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EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
On 20 October, 1820, South Africa’s first permanent modern observatory was erected at the Cape of Good Hope (now known as Cape Town) byFearon Fallows, a…
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
While the cross examination of a state witness in the Boeremag trial before the Pretoria High Court continues, Tim Singiswa, a vagrant from Johannesburg,…
EventCosatu and TAC table a National HIV/AIDS plan
On 28 June 2002 the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) tabled a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
The 1996 Atlanta Olympics marked the 100 year celebration of the Olympic Games. The event, unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was marred by a…
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
Following the National Convention held by four British colonies, namely, Transvaal, Orange, Natal and Cape, the draft South Africa Act was signed in…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
From the beginning of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', the Congo had been regarded as Leopold II's personal fiefdom. Leopold's…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
On this date the British Colonial Secretary addressed a dispatch that Queen Victoria has approved a Royal Charter creating the British South Africa Company …
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
The civil war in Somalia during 1980-1990 resulted in an enormous humanitarian crisis with more than 300 000 people killed and 1.5 million people displaced…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
President Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issued a proclamation in Pretoria which promised to pay those Burghers who remained active with their…
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
Fifty-three churchmen were arrested while demonstrating in central Johannesburg against the detention of a fellow clergyman who had supported the school…
EventThe second Ashanti War breaks out in Africa
The second Ashanti war took place between 1873 and 1874, 50 years after the first one. The Ashanti Kingdom had its headquarters in Kumasi, which was in the…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
This Day in History, African National Congress (ANC) executive member in charge of youth affairs, J.J. Hadebe replied to Thabo Mbeki’s request to complete his…
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
On 5 February 1956, 11 Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences escaped from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria in a canoe. This was after the prisoners hacked to…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
Eugene Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African…
EventFirst Egyptian woman to file for divorce under new law
In 2000, a 32 year old Egyptian housewife became the first woman to file for a divorce without having to prove physical or psychological abuse. Under Egypt’s…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
At the request of President F. W. de Klerk, the commission of inquiry, headed by Judge Richard Goldstone, started the investigation into the Bisho massacre. In…
The fall of the ANC: what caused it by Chris Kanyane (News24), 11 December 2016
It used to be that the ANC was set up much more like the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), the biggest, the largest and the strongest African initiated church in…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
Your Excellency, President Bouteflika, Your Excellencies Ministers, Honourable Members of Parliament, Your Worships the Mayors here present, Business…
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
Introduction To someone cut off from friends and relatives, restricted to seeing only a selected few people and even these not as frequently as in normal…
PlaceBelvedere Avenue 21, Oranjezicht
This double-storey building was erected shortly after the turn of the 20th century and has a number of fine neo-classical and Victorian architectural features…
EventIndia intensifies struggle against apartheid
The government of India announced that it was cutting India's last remaining link with South Africa by refusing landing and passage facilities to South African…
EventAnti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated
David Webster, a social anthropologist at the University of the Witwatersrand and an anti-apartheid activist is shot dead by apartheid security forces. Ferdi…
PlaceAmsterdam Flats, Region in the Eastern Cape
Region between the Swartkops and Coega Rivers near Port Elizabeth. Named after a Dutch East India Company Ship, which was wrecked in a storm in the English…
New Generation Sculpture
During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of the country, Gazankulu and Venda, came to the attention of academic…
Bowling them over
Donna Symmonds from Barbados in the West Indies is a world cass sports broadcaster. The SABC Invited her to be a guest broadcaster during the one day cricket…
PlaceAlbertyn’s House, Simonstown
The structure was erected in 1799-1801 by Alexander Tennant, in Simonstown. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 August 1979. …
PlaceMill House, Boundary Road, Newlands
This double-storey mill and private residence was erected by Jacob Letterstedt in the 1840's. It now forms an integral part of the historic Josephine Mill…
EventMember of the African National Congress and Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhazi is born
Member of the African National Congress and Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs since 17 June 1999, Rejoice (Joyce) Thizwilondi Mabudafhazi was born in…
PlaceColinton, 68 Ridge Road, Durban
The dwelling was built in 1898 by architect William Street-Wilson, as a residence for Sir David Hunter, General Manager of the Natal Government Railways from…
PlaceBlenheim House, 4 Baird Street, Uitenhage
This imposing dwelling with its notable Cape Dutch features was erected in 1815 as a single storey structure. A second storey with a well-decorated fretted…