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PlaceFunda Community College
Funda Community College was founded in 1984 in Soweto, Gauteng with the support of private sector funding and built on land which was donated by the Urban…
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
This was situated almost opposite the Rustenburg Estate, and was used as a camping ground by Batavian forces during the first British invasion of the Cape…
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Japanese planes struck just before 8AM on a Sunday morning. Within a short time five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, with the rest…
EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
The Berlin Games are infamously known as Hitler's Olympics after he used the event for propaganda to promote his National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
The armed mercenaries entered the Seychelles disguised as a beer-drinking tourist party, "The Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers." Hoare's objective was to return…
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
A Railway Station between Drummond and Botha's Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill nearby, which in turn takes its name from Lord Alverstone,…
ArchiveInterview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela
Oral interview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela, conducted by a third year class in African Politics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The…
Phambili
Phambili, published by the Phambili Collective in Johannesburg, was a short lived publication comprising 3 issues published during 1988 and 1989. The aim of…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield. where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 during the First War of…
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
Newlands House originally formed part of the historic estate established in 1751 by Governor Ryk Tulbagh. Long Cottage was built as the slave quarters and…
EventCOSATU issued a statement on Marikana Massacre
On 24 August 2012, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) issued a statement expressing its shock and sharing its concern for the lives taken in the…
EventSecurity police raid offices of the United Democratic Front
A year after the United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed, Security Police raided their offices. This came amid nationwide unrest which started on 3 September…
EventPercy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.
Percival Colin Montgomery was born in Walvis Bay, Windhoek (now known as Namibia). He is a retired Springbok and Rugby Union player. Montgomery became the…
EventPaul Mosaka establishes the African Democratic Party
Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka, an influential businessman, in conjunction with Senator Hyman Basner established the African Democratic Party (ADP). The organisation…
EventWilliam Selborne Dies
William W. P. Selborne, British High Commissioner in SA and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, dies at the age of 82. His predecessor was Lord…
EventSouth Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric
Beyers Naudé, or Oom Bey, as he was affectionately known, passed away at 3:30 am on Tuesday morning 7 September 2004 at a retirement home in Johannesburg . He…
EventSouth African police close the investigation into the death of Steve Biko
When Steve Biko was found dead on a cold cement floor in a Pretoria prison, police claimed that he died of hunger strike. The following investigation failed to…
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
The temple was founded in 1896, and is controlled by the Narainsamy Family Trust. The building was designed and built by Chris Kristapper Reddy, and probably…
Document 6 - Africans’ claims in South Africa
“on Women's Day we occupied the prison's surgery” During the time of the UDF (United Democratic Front) I was assisting the civic with setting up street…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
Introduction Winnie's banning order expired in September 1975 and thirteen years of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Although I had been active in the labour movement since the days of my youth, my election to the position of general secretary the union was purely fortuitous…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
Day 1 Arrive in Kassel by train from Frankfurt and get off at the Wilhelmstrohebahnhof bestrewn with Documenta banners. There is a welcome desk for Documenta…
Article on the pass law deputation in July 25, 1889
Pirie was, on Thursday last, the scene of a large representative and important gathering of Natives of the district of King William's Town to hear the Native…
The ‘special branch’
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner We had to work very hard to "Be successful with our campaigns and our organizing…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
Historical BackgroundBarberton, the 'Daisy Town', was named after Henry Barber on 24th of July 1884 by the Gold Commissioner David Walson, after Barber and his…
50. The campaign resumed in 1913
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A provisional settlement was reached in 1911…
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
The earliest structure known to have been erected on this property was a 'Hartbeeshuisie', belonging to farmer: 'Bronkhorst'. In 1862 the property was…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the Northern African country of Algeria on 29 October 1990. It claimed the lives of 30 people. This was a rather mild…
EventThe town of Bethlehem, Free State, is founded
The town of Bethlehem was founded in 1864 (other sources claim 1869). It is nestled in the Maluti Mountains in the Free State Province and is one of the towns…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
Former National Party leader and Prime Minister of South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg,…