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ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… Msiza, the Bhuda, and the Skosana. They originally lived on the farm Hartbeesfontein, at Wonderboompoort, but when …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 5: Education beyond apartheid
… Report of the Education Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society examining the education … for the future; Summary and…
ArchiveNUSAS talks to the ANC
… Subtitled: Reportback on meeting between the National Union of South African … Information pamphlet about the meeting, reporting on topics discussed, which…
PlaceWave Crest, 181 Main Road, Kalk Bay
… The Residence was Built on a Site upon which two of the earliest Cottages in Kalk Bay … was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15…
PlaceMartello Tower, Simonstown
… The circular tower was erected in 1796 on the orders of James Craig to improve the defence system of … was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
EventKip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 mins 34.9 secs
… Kipchego “Kip” Keino was born in Kipsano, Kenya on 17 January 1940. Keino began his international running career in 1962. From early on he trained under very…
EventFormer commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned
… leader of an underground organisation, Iliso Lomzi, bent on destabilising the Ciskei government. On 26 September 1985, a group of White men raided the…
EventProminent leaders are arrested in Uganda
… together with two government ministers, were arrested on the charge of an alleged plot to overthrow Ugandan … as a car crash, it was revealed that they were…
EventDutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior
… the eight months' long journey, the expedition found on this date survivors of the French ship Le Necessaire at the Gourits River, which had been on a…
EventRuben Xulu, SA artist, dies in Marian Hill
… who specialized in wood and stone. He was born deaf on 10 May 1955. His disability was never a hindrance. … and moved to several mission stations in Natal…
ArchiveFederation or desolution
… lecture series delivered by Alan Paton in Johannesburg on 23rd May 1985, in which he believes that South Africa … the people of KwaZulu and Natal an…
ArchiveTowards racial justice: will there be a change of heart?
… of the South African Institute of Race Relations on July 3, 1979 in which the author portrays the social and … in South Africa. Further discussion is…
ArchiveMoral suasion
… in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series on january 18, 1978 at the University of Cape Town. The … South Africas' socio-political situation…
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… On Monday 29 February 1988, 125 clergy assembled at Cape … Anglican Cathedral and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present a…
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
… Click on image to enlarge Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 July 1984. This is a double-storey manor house designed …
Twenty-four people are killed in Operation Beanbag in Maputo, Mozambique.
… in Operation Beanbag, an attack by the South African army on the ANC and PAC in Matola, a suburb of Maputo, Mozambique. … South African forces and is shot at…
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… States policy towards southern Africa was predicated on a denial of that inevitability. All of us present here … and racial domination. The people of Namibia…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… in the beautiful city of Cape Town! We meet today on a very important day dedicated to the workers of our … strategic mission as the disciplined force of the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 19th African-American Conference, 12 January 1989, Lusaka
… States policy towards southern Africa was predicated on a denial of that inevitability. All of us present here … and racial domination. The people of Namibia…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… colonial history of corruption, bribery and theft on a scale unprecedented in Africa. Reports by missionaries there on Belgian rubber planters’ treatment of…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at teh Development Planning Summit Hosted by the Intergovernmental Forum, 27 November 1995
… view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a … Programme established a unique national…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… the Freedom Charter in 1955 and the arrest of 156 Accused on a charge of high treason. This publication is an important … organising of the Non-European…
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… This is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of … Katberg Pass. There is also a bronze plaque in his honour on the Summit of…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… Jesser Point Lighthouse is the most Northerly light on South Africa's East coast. This Lighthouse was established … from the sea in December and January to…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… of South Africa. Various members of the ‘family lived on the estate. Because the vault had been broken into by … Consequently the last member of the family…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born in Idutywa in Transkei on June 18 1942. Both his parents were activists. His … president. Mbeki was elected President of South…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the small village of Mvezo , in the … be celebrated annually. It was first celebrated in 2010. On 12…
EventThe Alabama, American raider of the Southern States during the American Civil War, arrives in Saldana Bay for provisions
… On 29 July 1863, The Alabama, an American raider belonging to … during the American Civil War arrived in Saldana Bay, on the west coast of South Africa, to…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… On 23 January 1962, Dr Hendrik Verwoerd announced his plan to … remain in the hands of the central government in Pretoria. On 26 October 1976, the Transkei…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… his application for membership of the Commonwealth. On 31 May 1961, the Republic of South Africa was established, … Verwoerd was stabbed and killed by…