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PlaceTokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest
The Arboretum was laid out in 1885 by Joseph Storr Lister, Conservator of Forests of the Western Conservancy of the Cape Colony, thus marking the beginnings of…
Document 98 - “The All African Convention”, Umlilo Mollo /The Flame, 1, 2, October 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew At the beginning of October 1936 the all African…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed…
EventSouth Africans pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at the Grand Parade in Cape Town
On 6 December 2013, Capetonians paid tribute to Nelson Mandela a day after he had passed away. The crowd gathered together at the Grand Parade in front of the…
PlaceCora Terrace Houses (1,3,5,7,9,11), Port Elizabeth
This beautiful Georgian home was built in the 1850’s to house soldiers guarding the port of Port Elizabeth. Situated in picturesque surroundings, you can walk…
EventThe Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.
The Queen Mother Mamohato Bereng Seeiso was born in 1941. She was the youngest child of Chief Lerotholi Mojela. The princess was sent to study at Bath Training…
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),…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, which was later renamed Progressive Federal Party (PFP) launched a nationwide protest campaign against the…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
During the National Party rally in Ladysmith, Natal, Prime Minister P.W. Botha assured his party supporters that the proposed constitutional reforms would not…
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
Following the onset of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of opposition, Colin Eglin…
EventKimberley swimmer Karen Muir (12) sets new world record
Karen Muir became the youngest official world record-holder in swimming history when she recorded 1min 8.7sec for the 110 yards backstroke at the Derby Baths,…
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
Brigadier Joshua Oupa Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of murder or incitement to murder,…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Nelson Mandela warned that if the South African government fail to take effective steps to end the current…
EventFurther chaos in Liberian civil war
Liberian President Samuel Kanyon Doe became virtually a prisoner in the presidential mansion as rebels besieged Monrovia and Doe's 500-man security force…
EventWoolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to kidnap President Paul Kruger
On 14 March 1898, 34 year old Woolf Joel, Barney Barnato's nephew, was shot and killed by Baron Von Veltheim because he refused to assist in kidnapping…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
Pan-Africanist and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation…
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
The Government of the Republic of South Africa announced in Parliament that 18,000 people had been arrested and detained since the declaration of the State of…
Claremont Histories
Claremont Histories will be hosting an information and small photographic exhibition stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015…
EventSouth African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa as negotiations to end apartheid gain momentum
The release of political prisoners like Nelson Mandela and the end of apartheid in South Africa also signaled the end of sanctions and boycotts on the country…
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
CONTENTS Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 Into this sketchy collage which is Lesotho,…
Toast Remarks by President Jacob Zuma at the State Banquet in Honour of the President of Zambia, His Excellency, Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda during his State visit to South Africa, 02 December 2010, Pretoria, Presidential Guest House
Your Excellency, President Rupiah Banda and Mrs Banda, Our Deputy President, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, Honourable Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo and Mrs Ngcobo, …
The Johannesburg Biennale by Bisi Silva (Artnet), 1998
As curious as it may seem to a jaded Western art world, the large-scale global art exhibition still strikes many emerging nations as a good idea. One such is…
IFP 2019 Election Manifesto
A GROWING ECONOMY The development of an inclusive economy is an absolute priority. This is about human dignity. We need to get our nation working, to…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau,…
Address at the Welcome Ceremony of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 25 August 2002
Friends, Peoples of the World: On behalf of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Honourable Kofi Annan, the government and people of South Africa,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela of South Africa to the 49th session of the General Assembly New York, 3 October 1994
It surely must be one of the great ironies of our age that this August Assembly is addressed, for the first time in its 49 years, by a South African head of…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Africa Regional Conference of the Food and Agricultre Organisation: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 4 March 2004
The Director-General of FAO, Dr Jacques Diouf, The Independent Chair of Council, Mr Aziz Mekour, Honourable Ministers, Your Excellencies, Members of the…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
Response to the State of the Nation debate by His Excellency Mr JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; National Assembly 16 February 2010 …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Leaders of our political parties, Honourable…