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EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
ArticleA history of Soweto
The consequence of this promising wealth was that a great number of people left their farms, rural homes and other towns in South Africa to make a quick buck…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
Military History Journal Vol 10 No 1 - June 1995 (incorporating Museum Review) SOLDIERS WITHOUT REWARD Africans in South Africa's Wars by J S Mohlamme …
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a stern, resilient, and unapologetic reformist-feminist. With her feminist approach, she is poised to break down gender-based…
Imbewu Yesini
In commemoration of Woman's Month, the CYPHER proudly presents "Imbewu Yesini". Through poetry and theatre, this showcase journeys through our gendered…
EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
Boipatong, Bophelong, Evaton, Sebokeng and Sharpeville, five Black townships in the area known as the Vaal Triangle exploded into what some have described as a…
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
First general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Cyril Ramaphosa, and its president, James Motlatsi, were arrested in Newcastle, Natal. The…
EventCardoso’s murderers convicted in Mozambique
Six men accused of killing Mozambican investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One of the suspects,…
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
Sifiso Nkabinde was expelled on the 7 April 1997 for allegedly being a spy for the Apartheid regime and for fomenting violence between African National…
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded as one of South Africa's greatest working-class martyrs, was arrested after the defeat of Fordsburg during the Rand Revolt…
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
After the outbreak of World War I, there was immediate fighting in different parts of the world. On 11 May 1915, South African troops entered Windhoek, the…
EventVigilante mob beats man to death in Diepsloot
Elvis Ramoloyi was beaten to death by a mob after a confrontation with two men who got upset when he reversed his car too close to where they were standing…
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
A United Nations report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000. The report came five years after the Centre for Disease Control…
Document 7 - ‘White South Africa.’ Two Voices.” The International, 27 January 1922
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 7 - 'White South Africa.' Two Voices." The…
Address to the nation by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, on the assassination of Martin Thembisile (Chris) Hani 10 April 1993
Today, an unforgivable crime has been committed. The calculated, cold-blooded murder of Chris Hani is not just a crime against a dearly beloved son of our…
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
Your Majesty, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, here present! On an occasion like this words fail one. This is the most important occasion not only in my…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
"Two hundred thousand subterranean heroes who, by day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
Awards In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
A2 silkscreen yellow green black red blend on white; graphics of people working; soliders, people marching; text: We call for an end to conscrption: We live…
PlaceSmuts Hall, University of Cape Town
This hall was erected as one of the first phases of the University of Cape Town's Groote Schuur campus. Among the famous residents of this hall was Mark…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
Ruth First, journalist, academic, anti-apartheid activist and member of the South African Communist Party, was brutally killed by a letter bomb in Maputo,…
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
German forces under Major Von Glasenapp are defeated by Herero people near Okaharui, German West Africa (now Namibia). Herero men in the Okaharui ambushed…
EventSA artist Helen Martins is born
Helen Elizabeth Martins, artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, was born in Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern…
EventThe Stellenbosch Gymnasium is founded
The Stellenbosch Gymnasium, forerunner of the University of Stellenbosch, was opened with ceremony in a large house in Dorp Street. This was achieved on…
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
On 4 June 1996, Kudirat Abiola the wife of Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian President, was gunned down at close range by three unknown men while she was…
EventEgyptian author, and trade unionist, Gamal al-Banna is born
Though he was the younger brother of Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Gamal al-Banna was a liberal scholar and a critic of the Muslim…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
Ernest Sedumedi Moloto, linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was already a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. Joyce (2000), Suid-Afrika in die…