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EventThabo Mbeki addressed the Pan African Parliament held in Midrand
… the Pan African Parliament held in Midrand, South Africa, where he mentioned that Africa needs large volumes of capital effectively to address … eradication…
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
… On 8 February 1996 an Africa Air Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed into a market made … It later came to light that the flight had been illegal as Africa Air…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… were a number of students from Namibia (then South West Africa), many of whom were older, as they or their parents … affiliates. Education for blacks was…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… “History of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa”, SA History Online, (Uploaded: 2 December 2019), … slaves and these ideas remained prevalent in…
EventDiplomatic relations between SA and Iraq annoys USA
… Relations between South Africa and the United States of America (USA) became strained by South Africa's announcement that it was going to normalise…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… members and 29 ministers in the presbytery. In this time all the congregations of the presbytery flourished. Arcadia …
PlaceKommetjie, Cape Town
… This is done in an open and transparent manner and all residents are invited to participate democratically. Most …
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… regularly use the path. It is a little bit of Cape Town all together, with Table Mountain and UCT as a Backdrop. In …
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… to assist with numbers. Notes regarding events- All events include walks in the Reserve and are led by …
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
… waving guns and shouting in everyone's faces but all the passengers kept quiet, not daring to speak or move." …
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… Starrenburg, the landdrost of Stellenbosch. They forbade all officials to own property or trade on the Cape market, … History of South Africa, " Free burgers…
58. Congress has sold our rights
… and we work hard and till the soil, make a living, spend all our money here. We don't send it to India; we live here …
21. Pariah constables pollute Hindus
… but they are not of pariah caste and do not harass us at all although they have been in the service a long time, while …
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
… the name of the Free State could lead one to conclude that all men have equal rights; (b) that the rent paid by the …
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… played at Lords. Not even a Country at the time, South Africa had started its journey towards becoming one of the … great cricketing Nations. Australia’s…
EventPrime Minister opens SA's first atomic reactor
… The former Prime Minister of South Africa and apartheid mastermind, Dr H.F. Verwoerd opened South Africa's first atomic reactor, SAFARI-1 (South African ……
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the most hazardous professions, this … in it and the resulting wealth derived from it. South Africa is a…
EventSouth African Library Week is held from 22 - 27 March 2010 to make people aware of the value of libraries
… In 1997 the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) was formed. LIASA has worked diligently to … libraries and to instil a culture of…
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
… On 27 April 1994, South Africa introduced a new national flag, at the same time the … the previous national flag which had flown over South Africa since 31…
ArchiveBesoek van Mnr Clark aan Suid-Afrika en Suidwes-Afrika: 10-13 Junie 1981
… of Mr W P Clark of the United States of America, to South Africa and South West Africa. The purpose of the visit was to enable Mr Clark, on … of State Haig…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 9: The Kennedy visit, the truth
… discusses the visit by Senator Edward Kennedy to South Africa, and one question which stands out and that is, Why was he visiting South Africa? APDUSA also…
EventUnions protest against the circumstances of Aggett's death
… while in police detention, was supported by virtually all-independent Black unions, and tens of thousands of …
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… Project: Robert F. Kennedy’s 1966 Visit to South Africa Catherine Hurley Catherine Hurley is from Pembroke, … and History. Project: Edward Kennedy’s 1985…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… was produced on a large scale for the first time in South Africa. Delfos became a major promoter of Iscor when it was … old NMC legislation on 10 August 1979…
PlaceSouthport, South Coast
… known as the Anerley Beach, this picturesque beach has it all. With a safe swimming beach that is manned by capable … and rock pools to explore, gorgeous…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 6: Towards social change
… on social change and ethnic politics in apartheid South Africa. Content include: Social forces and social change in South Africa; Cultural and ethnic…
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… was involved in providing for children who had left South Africa, assisting members of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC to escape from South…
Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in
… Moerane. He was the first African BMus graduate in South Africa (1941) and remains the most popular Africa choral composer in Southern Africa, through works…
Summary Minutes of exploratory discussions held in London on 3 May and 4 May 1988 between a South African Delegation and an Angolan Delegation, facilitated by a Delegation from the United States
… Meeting between representatives from South Africa, Angola, Cuba and United States to negotiate a peaceful solution for southern Africa and to develop…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… , South African musician, was born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano and at a young age … Masekela mastered the trumpet and went…