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PlaceStendahl Mission
Stendahl Mission is said to have existed for about 124 years. A Minister of the Berlin Mission Society, Gueldenpfennig, acquired the mission land in 1860. By…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , "South Africa…
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
During his first speech as a member of Herstigte Nationale Party (HNP) a far-right political party that emerged in 1969, Dr. Albert Hertzog was scornfully…
EventThe League of Nations is established
The League of Nations, an international organisation founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920, convened and met for the first time in…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller's troops relieved British forces at Ladysmith near Durban, KwaZulu Natal. The British forces had been under siege by the…
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
Helen Zille studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) where she obtained a BA Degree. She went on to become a…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
On 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of the Transkei Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress (ANC) activist, led a…
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
On 4 June 1986, two African National Congress members, Sipho Dlamini and Busi Majola were shot dead in a house near Mbabane in Swaziland. They had both…
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 August 1975.The building has wood windows, old lamps, and border trellis work. The building…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
The Springbok rugby team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national team of South Africa under mentorship of Nick Mallett, registered an important victory over the…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their South African National Party,…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
Introduction General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their South African…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
From Military Chairman to President of the Republic: After dissolving the national electoral committee, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara organized and won a flawed…
PlaceRhodes
The village of Rhodes lies on the banks of the Bell River at the foot of the Witteberge. It was laid out on the farm Tintern, and was proclaimed on 16…
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
On 30 May 1981, South Africa played its first rugby test match against Ireland at Newlands stadium in Cape Town. This game was particularly significant, as…
EventThe father of Rosalind Ballingall joins the search for his missing daughter
Rosalind Ballingall was a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT) who reportedly disappeared in the Knysna Forest. The daughter of a Rand Mine's executive…
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
For the first time in the South African criminal history a man was hanged with his name known only by authorities. The 37-year-old White male was accused of…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 December would annually be observed as World Aids Day. This step…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
For the last few weeks millions of fevered eyes have been fixed on South Africa, host to the World Cup, which ends next weekend. For half a century the probing…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
1960 Mar- Norman Phillips of the Toronto Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
A mobile South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the Museum railway yard at SANRASM, Krugersdorp. This Kitson locomotive was, in 1983,…
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
The Rand Daily Mail newspaper was closed in April 1985. The South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) made the announcement on 15 March 1985. SAAN, the…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
Neil Aggett, former organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and Canning Workers Union, was buried in Johannesburg. It was estimated…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
The regular cross border raids by South African troops, that violated the sovereignty of its neighbouring countries in order to prop up the Apartheid system,…
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South …
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
After a month-long controversy including charges of racism, nepotism and mismanagement in the sport. On Thursday 7 May, South African Rugby Football Union …
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…
PlaceRosmead
Middelburg Road was a Cape Government Railway station and was formally established on about 2 April 1883, when the Railway Line from Cradock was inaugurated…