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EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
On 31 October 1998 the Blue Bulls of Pretoria beat Western Province 24-20 at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, to win the Currie Cup. The Absa Currie Cup is the…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
General Jan Christian Smuts started his first term as prime minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 August 1919…
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
The conference will cover the following topics: v Towards the Commercialization of Traditional Knowledge and Bio-Diversity based products and services v …
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal. The 31 year old woman had been…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
Ladysmith today acts as a commercial centre for the large surrounding farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Statement by Jacob Zuma, 30 September 2002
This National Policy Conference of the ANC, held over the four days of September 27th to 30th was attended by 687 delegates from ANC national, provincial,…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
Soweto is an urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg, with a population of approximately 1.3 Million (2008, Joburg archive)…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
When Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be observed that the…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
South African Indian Council (SAIC) In 1961, Indians were officially recognised as a permanent part of the South African population and the Department of…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
Prehistory of the Region Pre-history of Southern Africa Africans who worked with copper and iron inhabited the area between 350AD to 600AD. Linguistic and…
ArchiveThabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years by Ferreira, Harper and Saba (Mail and Guardain), 20 January 2023
Of all the projects that the administrations of presidents Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and now Cyril Ramaphosa have undertaken over almost 30 years of democracy,…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
In 1942, shortly before Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement, I was present in Sevagram as a six-and-a-half-year-old child. My memories…
Indian Slaves in South Africa: Notes for monograph, 26 June 1995
INTRODUCTION There has been hardly any research in India on the transport of Indians to South Africa as slaves during the Dutch settlement in the Cape of Good…
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
The Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts run annually from the end of November until the beginning of April. Every Sunday, families and groups of friends flock…
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
The cottage was, for many years, the property of the Stadler family, and is a typical example of the type of vernacular building found on the coastal areas of…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
On 9 July 1915 the Imperial German Forces officially surrendered to General Louis Botha’s troops at the Khorab Memorial. This followed the outbreak of the…
PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
The bridge was designed by the Department of Public Works of the ZAR, under the guidance of Sytze Wierda. It was built by JJ Kirkness and was officially opened…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, Verwoerd…
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
On 19 July 1965, Ingrid Jonker, a South African poet, committed suicide by walking into the sea. Jonker was 31 Years old. The advanced ideas inherent in Ingrid…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
The 1st South African Infantry Brigade was recruited at Potchefstroom in August and September 1915 for service overseas. It was comprised of four battalions …
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
Towards Union It is often assumed that the discovery of gold at the Rand was the chief cause of the South African War. This is not completely true, as…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
1948 May 26, The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid (separateness) measures against Blacks, Indian immigrants and those…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo was born in Edendale, Natal on February 26th, 1903. He was the second son to Ezra and Sardinia Dhlomo. Ezra came from a line of…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
1824 The Matabele, underChief Mzilikazi, settle on Thaba Bosiu. 1833 The Baralong under Chief Moroka II settle at what was later known as ThabaNchu. …
Indian Community in Lenasia
From the very beginning, settlement in Lenasia was a contentious issue, driven with debates about race, class, collaboration with and resistance to apartheid…
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
The resignations of former ANC National Chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota and former Amathole regional chairperson Mluleki George were submitted to the ANC shortly…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
William “Willie” Alexander Smith was born in Johannesburg on 4 July 1904.[i] Smith’s boxing debut took place on 20 June 1925.[ii] Willie Smith was South Africa…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
A double-storey brick building with heavily ornamented Victorian and neo-Classical Architectural features. It was designed by Architect; D.W. Wentink and built…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
For her very first trip abroad, Albertina Sisulu was accompanied by her Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) comrades, Sister Bernard Ncube and Jessie…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
On 31 January 1985 State President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela, leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional release from the prison…