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EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
An unnamed person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) commander in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
Assembly on 29 April 1981, voters returned the National Party (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of Assembly compared to previous…
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
On an illegal trip to South Africa with a false passport, a well-known Afrikaans writer Breyten Breytenbach was betrayed, arrested and sentenced to nine years…
EventSouth African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title
South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell, won the WBA junior-lightweight title in 1986. He defeated Alfredo Layne of Panama in Sun City, on a tenth…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
Wilton Z. Mkwayi, trade unionist, treason trialist and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in Middledrift in the Transkei. He was the eldest child…
EventSA footballer, Steven Pienaar is born in Johannesburg
Steven Pienaar is a South African footballer who has made a name for himself internationally. Pienaar began his professional career with Ajax Cape Town in 1999…
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
The state of emergency in Kenya which had lasted from 1952-1959, probably the longest in the history of Kenya, came to an end. The state of emergency was…
EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
The financial Rand, used as a parallel currency to the commercial Rand, was abolished on 10 March 1995. The currency was introduced in the 1960’s and only…
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
The 35th lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Chief Justice M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in…
EventThe Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan
Due to South Africa’s Apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s, many countries were cautious to be seen as allies with the country. Japan was one of these…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
South Africa held its third democratic elections on 14 April 2004. A total of 20.6 million People were registered to vote, making it 2 million more than the…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
Innate resilience in conjunction with unmatched passion forms a characteristic that proves to be unstoppable, yet the rarity of this combination stems from the…
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
… sentenced in the Rivonia Trial on 12 June 1964. Now in 1989 we would meet again. He had been in the prison on Robben …
EventKing Williams Town schools are closed in commemoration of Victoria Mxenge
On 1 August 1986, students of Lamonville high school, as well as students from other schools refused to attend classes near King Williams Town. The students of…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
Solomon Mangopane Maowasha and Alex Mashaba Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of…
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
Report of the Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2…
August 9: National Womens Day: 25th Annivers
Two pages from newspaper. Black lettering and illustrations. Notice of August 9th workshop in Durban. Description of origin of Women's Day with two photographs…
Mayibuye
Mayibuye, published for many years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African National Congress publications alongside Sechaba and Dawn …
PlaceDe Beers Building, 88 St Georges Street, Simonstown
This sandstone structure dates from 1902 when it was designed by Herbert Baker for De Beer Cold Storage Syndicate, a meat outlet in Simonstown owned by Cecil…
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and respect for defeating the Italian colonizers. He…
PlaceCity Hall, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
This ponderous pile was designed in a grandiose Edwardian style heralding the subsequent pomp of the Georgian era. The Duke of Connaught and Strathern, laid…
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
Black upholsterer and poet, Benjamin Moloise was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985. Moloise was accused of murdering a black police officer…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused…
EventThe first regular jet flight leaves London for Johannesburg
The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state airline from 1939 until 1946, and the long-haul British state airline from 1946 (later…
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
South African photographer, trade unionist and political activist, Omar Badsha, was born in Durban on 27 June 1945. Badsha played an active role in the South…
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
After the promotion of Afrikaans by the Afrikaans Language Association and other societies like Our Language in Bloemfontein, the language was finally…
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
South Africa was one of the original twenty-two nations who signed the multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR…
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
On 27 January 1980, the Rhodesian nationalist leader Robert Mugabe returned to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years. Mugabe had been trying to gather…
EventCommittee of Ten wants election of a new community board
The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issued a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto,…
EventTwelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court
Twelve Africans on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites, were acquitted on the charge,…