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ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… in 2019. 14 February- Egypt becomes the first country in Africa to record a confirmed case of the virus, and France … March- The first case of coronavirus is…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… of his statues, from 1979, predicted the coming of HIV to Africa, while one of his paintings from the same year … it is also a journey into the mind of one…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… went to exile in London where he wrote six books on South Africa’s apartheid. He has been awarded honorary doctorates … being the first to offer full colour…
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… Rolihlahla Mandela is hailed as the greatest icon of South Africa’s liberation struggle. Imprisoned in 1964 for his role … and appeals for Mandela’s release…
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
… material conditions and how they impact on our country and Africa, in particular. Our vision is to create a better South Africa in a Better Africa and Just…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… first session of CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa) was held. There were 19 political groups at this … that they would begin writing a new…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… over the world. Rising sun - the new dawn emerging from Africa. Mapungubwe hill - forms the background, a sandstone …
ArticleMads Nørgaard
… in 1987, is a photographer educated and living in South Africa. Mads has integrated himself into South African life …
BiographyKeable Mote
Keable Mote was born in 1898 in Leribe, Basutoland Lesotho. He was educated at Pietersburg in the Transvaal. He joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers'…
BiographyVictor V. T. Mbobo
… A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - 1964. …
BiographyChristian Malcolm
He was born in Durban. He studied at the Natal Technical College, Durban, the Croydon College of Design, Surrey, England, and at the UN(P) where he lectured in…
BiographyPitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane
Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the African National Congress in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish high…
BiographyHoward S. Ngcobo
… A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 ”“ 1964 . …
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… in history and to encourage scholars throughout South Africa to engage with their shared history in addition to …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… providing for Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (the Call of South Africa) and Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God bless Africa) to become the combined national anthem of the…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… such as Zimbabwe and Namibia, and more recently, South Africa, market assisted land reforms have served to justify … without any means for survival. The…
BiographyMichael Madimetja Teffo
Michael Madimetja Teffo was born in 1957 in the Pretoria township of Lady Selborne. The Township of Lady Selborne was destroyed shortly after his birth. Teffo…
BiographyJacob “Baby Jake” Matlala
Jacob Matlala was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started going to the gymnasium with his father who was an aspiring boxer…
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
Johannes Jacobus Degenaar was born on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… political upheaval and the struggle for freedom in South Africa, a feature of the final years of apartheid. Some … voters line the streets of Cato Manor as…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… once again played an important role not only within South Africa but as part of the banned ANC operating from outside … South African politics, which is…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… South Africa's Constitution is the first in the world to prohibit … mentions race and ethnicity in response to South Africa's past, sexual orientation is…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbatha
Mzwakhe Mbatha was born in 1935 near Umnini Holiday Camp, Natal. Mbatha left school in Standard II. As a young boy he carved utilitarian objects such as…
BiographyVictor Poto
Victor Poto was born in 1897 at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South African Native College (later Fort Hare), and was installed as…
Blessing Mabaso
In 2000, amnesty was granted to Mathys Botha, Johannes Steyn and Laurence Wasserman for killing of Blessing Mabaso, Brian Memela, Luvuyo Mgobozi and…
BiographyMalesella Benjamin Moloise
Malesella Benjamin Moloise was born in 1955 in Alexandra. he was a black upholsterer and poet. He was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985 at…
BiographySimon Tyeku
Chairman of the Sophiatown African National Congress in the mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the Treason Trial of 1956-1961. Tyeku was born in 1904 and…
BiographyNarainsamy Thumbi Naicker
Born 4 April 1922 in Pinetown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Attorney prominent in the South African Indian Congress. He was active in Natal politics as a…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… census. 1938 Finds employment at Union Bank of South Africa as a marketing agent, persuading potential clients to … alliance parties, initiates the Defiance…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline chronicles the events that unfolded … Julius Malema, calls for a "mining…