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PlaceLittle Chelsea, 18 Windermere Road, Durban
This Victorian double-storey building with cast-iron verandah was designed by architects Reid & Hurst in 1897 and was built for L Evans, for use as a shop,…
PlaceRailway Station, Sannaspos, Bloemfontein
The Station Building, situate on a protion of the Farm Klipkraal 117 in the District of Bloemfontein. Situated on the Druenberg – Sannaspos inter-provincial…
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
At Botha is one of South Africa’s most renowned artists. He was born in Kroonstad on 23 December 1949. Botha studied drama at the Potchefstroomse Universiteit…
Black Student Politics
It is generally recognised that mass popular struggles during the 1970s and 1980s played a pivotal role in eroding apartheid and creating the conditions for…
The Neglected Tradition
In 1987 when I was first approached by Christopher Till of the Johannesburg Art Gallery to curate an exhibition of art by 'black South Africans, I spent much…
Beyers Naudé: former General-Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and before that Director of the Christian Institute interview with Rupert Taylor, 4 February 2000, Northcliff, Johannesburg
Beyers Naudé former General-Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and before that Director of the Christian Institute interview with Rupert…
EventAIDS activist stoned and stabbed to death by her neighbours
On 16 December 1998, Gugu Dlamini, a young woman from KwaMashu, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, who was dedicated to raising awareness around HIV/AIDS and fighting…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
The measurement of any collective is not when the executive tasks in the normal course of organisational work, but when leadership is confronted with the…
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
COSATU is deeply disturbed by the manner in which the Department of Finance is approaching the 1998 budget. Both in discussion in Parliament and at NEDLAC, it…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
The name, Dimbaza, an African Town in the former Ciskei, about 11km North-West of King William’s Town (on the road to Alice) and Fort Beaufort! Dimbaza is a…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… by the late Afrikaans professor, Christo van Rensburg. In 1989 he stated that a language could not be held responsible …
EventUnited Democratic Front member dies after asthma attack
On October 1986, Mr Mbuyiseli Songelwa, a Queenstown community leader and high profile member of the United Democratic Front,died in police custody. He was…
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
On 5 June 1986, The Association of Chambers of Commerce released a statement of ‘no work, no pay’ to workers who stayed away from work on June 16. The…
ArchiveCivil Society vs. the State: identity, institutions, and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
A dissertation presented to the Facilty of the Graduate School of Yale University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This dissertation…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
Liberal Opinion (1961-1968) was published by the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan Paton, after the National Government had…
ArchiveCommittee report: Education charter campaign
Report of the Education Charter Campaign, a joint campaign of the Azanian Students Organisation, the Congress of South African Students and the National Union…
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
The construction of the original structure probably dates to 1683, but it was rebuilt to its present form, as a double-storey home with French Victorian…
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
The building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first permanent offices for the new Roodepoort-Maraisburg municipality. It was…
EventA painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg
South African prolific painter Irma Stern was born in 1894. She studied art in Germany where she was influenced by Pechstein’s expressionist style. Stern…
EventKenyan runner, Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 27 minutes
Kenyan runner Yobes Ondieki surprised the world when he became the first man to run 10 000 Meters in less than 27 minutes. Ondieki was taking part in the…
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
The South African police announced that they have uncovered and arrested members of the African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape command structure. The…
EventMinister reports 23 acts of sabotage in RSA
Location: back to this day in history search archive Two years after the formation of Poqo and a year after the formation of Mkhonto we Sizwe (MK),…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
Marthinus van Schalkwyk leader of the New National Party was born on 10 November 1959. He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the National Party in 1997 and…
EventMovie director Henry Cornelius dies
The South African born British film director and scriptwriter, Henry Cornelius, died unexpectedly during the production of the crime comedy "Law and Disorder"…
EventTony Leon is born
The national leader of the Democratic Alliance - Tony Leon was born in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of Democratic Party. He…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
Dr Baldwin Sipho (Ben) Ngubane, political activist and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) politician, was born at Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission, Camperdown, Natal…
EventWinkie Direko is born
Isabella Winkie Direko, former teacher, winner of the Bloemfonteiner of the Year Award in 1993 and Premier of the Free State since 17 June 1999, was born in…
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
Dr. Allan Boesak was arrested and appeared in court on charges of trying to enter a Black township without permit, but charges were subsequently dropped. In…
EventKoeberg becomes operational
The nuclear power station at Koeberg, the only commercial nuclear power station in Africa, became operational on this date. On 21 August 1984, the French…
EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
The eighties in South Africa heralded a time of increased resistance against the Apartheid regime. The liberation movements had increased its military actions…