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ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
Prior to Biko's inquest, magistrates had declined to examine the interrogation methods used, and had attributed detention deaths to natural causes, suicides or…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) conference in Johannesburg. Boesak…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
July, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of South Africa (ICU) is established as national Black trade union in Bloemfontein. 11 September, Gerrit…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last legal conference in Johannesburg prior to…
PlaceGroenendal Wilderness Area
The 30 000 hectare Groendal Wilderness Area protects the water catchment area of the Swartkops River (KwaZungha River), with the Groendal Dam in its centre. It…
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
This is an engaging structure, with a high pitch roof, dormer windows and ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of…
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
Curnick Ndlovu was the secretary of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a leader of…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
Chief among the factors that led to the adoption of a new constitution in Rhodesia on the 30 January 1979 (now Zimbabwe) was that Ian Smith, the Rhodesian…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the newspapers denying Carte Blanche, an investigative television programme permission to…
EventYouth rage follows the funeral of Victoria Mxenge
Political violence by the youth began after the funeral of assassinated Victoria Mxenge, a civil rights lawyer, who was respected and liked by the Congress of…
EventA blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club
A fire virtually destroyed the historic Wanderers Cricket Club in Johannesburg, reducing to ash irreplaceable items like historic documents, photos, trophies…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
The South African Reserve Bank was established in terms of the Currency and Banking Act, 1920 (Act No. 31 of 1920) in Parliament.This came into being after a…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
On 9 April 2010, Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35 from Wentworth in Durban was sentenced to death by a high court in Guangdong Province, China for smuggling drugs…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
On 29 December 1948, a well known human rights activist Rev. Michael Guthrie Scott, who lived in South Africa, besieged the United Nations(UN) for justice…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
Also known as Witperd Klip. The stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. An…
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
On 9 January 1973 around 2 000 workers in the Coronation Brick and Tile factory in Durban downed tools after the employers rejected their demand for a wage…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The Mozambique Liberation Front, popularly known by its Portuguese acronym, FRELIMO (Frente…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
Hole in the Wall is one of the most impressive landmarks along the entire South African coastline. Second only to Table Mountain, most likely, though only a…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s, and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': Kruger…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
THE GREAT ILLUSION First of all 22 percent of the whites did not even bother to vote which is approximately 700,000 voters, i.e. about half the votes cast in…
PlaceMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
PlaceMarakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, as its Tswana name suggests, has become a 'place of sanctuary' for an impressive variety of…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION In May 1906 smoking habits amongst the ladies…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 The Last Supper is a painful story in…
ArticleThe Arniston
The Arniston was built on the River Thames, England in 1794. It was a three-decked and three-masted British East Indiaman vessel and was first used as a…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European population stands at 1,204. 1858 The Umzinto Sugar Company…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
Longtime museum with diverse exhibits including: Paleontology; Ethnography & Zoology collections. The McGregor Museum was originally located in Chapel Street,…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
On 30 May 1899 President Paul Kruger and the British High Commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, met at a conference in Bloemfontein to talk about…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
Patrice Lumumba gained the reputation of being a powerful and charismatic leader during his brief reign as Zaire's first Prime Minister (the former Belgian…
EventSA and British governments clash over interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement
On 5 March 1960, the South African and British governments were in open conflict over the interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement. The South African…