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ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 3: The French Revolution
On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which would last…
PlaceMoth Memorial, Kimberley
The Order is an independent brotherhood of ex-service men and women as well as serving men and women whose membership is confined to those who served or…
ArchiveWe have survived!
Yellow, red, black and white poster. Notice of an Aboriginal Poster Exhibition. Commemorating 200 years of Aboriginal Resistance in Australia - 1788 - 1988…
EventBeverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal
A 23-year-old Pretoria girl, Beverly Mashinini, won a bronze medal in Athens, Greece. She was a member of the South African Paralympic team Amakrokokroko,…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
1856-1910 Masters and Servants Acts of 1856 These Acts, which had been passed between 1856 and 1904 in the four territories, remained in force after…
PlaceOyster Bay
Oyster Bay or “Oesterbaai” in Afrikaans, is a small coastal hamlet and resort located about 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) west of St Francis Bay on the Eastern…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
During this period the ANC consolidated its hold on power but also faced both internal and external challenges. Significantly, the National Party, which was…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
194622 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the agenda of second…
ArticleSouthern African Development Community (SADC)
Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established in 1980 as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), adopting its current…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
1890 - 1899 1890 January 13-18, Gandhi took Matriculation examination. January 23-30, Attended Vegetarian Congress at Ventor. February 19, Result of…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and South Africa generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the end of the…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and the Annual Surveys of the SAIRR. These…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Chapter Two For many the 1940's have been…
PlaceSomalia
Somalia is the Eastern most Country on mainland Africa, situated at the tip of the Horn of Africa. It extends from just south of the Equator northward to the…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
George Hallett—More than Mandela Abstract George Hallett, a South African photographer is an artist who spent several decades living in exile. He left the…
PlaceAll Saints Mission, Eastern Cape
An Anglican Mission in the Xuka River valley, 4 km East of Ngcobo. Established in 1860-61 by Rev. John Gordon, named thus because the Land on which it was…
EventDadoo and Naicker are charged
Dr Yusuf Dadoo and Dr Gagathura (Monty) Mohambry Naicker were charged with contravening Section 20 (r) of Act No. 22 of 1913, the Immigrants Regulations Act…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm…
EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
The British Parliamentary Report on Black Labour Conditions indicated that 63 of the 141 British companies investigated have been paying African workers below…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
1799 2 March, British government lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 …
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
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EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
Olivia Forsyth escaped from her guards and took refuge in the British embassy in Luanda. She was a self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the African…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - Table 3 Interviews
Interviews(in alphabetical order of surnames)List of interviews in alphabetical order of surnamesNo.IntervieweeDate(s)1Muff Andersson29 December 20192Desi…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
There is probably no building in South Africa that is better known than the Groote Kerk. Jan van Riebeeck brought the Reformed religion to the Cape and the…
PlaceNiger
Niger (was a former French colony to the north of Nigeria) and Nigeria (was a former British colony) were both named after the Niger River that flows through…
EventThe National Party wins Western Cape local elections
The defunct National Party registered a convincing victory in all three district councils during local government elections held in Western Cape Province. The…
PlaceDarters Pass, Northern Cape
Darters Pass is one of those official Passes that leaves you wondering if you're in the right place. The Pass has only one gentle curve towards it's Northern…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and his mother gave…
Commemorative Walk
We are organising a symbolic train trip from Durban Central railway station to Charlestown on the 30 November. Leaving Durban at 1.45 a.m. and returning at 10…