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… As the only White amongst those convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial, Denis Goldberg will always have a unique place in that story. These memoirs offer the reader an insight into an important chapter in the … The Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan …

… This engine was manufactured in England in 1879 by the firm of Kitson and Co, of Leeds, and was exported to South Africa soon thereafter for service on the Natal Government Railway. It is the oldest working steam locomotive in the country, and was … Clone of Kitty the Steam locomotive, Rosherville Work Farm, Johannesburg …

… a group of nurses working at a military hospital during the Crimean War at Scutari, Turkey. She was appalled by the conditions in the hospital and began gathering extensive statistics about … Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born …

… The Government Gazette published a Proclamation by which the forty-two member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly was dissolved.  Together with the Ingwavuma district, KaNgwane was placed under the direct … The Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that …

… August Bebel, representing the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the German Reichstag (Parliament), condemned the "suppression war" against the Ovaherero in German South … Klausdierks  The Colonial  Period: German Rule,   [online] Available at:  …

… The first hijacking of a South African Airways (SAA) plane … with gelignite sticks hijacked a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet, the Letaba, en route from Durban to Johannesburg and Salisbury. The Letaba, which was carrying fifty-four passengers, was … The first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes …

… King Dinizulu was the son of Chief Cetshwayo who reigned over Zululand, Natal … (now kwaZulu-Natal) from 1872. Dinizulu was recognized as the legitimate heir and succeeded Cetshwayo in 1884. This was … he had returned to Zululand. Cetshwayo had been exiled to the Cape Colony by the British and was released in 1882 after …

… Robben Island is the largest of the nearby coastal islands around the Cape. In the nearly four centuries of European settlement … Jan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time …

… Letter from the President of South Africa to the President of Zambia informing him of the insurgence of troops from Angola into Namibia and the … Letter from P W Botha, State President of the Republic of South Africa, to His Excellency Mr Kenneth D Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia …

… in 1966, John Vorster met with Hendrik van den Bergh, the head of the South African Police Security Branch. At this meeting, Van den Bergh convinced Vorster that the country's military intelligence was inadequate. … The South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is …

… Six political refugees,  Archie Gumede, the president of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Mewa Ramgobin, George … M.J. Naidoo, Billy Nair and Paul David sought refuge in the British consulate in Durban and asked the British … Political activists seek refuge in the British Consulate in Durban …

… Early in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian … by Haile Selassie , and classified as a journalist, under the name David Motsamayi, which allowed him to travel the region. On 11 January made a surprise appearance at the …

… The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King … arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of time. By the 1830's, a centre of Mfengu settlement had been established around the Methodist missionary station in Butterworth (Eastern …

… As the so-called 'Pegging Act' was due to expire in March, 1946, … that something would have to be done to replace it. The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (Act 28 … them to live in certain restricted areas. In return for the restrictions on land ownership, Indians were offered a …

… On 25 September 1901, the Kingdom of Ashanti was formally annexed by Great Britain as part of the Gold Coast colony. The Northern regions of the Gold Coast became part of the … The Kingdom of Ashanti is formally annexed by Great Britain …

… Paving the way for the end of  Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence … armistice was agreed upon by General Evelyn Wood of the British forces and Republican General J.P. Joubert. This led to the commencement of peace negotiations, which were concluded …

… The building was designed by Frank Taylor and was officially opened on 16 October 1909 by the then Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, Abraham Fischer . The men's hostel … Abraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein …

… Following the signing of Dingane and Retief's treaty, Piet Retief and his party were treated to a farewell dance by the Zulu impis at Ungungundlovu. They were told to leave their firearms outside the royal kraal. Suddenly, when the dancing had reached a …

… African doctor, Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote … Cape Town . This extraordinary event which pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical epoch took place inside Charles …

… Entity, whose most popular record is “Touch N Go”, however the group disbanded in 2006, and AKA ventured out into his … career. After studying sound engineering, he co-founded The I.V. League with Kamza and Buks in 2007.[2] AKA released … Newcomer”, “Best Hip Hop”, and “Best Produced Album” at the Metro FM Music Awards in 2009 for his debut album “Altar …

… The popular myth in South Africa is that the African natives were devoid of mathematical knowledge until the advent of the Europeans. Nothing could be further from … The Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By …

… ‘Between Two Fires’: Racial Populism, Indian Resistance and the Beginnings of Satyagraha in the Transvaal, 1902–06 by Jeremy Martens (The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 2016, Vol. …

… Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in Honour of his Excellency, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, at …

… Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H E Alhaji Umara Musa …

… The role and impact of Shaykh Shakier Gamieldien in the establishment of modern Rational Islam in the Western Cape, with specific reference to his educational …

… The colony of Sierra Leone was conceived by British … freed in England. A Temne king sold a strip of land on the north shore of the Sierra Leone Peninsula to the Sierra Leone Company for … British create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves …

… May 1859. Although Doyle is best known for his writing of the Sherlock Holmes crime novel series, he also spent time in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. Doyle was a trained medical … was sent to South Africa in 1900 to serve as a medic for the British troops during the Second Anglo Boer War. In 1902, …

… The paper 'Leader' announced that African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela has been awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace the previous week. The announcement came a day short of … Mandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace …

… Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was first appointed to one of the African seats in Kenya's Legislative Council in 1955. Moi then won an elected seat on the council in 1957; he and other African council members … colonial rule. Moi emerged as a leader and spokesman for the Kalenjin, an ethnic minority. In 1960 he helped found the …

… On 20 January 1990 General Lothar Neethling sued the Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail for R1, 5 million.  The lawsuit was sparked by newspaper reports in which former … Anon, (1997),  'Chronology Of Some Pointers To The History Of The Media In South Africa' , from O'Malley, …