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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…
ArchiveSeparate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951
The Act was to make provision for the separate representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of Good Hope of Europeans…
EventThe last conventional battle of the South African War ends
The last conventional battle of the South African War (1899-1902), the battle of Dalmanutha (Bergendal) ended. The battle ended six days after it broke out on…
EventThe MK and ZIPRA formally announce that they had formed a military alliance
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Zimbabwean People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), military wing of…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
Dear Mr Mandela I acknowledge receipt of your memorandum dated 26 June 1992. However, an exchange of memoranda is no substitute for face-to-face talks. I was…
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
The author of Sherlock Holmes and field doctor in the South African War of 1899-1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, was born at Picardy Place, Edinburgh in 1859. The son…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
Astley John Hilary Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally…
King Kong a venture in the theatre
This is the story of an inter-racial venture in South Africa. Many hundreds of white people and Africans in the Union’s four largest cities worked selflessly…
EventThe first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken
The first airmail ever in South Africa took place on 27 December 1911 when Evelyn Driver flew postcards from Kenilworth to Muizenburg. The mail bag was…
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
Prof. Astley John Hilary Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Act 35 of 1906, which dealt with hawkers'…
Address to the International Labour Conference Geneva, 8 June 1990
Distinguished President of the International Labour Conference, Director-General of the ILO, Honourable delegates and observers, It is a matter of great…
Address to the National Health Summit, 19 November 2001
Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang; MECs; Distinguished participants at this important Health Summit. Thank you very much for affording me the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, Sandton Convention Centre, 2 April 2007
Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates and guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank you most sincerely for giving me the opportunity to…
Address by President Nelson Mandela opening the morals summit called by the National Religious Leaders’Forum Johannesburg, 22 October 1998
Master of Ceremonies Mayor of Johannesburg Religious and political leaders of our nation When we issued a call last year to the leaders of our religious…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 11. A. M. LEMBEDE, "Congress on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African…
ArchiveThe apartheid city and its labouring class: African workers and the independent trade union movement in Durban, 1959-1985
Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject history at the University of South…
ArchiveMarxism and history: twenty years of South African Marxist studies
Thesis submitted in partal fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in the department of history, at the University of Natal, Durban,…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma arrives in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
On 8 May 2015, South African President, Jacob Zuma, visited Russia. On 9 May 2015, he joined a number of world leaders at the Russian capital, Moscow, for the…
TRAC (Transvaal Rural Action Committee) Newsletter, 1983 - 1990
TRAC, the Rural Action Committee, established in 1983 as a project of the Black Sash, published this Newsletter with the intention of giving communities under…
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
The first Indian people in South Africa are reported to have arrived on board the Truro from Madras to work in the sugar cane plantation in Port-Natal. The…
PlaceBergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
This farm complex consists of a Cape Dutch house built in 1769, and a ring wall and outbuildings which were erected towards the mid-19th Century. The land…
EventGhana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in SA, are defeated by Uruguay
In the 2010 World Cup, Ghana progressed beyond the group stages, and reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Uruguay. Ghana was defeated by…
PlaceKlapperkop Fort, Pretoria
Klapperkop offers visitors panoramic views of Pretoria in all directions. Not only is it fast becoming a popular jogging, cycling and mountain biking…
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
Founded in 1946, this is the home of the South African National Botanical Institute. Thus it serves as a recreational space and also as a scientific research…
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
This museum was founded in 1970 by Jack Botes, a former Town Clerk. Today there are over 1000 works displayed in the indoor collections, and the outdoor…
PlacePolokwane Bird and Reptile Park
This reserve is home to over 280 species of birds. It was known as the Pietersburg Snake and Reptile Park. It is still however, a great attraction in the City…
EventEthiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province
Ethiopia requested the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), predecessor of the African Union to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province, Ethiopia…
EventANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go overseas under false names
African National Congress (ANC) members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe, went overseas under false names and without passports. The two arrived in London,…
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
At the annual conference of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa at Leopoldville in Congo, fifteen African states tabled a draft resolution…