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EventSA raises concern with the Dutch government
The South African government instructed its ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of 100,000 guilders being…
Make South Africa ungovernable: Broadcast on Radio Freedom: Oliver Tambo, 10 October 1984
We are marking two important occasions in the history of our protracted struggle at a time when the revolutionary fervour amongst all sections of the black…
Make South Africa Ungovernable: Broadcast on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 10 October 1984
We are marking two important occasions in the history of our protracted struggle at a time when the revolutionary fervour amongst all sections of the black…
EventIdi Amin dies
Former Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, passed away in Jidda, South Arabia, where he had lived in exile for many years. Amin died at the age of 78 as a result of…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The Education Bill, 1906 The School Board Act, No. 35 of 1905 1 Throughout his public career, Dr…
EventMadikizela Mandela is accused of misuse of funds
South Africa's deputy minister of arts, culture, science and technology and the ANC Women's League president, Nomzamo Nobandla Winnifred Madikizela-Mandela …
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
On 20 June 2016, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria will host a colloquium on South Africa’s ‘long 1970s’, defined…
PlaceMoses Mabhida Stadium
Stamford Hill is a Suburb known for major sports and event facilities like futuristic Moses Mabhida Stadium, a soccer venue with a viewing platform and bungee…
PlaceEllis Park
Emirates Airline Park, also popularly known by its old name Ellis Park Stadium, was constructed in 1928 and was first named for Mr J.D. Ellis who initially…
“Don’t Support Apartheid Sport”: Appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli and Dr G. M. Naicker, June 1962
"don't Support Apartheid Sport": appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli And Dr G. M. Naicker, June 196277 FIFA - the world soccer body has suspended the all-White…
EventThe New Zealand Mounted Rifles leave Wellington for the South African War
The first contingent of New Zealand Mounted Rifles (NZMR) departed from Wellington aboard the SS WAIWERA ship bound for South Africa on 21 October 1899. As the…
9 Ships run ashore in Table Bay
Nine ships were wrecked and 208 lives lost in Table Bay during a severe gale at the Cape, proving again that the Cape was quite aptly called 'Cape of Storms' …
EventBafana Bafana wins against Botswana
The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana registered a convincing 2-0 victory over the national team of neighbouring Botswana, two years after its…
EventThe United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi
The United States (US) shut down its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a terrorist threat. Following the threat, the US and British governments warned their…
EventThe Anglo Boer War
Britain sends 30 000 additional troops to South Africa in the Anglo-Boer War (now called the South African War). Initially, the British government thought that…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in London around 1983 by Roseinnes Phahle and other individuals of various broadly leftist political…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
Xhosa community The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Xhosa people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the…
PlaceWoolsack House, Rondebosch
Woolsack Drive is next to Rosebank and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Woolsack Drive has a length of 0.02 kilometres. This…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is born in Nongoma
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon and his second wife, Queen Thomo was born in Nongoma, Zululand (now…
EventMahatma Ghandi sends a telegram to Dr. Dadoo
At a meeting attended by 6,000 Indians, at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E.I. Asvat, a decision was taken to launch the…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
An assassination attempt was made on first Ghana President, Kwame Nkrumah. The bomb, intended to eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores of…
EventThe Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils
The Roman Catholic Church decided in principle to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils. Legal questions relating to this were going to be discussed…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
Behind the imposing grey granite walls of the National Mutual Building of Australasia, on Church Square, lie over 150 000 historical artefacts. These…
ArchiveThe Little Freedom Fighter with the Ponytail by Greg Ardé
Who will listen to this feisty little woman with the grey ponytail and caftan? Greg Arde spoke to Fatima Meer, once a shining light in the fight against…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist murdered on 19 November, was buried at his home village of Rayi, near King William's Town…
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
The Sowetan reported that a petition calling for all sports venues to be opened to all races was handed to the state president, P.W. Botha. The petition,…
ArticleMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African National Congress (ANC) reacted immediately to…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
1976 16 June, Extra police patrols are deployed. 24 June, The Principal's office in Hlangisi Primary (Nyanga) was burnt out and the following day the same…
ArticleStalinism and how Stalin used his power to change Marxism-Leninism
Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia, on 21 December 1879. His father was a shoemaker and his mother a domestic servant. He was expelled from school for…