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ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
The Great Trek and the advent of the Mfecane The origins of the battle are a matter of considerable debate. The background to this event can be found in two…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
< Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… to impose on them. Slowly, industrialisation shifted the sites of struggle for blacks. In this period on the Rand, we …
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
… demands the removal of the markets from their present sites, I have yet to hear why they cannot be transferred to …
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) amalgamated.[1…
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
In 1892 the first Psychiatric Institution in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the Krankzinnige Gesticht, was established in 1892. Later being renamed as the…
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
United Nations World Summit starts The United Nations World Summit started at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York. The Millennium Summit was the…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
It is believed that thousands of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch had settled at the Cape, the island was used mainly as a hospital…
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
Parliament, Thursday, 9 October 2025 – The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries has noted with sadness the violent protests at…
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
Some African Americans, however, haven’t lost touch with this past, and have found success tracing their lineages through manumission records, the wills of…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
The Sculpture shows a soldier in kilt and Scottish regalia. It fits in most dramatically with its position on a rising site on the triangular ground where St…
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's largest producer of AIDS drugs, announced it would reduce the price of its popular AIDS medication. Combivir, a…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
One of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of…
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
The government withdrew its plan to place a limit on the number of black students admitted to white universities, but remained committed to universities that…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
Contents and Contributors Comment, A. W. Oliphant; STORIES: Grandpa's Rooster, Fred Khumalo; Whose Triomf?, Maureen Isaacson; Leaf-Mould, Liz Gunner; Water…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
In 1925 the Township owners of Houghton Estate, the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd. Donated the original portion of The Wilds to the…
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in…
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
The system of Black authorities and the reforms brought about in the agriÂcultural sphere were not unreservedly accepted in the homelands. Opposition came…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… Boer War. Its history spans from ancient tool-making sites to its establishment as a significant Boer republic …
PlaceTouring the Northern Cape
… Visiting of historic diamond towns. Photograph shipwreck sites or experience Namaqualand wildflowers in season. Nearby …
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
The earliest Title Deeds could not be found, but it is believed the Farm 'Dwarsvlei', was established in the middle of the 19th Century. The first Homestead,…
PlaceEzakheni Township of Ladysmith
Ezakheni is an African township that was built in the old KwaZulu homeland about 25km from the town of Ladysmith. The area was established in 1972 and its…
PlaceAndalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border
Former name of Jan Kempdorp. Named after the region in southern Spain, which was the ancient maritime kingdom of Tarshish. Jan Kempdorp was laid out on the…
PlaceKwaDukuza
In July 1825, King Shaka, son of Senzangakhona and Nandi, who was the king of the Zulus from 1816, established a royal settlement as a halfway station between…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
… Boer War history, and there are several notable historical sites in and around Heilbron, including the Mother and Child …
PlacePeddie
Peddie is a small town in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Peddie is a historic little town which lies 50 km South-West of…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
Chief Magadu Bhambatha, who was held responsible for the Impi Yamakhanda (poll tax) uprising that was popularly known as the Bambatha rebellion became chief of…
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
Mluleki George, SA deputy defence minister, attended the 90th commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in France, which raged from 15 to 20 July 1916…
EventJan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch governor of the Cape Colony, dies
Johan Anthonisz “Jan” van Riebeeck died on 18 January 1677 at the age of 57 in Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia, in the former Dutch East Indies. He landed at…