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ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
The area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, originally known as Transoranje, with its abundance of permanent water sources, was the hunting grounds of the San…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
The building was erected on a portion of the historic Boshof Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. Its construction dates from the early 19th century, and it was…
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
… highest rates of HIV and AIDS among its population. On 19 April 2001, these companies dropped their legal challenges …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
From the 16th century right up to the 19th, slaves from Ethiopia were sold across the world. However, the slave trade within Ethiopia was very much different…
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
The property was granted to Matthys Coeymans in 1669 and its homestead was subsequently erected in a Cape Dutch style. During the 19th century a number of…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… Loots is born in the Kat River area of the Eastern Cape (19 July). [i] 1954 Matriculated from John Bisseker High …
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
"They strongly insisted that we had been appropriating more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked if they would be…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
Prehistory of Southern Africa The Durban area is probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early 19th century. To understand the…
ArticlePan-Africanism
Pan-Africanism is the belief that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified. Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape…
ArticleTransport on water
Transport on water Ships and boats are as old as the desire to travel over and across water, and to fish. Boats are smaller than ships. They can be powered by…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… the Nguni and Sotho Tribes . Fort Hare Papers, Vol 3, pp 19-30. DE LANGE, MM . 1973. Aspects of South African …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… banned seventeen Black Consciousness organisations on 19 October 1977 - a day known as "Black Wednesday" - several …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… the urban areas had increased by 83%. (Grundlingh: 1982: 19) …
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef is one of South Africa’s most well known artists. He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War…
EventThe first part of the South African Press Commission’s report is tabled in parliament
… On 19 February 1962, the first part of the South African Press …
EventThe United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania
… (UN) trusteeship and Zanzibar gained its independence on 19 December 1963. Geographically, the country is located on …
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
Liberian rebel leader Charles Taylor ascended to presidential power in a peaceful election following a seven-year civil war, launched from neighbouring Cote d…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… third President. He died while serving his second term on 19 August 2008. He is noted for his role in the eradication …
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
In April 1955 the vaccine for Poliomyelitis developed by Dr. Jonas Salk was declared safe and effective. It had taken a whole year of trials and tests for the…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… of the right-wing Boeremag at the Pretoria High Court on 19 May 2003. The Boeremag allegedly sought to stage a coup …
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
Britain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over Sudan dates back the 19th…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… socialism, non-racialism and internationalism. On 19 September 1983, Dadoo died while in exile in London. … , No. 78 [online], Available at www.sacp.org.za …
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
The Sammy Marks Museum is a Victorian Mansion called Zwartkoppies Hall, situated about 23km outside Pretoria. The 48-room Mansion with its lush gardens and…
PlaceElsie’s River
… great sadness that we note the passing of Soli Philander (19 January 1961 - 4 March 2026), one of South Africa's most … great sadness that we note the…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was born on 19 June 1917 at a place called Bukalanga/ Bulilima later …
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… Regional Court for conspiring with Pamela Beira , a 19 year-old White woman to breach the Immorality Act . When …
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
… in North Africa, including the Battle of El Alamein. On 19 August 1944, the 6th Division entered Florence, Italy and …
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… it returned uneasy calm to townships.A few days later, on 19 September, amid accusations that the security forces were …
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… Louis Hayward was born in Johannesburg on 19 March 1909. He went to study in England where he met …
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…