis Art Museum was officially opened as a …
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
Early Beginnings of the African Film Industry: During the British colonial rule over Kenya, Uganda, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Gold Coast in the late…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain was a British statesman, a colonial administrator and politician who went from being a radical, almost socialist liberal to an arch…
Speech by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the closing session of the Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement Durban, September 3, 1998.
Speech by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the closing session of the Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement Durban, September 3, 1998.
ArchiveMeeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Santa Maria, Sal Island, 31 October 1984
Minutes of a meeting between a South African delegation and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in Mozambique and Angola
BiographyEdson Sithole
Edson Sithole was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was…
BiographyProfessor Brij Maharaj
Prof Brij Maharaj was born in 1957 in Merebank, south Durban, Natal (now known as Kwazulu-Natal - KZN). His father, Bhurma Maharaj, was a shop assistant at a…
BiographyNelson Zulu
There was conflict in the Tokazi location in the Usutu Area, Nongoma District, Natal [now Kwazulu-Natal], around Bantu Affairs (BA), betterment and the role…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
Peter Mokaba, a notable freedom fighter and patriot, was born on 7 January 1959. Mokoba played a significant role in the struggle for freedom especially…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
The Rainbow Restaurant opened its doors for trade on Thursday 17 December 1981. It was the first such establishment of its kind in KwaZulu Natal, located in a…
Pietie Norval was born on this day
… is a right-handed tennis player. [iii] On 29 January 1989, Norval competed at the Australian Open in Round 1 … Stoltenberg. [iv] He competed at Wimbledon, on…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
History of Cato ManorCato Manor was established in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and is situated 5km west of the Durban city centre. The Township was known for its…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… libraries that explain the life of the San: Klein, R. G. (1989). The Human Career:Human Biological and Cultural …
Durban an Overview
In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu, a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. Initially settlement…
PlaceBenin
… to break down in the mid- to late-1980s. The period 1974–1989 in Benin provides the most immediate contrast for those …
ArticleTswana
(seTswana [language], baTswana [people]) The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
The HIV/AIDS Crisis Emerges: Reponses of the Apartheid GovernmentIn 1982, the first case of AIDS in South Africa was reported in a homosexual man who…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories.[i] She was also described as a passionate and…
BiographyKerr Alexander
Early Life: Alexander Kerr was the first of six children born to William and Elizabeth Findlay Kerr. When he was six years old the Kerr family moved to…
BiographyAnton Muziwakhe Lembede
On 21 March 1914, Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised as an Anglican. His father, Mbazwana Martin was…
BiographyBettie du Toit
Bettie Du Toit was born on 15 July in 1910, on a farm in the former Transvaal Province. She was orphaned at three when her father died. Her mother had passed…