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Imijondolo
Published in 1985, Imijondolo, (the isi Zulu word for a shack or informal housing), is Omar Badsha's second book of photographs. Badsha's groundbreaking book…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
Kenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections and will become the first president of an independent republic on 24 October 1964. The victory of Kaunda in the…
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
Many attempts were made by the Arab countries to form a United Arab Republic. The first two countries to engage in this initiative were Syria and Egypt on 22…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
Geraldine Fraser was born on 24 August 1960, in Lansdowne, Cape Town, the daughter of a teacher and factory worker. She became politically active at…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
In terms of the notorious Group Areas Act (1950), the following proclamation was made in June 1958: 'In Cato Manor, Natal; 25,798 Indians, 2,107 Coloureds and…
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
On 6 March 1957, the first South African Non-White sporting team participated at the World Table Tennis Board Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. They were…
EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
The Mountain Zebra is an endangered species native to South Western Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. It is boldly stripped in black and white or brown and…
EventJapanese submarines attack naval base in Madagascar
On 30 May 1942, Japanese submarines launched an attack on the Diego Suarez naval base off Madagascar. This attack was in support of the beleaguered Vichy…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
Three leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Archibald Gumede, Paul David and Billy Nair were charged with high treason. These anti-apartheid…
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
After a prolonged parliamentary session lasting 127 days, the new tricameral constitution was passed by 119 to 35 votes on 31 August 1983 and signed into law…
EventKaunda announces nationalisation of Copper mines
Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda announces nationalisation of copper mining companies, key to Zambia's economy contributing over 50 percent of government…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
On 25 July 1990 government security forces detained approximately forty members of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP)…
EventNelson Mandela is free
On this day, Nelson Mandela was released unconditionally from prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison …
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
On 11 July 1988, Duma Khumalo, Oupa "Scotch" Diniso, Ja-ja Sefatsa, Theresa Ramashamola, Francis Mokhesi and Reid Mokoena, better known as the "Sharpeville Six…
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
Susanna Helena Kok was born in 1911 in the Free State. She studied medicine at the Universities of Cape Town and the Witwatersrand and became a missionary…
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
On 3 October 1844, Sir Patrick Manson was born in Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was an important physician at the time, and contributed to research…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
A human leg was dropped from a South African Airways (SAA) aircraft as it was preparing to land at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Pam Hearne, the owner…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
Enshrined in the South African Bill of rights, is the right to free access to information. In this spirit, the Independent Communications Authority of South…
EventSANDF soldiers strike
Problems with the integration of " uMkhonto we Sizwe" (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Azanian People's Liberation Army …
Cutting Through The Mountain
Cutting Through The Mountain is a collection of interviews with South Africans - most of them prominent and all of them Jewish - who fought against…
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
The peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were called off as a result of the ANC's ultimatum sent to…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
The Rugby Museum has one of the largest private collections of rugby memorabilia and is one of its kind in the world, a must-see for rugby fans, the Springbok…
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
A five-day conference of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) held in Cape Town, unanimously resolved to oppose the proposed Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
This was the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government had free reign to suspend civil…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
Sir, Sons and Daughters of Afrika! Mr. Speaker as already informed you that we had hoped that this inaugural Convention of the Africanists would be opened by…
Hlaudi manifesto gives Jimi Matthews and his SABC comrades no option but to vote #Hlexit by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail & Guardian), 27 June 2016
The group’s acting CEO is gone and one of its most popular DJs has just said bye Felicia. But what impact does this have? Ra'eesa Pather investigates. …
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
Luderitz is a quaint harbour town on the Atlantic Coast in Namibia. It boasts German history, art-deco architecture and excursions to the ghost town of…
ArchiveUnited Nations Security Council Address on Arusha Peace Process, by Nelson Mandela, 29 September 2000, New York USA
Mr President, Honourable Members of the Security Council We are honoured by the opportunity of returning to the Security Council to report to your honourable…
Address to the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process 29 September 2000 Mr President Honourable Members of the Security Council
We are honoured by the opportunity of returning to the Security Council to report to your honourable selves and our esteemed world body on progress and the…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, 02 May 1984, Mazimbu, Tanzania
We are a force 2 May 1984, Mazimbu, Tanzania Comrade Chezi, Representative of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, Comrade Director and…