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Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… Dutch control affected the lives of the indigenous San hunter-gatherers and Khoi herders. Dutch settlers killed San livestock which the San needed to survive…
EventDr. Jan Bouws, Dutch composer, is born
On 28 July 1902 Jan Bouws was born in Purmerend, Holland. He trained in Musicology at the University of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a…
BiographyIsaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe
Isaiah Shembe was born at Ntabamhlophe near Escourt in the Drakensberg region (near Giants Castle). His forefathers had settled there to escape the regiments…
BiographyBrian Percy Bunting
Brian Bunting was born on the 9th of April in 1920, at the buntings Regent St home in Johannesburg.he is the son of Sidney Percival Bunting and Rebecca…
A man arrested in connection with the shooting of a farmer, Niels Verburg, 52, and his son, Kim, 5, in a cave on 30 October, wa
The Directors of the Dutch East India Company (Heeren XVII or Lords Seventeen) propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possib
The Directors of the Dutch East India Company (Heeren XVII or Lords Seventeen) propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possib
Justice van Wyk of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is appointed as a one-man Commission to inquire into all aspects
The ships the ‘Walvis’ and the ‘Oliphant’, which were loaded too heavy to sail from the Netherlands with Jan van Riebeeck’s oth
The first wine is pressed at the Cape. Jan van Riebeeck writes in his journal that the harvest amounted to twelve “mengelen
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa. His…
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. He was the 35th President of Brazil.President Lula had little…
BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
Article first published in The Sunday Independent January 4 2015 at 10:37am By Sam Mathe Johannesburg - Pianist, singer and composer Pat Matshikiza, 76, who…
Note on meeting with Mr. Sam Nujoma -1983
We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that…
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
Jan van Riebeeck established the Burgher Militia a few days before a Khoi-Khoi (Hottentot) rising, sometimes called the 'First Hottentot War' (though it was…
BiographyMaphuti Moraka
Maphuti Moraka was banished from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] toMatatiele, Eastern Province, …
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
Wendy Heather Woods (neè Bruce) was born on 5 February 1941 in Mthatha (formerly Umtata), Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). An outstanding pupil in school,…
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
The South African writer, Abraham Hermanus de Vries, was born on Tuesday the 9th of February, in 1937, in a small town and agricultural centre of the western…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
OriginsOne of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed response…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo was born in Edendale, Natal on February 26th, 1903. He was the second son to Ezra and Sardinia Dhlomo. Ezra came from a line of…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I drove back alone to Johannesburg, to my comfortable home in a white suburb, to my comfortable white life; my…
ArchiveWomen say no! to militarisation!: women say no! to the call up
Red poster with white lettering. March 8th. International Women's Day. End Conscription Campaign poster.