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"Opening Address" at Annual Conference of the South Afri­can Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th conference of the South African Indian…
Anglo-Boer War 2: Ian Hamilton is appointed as Kitchener’s chief-of-staff. (SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Ang
Jean van der Poel, historian and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers’ Association and undertook
Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, son of an 1820 Settler, mining magnate, chairman of the Mining Board, representative in the Legis
Gregoire Boonzaier, SA landscape painter and son of caricaturist D.C. Boonzaier, is born in Cape Town. He died in 2005.
About $11.39m (about R69m) is stolen in a carefully planned robbery from an SAA plane at Johannesburg International Airport.
Johannes van der Walt, SA wrestler who was known as the ‘Gemaskerde Wonder’ (Masked Wonder), dies in Johannesburg after being w
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
It was announced that at least one-fifth of South Africa's military was infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS. Therefore on 7 October 2003 the Defence…
The ‘Voortrekker Beweging’ (an Afrikaans youth movement), is founded in Bloemfontein with Dr N.J. van der Merwe as first chief
John Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist and founder member of Artists under the Sun, is born in Dikonana, Zeerust, Western Transvaal.
John Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist and founder member of Artists under the Sun, is born in Dikonana, Zeerust, Western Transvaal.
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (16), second son of Queen Victoria opens the new building for the SA Library and Museum.
The SA regional airline, Sun Air, discontinues its service and thousands of disappointed passengers have to acquire seats on ot
The merger between Ashanti Goldfields and SA’s Anglo-Gold, approved by the Ghanaian government on 29 October 2003, becomes effe
South African Airways suspends flights to Angola after an SAA aircraft was struck by bullets on approaching that country’s Crav
Severus Gerhardus Smidt (Johan van der Post / Adriaan Roodt), SA short-story writer is born in Frankfort, Orange Free State.
An argument between a man and his stepson about today’s rugby Test in which the Springboks beat Scotland, ends tragically when
Up to 1 000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou
SA’s new constitution is enacted by parliament, signalling the end of apartheid and the birth of the new South Africa.
SA’s first national news Agency, the South African Press Association (Sapa), is established from what was the Reuters South Afr
EventIraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies
Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announced that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… area around Port Elizabeth, up to the Fish River, while San hunter/gatherers lived in the Drakensburg foothills and …
BiographyZolile Malindi
Zolile Malindi was born on 16th of May in 1924 Gqogqora village ,a 14 miles from Tsomo in the former Transkei. His mother, Makhesa, raised him after the death…
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
John Jacques William Aitchison was born to Harold Aitchison and Phyllis Jacques, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 2 June 1944. He was brought up by his…
BiographyAshlatha Rambally
Ashlatha Moodley (nèe Rambally) was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1946 and grew up in the small town of Colenso. After completing her…
ArticleKora
… the Korana settled among the Nama herders and groups of San hunter-gatherers. By then, the Korana had become … as trophy heads and museums, the destruction…
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
Jan de la Fontaine, an employee of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), served as acting governor from 8 September 1724 to 25 February 1727. Pieter Gijsbert…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
EventSA Policeman Wins 90km Comrades Marathon
A member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) from Mafikeng in North West, Andrew Kelehe, won the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… settlers. Various groups of people such as the Khoikhoi , San , slaves and African people further inland fought to …