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EventAlexander Kerr dies
Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of Fort Hare), died in Alice,…
EventDr Phillip Blaiberg dies in Cape Town
The dentist Dr Phillip Blaiberg died in Cape Town after living 19 months and 15 days following a successful heart transplant operation by Dr. Chris Barnard in…
EventEight British tourists are killed
Eight British tourists, five men and three women, were killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swerved to avoid a pedestrian on the…
EventAZAPO’s first contest in SA democratic elections
The Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO) performed abysmally in the 1999 elections, managing to secure only 0,2 % of the vote which gave them one seat in the…
EventNew Afrikaner Political Party
Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political party in order to contest the 1999…
EventPirates win the African Champions Cup
Orlando Pirates won the Second Leg of the 1995 African Champions Cup (ACC) Final against ASEC Mimosas with a score of 1 - 0. With this victory, Pirates became…
EventBritish secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands
Lord Kitchener, British secretary of war, was drowned in the spring of 1916 near the Orkney Islands. Kitchener had been sent to Russia by Prime Minister…
EventAlexander Kerr is born
Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (later the University of Fort Hare), was born in…
ArchiveMinutes of a Meeting between the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, Mr. M. C. Botha, officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development .... held in the Bantu Administration Building, Pretoria on 19 June 1976
Minutes of the meeting between officials of the Department of Bantu Education, West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board and Representatives of the Urban…
EventHeart specialist Dr. Chris Barnard dies
Christiaan Neethling Barnard, the world-famous medical pioneer who performed the world’s first heart transplant operation on Louis Washkansky, died at the age…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century now. They, who would have…
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
This paper is an attempt to work out what seems to me to be some of the implications of the concept "Black Power". It covers a vide range of problems, and is…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
Introduction Socialist Ideals and Bolshevik Realities South Africa and the Archives of the Communist International Document 1 Report of M. Wolberg to…
PlaceDundee
The Battle of Blood River Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal represents a unique way of Historic storytelling because there are 2 separate interpretive centres,…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to The Progressive Professionals Forum on the occasion of their launch, 2 August 2013
The President of the Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF), Mr Jimmy Manyi, Esteemed Members of the PPF, Ladies and gentlemen I am humbled by the honour to…
PlaceChurch Square, Dickson street, Woodstock
Church square in Woodstock has given rise to Apartment blocks, for much needed accomodation of Doctors and Nurses, aswell as students! Being so close to the…
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'free burghers' of the Dutch East India…
PlaceAmbrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province
Name employed in the 18th Century for the Coastal Area on the peninsula between Danger Point and Gansbaai. Dutch for 'Ambrose corner', the name is thought to…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: address in mitigation, 12th June 1964
Hanson argues mitigation for the accused, Nelson Mandela and others, on the last day of the Rivonia Treason Trial, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before…
ArchiveNUSAS resumé 1981
Record of some of the main events that the National Union of South African Students initiated or was involved in during 1981, in particular, political events…
ArchiveShould NUSAS talk to the ANC?
A pamphlet issued by the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) at the start of their campaign to find out whether students supported NUSAS…
ArchiveInterview with Ambrose Makiwane
Oral interview, conducted at Cala, with Ambrose Makiwane. Makiwane entered Fort Hare in 1955, when he was age 34. His family lacked the means to send him…
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
Oral interview, in Kimberley, South Africa, with Robert Sobukwe (1924 to 1978), who was elected Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959…
EventColdest day in Pretoria
The Coldest day in Pretoria in recent history was on 12 June 1963. The temperatures plummeted to a minimum of -3, 6 and a maximum of 7, 5 degrees Centigrade…
EventSA Sculptor Thomas Lehupela is born in Thaba ‘Nchu
Molatodi Thomas Lehupela, South African sculptor, was born in Paradys Location, Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province). In 1984…
EventThe UN sets up Commission on Apartheid
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted resolution 616(VII) to establish a three-member United Nations Commission on the Racial Situation in the…
EventInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
This day recalls the date of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA,GA), of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic…
EventEngenas Barnabas Lekganyane is buried in Morija
Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane (also called Enginasi or Ignatius), ambitious and charismatic founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), was laid to rest in Moria…
EventThe United Party is formed
The United South African National Party, also known as the United Party, was officially formed after a merger between the National Party, under the leadership…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of President Nelson Mandela, is born
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of President Nelson Mandela, is born in Bizana, Pondoland. Madikizela-Mandela was a staunch opponent of P W Botha's…