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PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
The Nelson Mandela Bridge is a relatively new addition to the Johannesburg skyline, but has already gained iconic status, with an impressive 295 metre span…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
Situated roughly 70 kilometers West of the town of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa prime plains for game hunting. Rooipoort is a…
PlaceOrange River
It rises in the Drakensberg in Lesotho (where it is known as the Senqu) it flows westward for 2200 km, where it finally reaches the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander…
EventSomaliland is granted independence by British government
25 June 1960 marked the end of 73 years of British regime in Somaliland. Fireworks and singing crowds marked the Independence of Somaliland and celebrations…
EventIndian people march in Durban to protest against the Ghetto Act
A 6 000 strong march supporting the South African Indian Congress resolution for Passive Resistance against the Asiatic Land Tenure Act, or Ghetto Act takes…
EventZimbabwe’s interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
Joshua Nkomo, long time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
The National Union for the Independence of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest power and access to minerals in Angola, occupied Kuxi in…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the Northern African country of Algeria on 29 October 1990. It claimed the lives of 30 people. This was a rather mild…
EventSoweto students begin protest against the compulsory use of Afrikaans
Pupils at Naledi High School vented their anger by burning out a police car and damaging three other vehicles. The first indication of African unrest at Soweto…
EventPresident de Klerk warns General Bantu Holomisa
Speaking after the publication of a report on the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) by the Goldstone Commission, President F.W. de Klerk issued a stern…
EventNelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
At the Mandela Day 2 concert at the Wembley Stadium in London, England, Nelson Mandela delivers a speech in which he thanks the world for their wide support…
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
News 24 reported that South Africa's ambitious HIV/Aids treatment plan was lagging behind as the government struggled to plug a shortage of doctors and…
EventLanga, Nyanga and Gugulethu students march through the Cape Town CBD
About 2 000 students from Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu marched without notice or public declaration through the Cape Town CBD unhindered. On 2 September the ban…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1950 Jamiatul Ulama Natal, Durban 82 The Jamiatul Ulama Natal was founded in 1950…
EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
The Coloured schools' boycott began as a result of students' dissatisfaction with the South African educational and political systems. Students from about 60…
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 000 km2 of land. It has a population of approximately two million. The country gained…
PlaceBlombos Cave and Private Nature Reserve, Stillbaai - Cape Town
Blombos Cave is a World-famous Archaeological Site, overlooking the sea and located in a private nature Reserve which is NOT open to the public!"Archaeologists…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
1903 William Edward Durghardt Du Bois publishes The Souls of Black Folk rejecting the notion that Black people need western values be to accepted as citizens…
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
By the age of 25, when Ernest Cole fled South Africa for exile in New York, he had already cut the template for the way the experience of apartheid would be…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
The Appeal Court handed down a landmark decision in the case Rikhoto v. East Rand Administration Board (ERAB), granting him the right to permanent urban status…
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…
EventRhodesia withdraws from Summer Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) asked Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany. The request…
EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
The SA government announced that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would be requested to help in repatriating about 40,000 political…
EventANC’s Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
African National Congress's deputy president Nelson Mandela addressed a crowd of 300 000 in Port Elizabeth in what was described as South Africa's biggest ever…
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
The first of more than 100 people were killed near Pietermaritzburg. Political conflict in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa caused the death of 200…
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
Gift Of The Givers Foundation logo Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, national co-ordinator of the Gift Of The Givers Foundation, announced in Johannesburg that the…
EventBafana Bafana lose to Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final
The South African national football team Bafana Bafana, under tutelage of the hastily appointed caretaker coach Jomo Sono, lost 2-0 against their Egyptian…