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100 Years of the African National Congress by Neville Alexander
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
The Reverend Theo Kotze was born at the Heads in Knysna, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 19 May 1920.Kotze came from Afrikaaner stock. His father, a lawyer…
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
Celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s life is an opportunity to move away from the cliché-ridden assessments of his multi-faceted personality…
Parliament ends its session after 103 days and the passing of 100 bills.
Frame Brown Lung campaign: nearly 100 workers show signs of cotton dust disease
The Egyptian SS Patria sinks in the Red Sea. About 100 are killed.
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino was a journalist and public intellectual who, in the early 1900s, challenged notions of Black racial inferiority in the…
ArchiveLily White Rugby Football Club Images from 1900's - 1978
ArchiveWinter Rose Rugby Football Club Images from 1900 - 1986
Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800 - 1990 by Martin Legassick
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The Partition of Africa 1880–1900 and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century by John M.MacKenzie
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…
Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 minutes 34.9 seconds.
Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer General S.F. Oosthuizen dies of wounds received at Dwarsvlei on 11-07-1900.
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It was…
Nelson Mandela leads 100 000 Blacks in Pretoria in a protest to end White rule.
Ten people die and 100 are injured in a train accident near Muldersvlei station, Paarl.
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
On 3 October 1685 the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decided to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape for settlement. The Huguenots were French…
The British government admits receiving 1100 tons of uranium from Namibia in defiance of the United Nations ban.
Uganda becomes independent, with Milton Obote the first prime minister (Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: H
More than 1000 people are reported drowned or missing when an Egyptian ferry sinks in the Red Sea.
EventDr Wilson Carswell, medical adviser to the government’s Aids unit, says about 100 000 South Africans are infected with HIV
On 21 May 1991 the medical adviser to the government, Dr Wilson Carswell made the shocking announcement that 100 000 South Africans are infected with the Human…
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s troops kill over 100 students during a demonstration in the Congolese capital Kinshasa.
Terrorist bombing of a bus in Nairobi, Kenya, kills twenty-seven people and injures about 100.
The Nile River floods its banks in Sudan, leaving more than 160 00 people homeless.
The United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) has ordered the mobilisation of 100,000 reservists.
BiographyEmily Hobhouse
In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South African Conciliation Committee, which was a group that opposed the British government policy…
BiographyStephen Mini
He was an early leader of the African National Congress (ANC), serving at times as head of the House of Chiefs. He was also among the first leaders of the…