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EventPrime Minister B.J Vorster supports changes to Black labour
South African Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes (BJ) Vorster indicated that there was nothing to prevent employers taking the necessary steps to bring about…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, called for a National Convention of all races in South Africa to make a…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
Fifty people were killed over three days in battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters in Natal, South Africa,…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
Police in Johannesburg used force to break up demonstrations against a "rebel tour" of South Africa by the English Cricket team. Angry anti apartheid…
EventFake versions of the new South African banknotes hit the streets
On 7 February 2005, reports were issued of the use of fake versions of the then new South African banknotes. These came hardly a week after the latest currency…
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
On 26 July 1909, the SS Waratah, with 211 passengers and crew departed from Durban bound for Cape Town, and disappeared without a trace. For 90 years the fate…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
On 25 May 1996, two South Africans - Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, reached the summit of Mount Everest. This was the first official South African team to…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
On 13 October 1913, Thambi Naidoo mobilised the Indians at Newcastle, Natal (KwaZulu Natal) Colony to start the Satyagraha Campaign (Passive Resistance…
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
While inhabiting the area near present day Estcourt in the Drakensberg foothills, Langalibalele- a hereditary chief of the Hlubi- was summonsed to…
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was born in Manjacaze, Gaza Province, in Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique). He was born into a Tsonga royal family and was a…
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
South African artist George Mnyaluza Pemba (also documented as Mnyala, Milwa), was born in Hillskraal, Korsten Village, Port Elizabeth. His father encouraged…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett, the Johannesburg magistrate, Pieter…
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
Dr Andries Treurnicht was born on 19 February 1921 on Middelpos farm in Piketberg, Western Cape. In 1942 he enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch where he…
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
Mazisi Kunene was born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi mother and a Zulu father. He studied Zulu Literature at the University…
EventThe Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium
On 2 May 1885, the Congo Free State was established by King Leopold II of Belgium. Congo was a large region in central Africa that had been able to resist…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. The house was designed and…
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
Former State President P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African State…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
Sbongiseni Dladla (SD): How did you feel in hearing the street would be named after you Gogo? Lulu Dube (LD): I did not know that this street would be named…
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
In the year, 2000, four young oral historians interviewed fourteen women who participated in the 1956 March. Here are extracts from three interviews (Q:…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
This interesting and Historic Village of Genadendal is the oldest Moravian Mission Village in Africa, with Church buildings and a School that dates back to…
EventYouth has been burnt to death in Mahwelereng Township
On 6 June 1986, Mr Ronnie Molifi was stabbed and burnt to death by a group of youth in the Mahwelereng Township in Limpopo province. He was accused of being a…
Liberation
Liberation was founded in Johannesburg as a magazine of quality, focusing on issues of concern to Blacks and non-establishment Whites in South Africa. It was…
PlaceDrill Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town
The foundation stone of the Drill Hall was laid on 2 October 1884 by Thomas Upington, then Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. The building, designed by James…
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
President Kaiser Matanzima of Transkei announced his intention to retire from the Presidency in February 1982, to devote more time to traditional and family…
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
Until recently, the South African photographer David Goldblatt had arranged for his archive to go to the University of Cape Town upon his death. The university…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1652 Arrival of Malays 1 J S Mayson, describing the Islamic life in the 19th…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
As important as the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Gandhiji which is observed on January 30, 1988, is the eightieth anniversary of his first…
Chapter 5
The Significance of the All-African Convention Notwithstanding the temporary vicissitudes, which overtook the Convention, the indubitable fact remains that the…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner There were such a lot of things happening at that time, and some very good…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
This Town is near the Land where the 'Battle of Majuba' was fought, where the Transvaal won independence from the British. It was decided suitable for a new…