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To Town!!! To Eloff!!! To That Exclusive White Paradise!!! From Monday!!! Flyer by Soweto Students’ Representative Council announcing demonstration on September 23,1976
Ernst Frederik de Swart opens the first coffee house in the Cape when permission is granted to him to serve refreshments to pas
Iran lines up with Egypt and Syria to try to link the future of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to a dismantling of Israel
Jan van Riebeeck sets foot ashore for the first time to try to find the best spot to erect a fort at the Cape.
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Exactly eight months ago to the day, in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Heads of State and…
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
Steve Biko, who died at the hands of apartheid security police on September 12, 1977, is widely seen as the greatest martyr of the anti-apartheid movement. He…
Poqo and Rural Resistance in the Transkei, 1960 - 1965 by Tom Lodge
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
On 14 August 1882 Cetewayo (Cetshwayo), king of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
The deadlock was not about principle, but about political power: the power to determine the final constitutional dispensation. It also served to fuel the…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
COSATU SPECIAL EXCO PRESS STATEMENT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS. The COSATU Executive Committee met in a special session today. (04.05.96) The Executive…
EventChina promises to increase imports from Africa
Due to the rapid development of the Chinese economy in recent years, China has emerged as a potential successor to the West with regard to being the premier…
61. Segregation reduces our people to helotry
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Asiatic Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill of 1930…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
This Day in History, African National Congress (ANC) executive member in charge of youth affairs, J.J. Hadebe replied to Thabo Mbeki’s request to complete his…
EventThe Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils
The Roman Catholic Church decided in principle to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils. Legal questions relating to this were going to be discussed…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
EventConscientious objector Ivan Toms is sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for refusing to serve in the SADF
Dr Ivan Toms was a physician who worked in the informal settlement of Crossroads in Cape Town. In 1983, he witnessed the South African Defence Force (SADF)…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
A British mission to subdue Sekhukhune was abandoned after having failed with heavy loss of life on both sides. The attempt to subdue Sekhukhune came after the…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
Germany's occupation of Namibia was accomplished through military conquest of the numerous groups in the region, with the Khoikhoi being among the last to be…
EventBotha pleads not guilty to contempt charges
Former South African President P.W. Botha appeared in court in George, Western Cape, to face contempt of the court charges. Botha had incurred the charges…
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
It was in the early hours on 9 February 1955 when around 2 000 policemen, armed with guns, knobkerries and rifles, forcefully moved the families of Sophiatown…
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
The transition in South Africa from Apartheid regime to democratic dispensation was not easily achieved. The period was characterised by demands and counter…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
APPEAL TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC ABOUT THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1913 by John Langalibalele Dube President, South African Native National Congress [This extract from…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
South African prime minister, General J.C. Smuts, asked parliament's approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 1939 that SA troops would…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
The pass measures were aimed at controlling the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein was becoming a fast-growing economy and…
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In a Notice published in the Staats Courant of…
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
In a precedent-setting judgement, a full bench of the Cape High Court, comprising of Judges Van Zyl, Essa Moosa and Dan Dlodlo, ruled in favour of the request…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
The South African government ended eighty-four years of control over the Walvis Bay enclave by handing over the port and twelve offshore islands to the…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter to President F. W. de Klerk to suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
A2 silkscreen yellow green black red blend on white; graphics of people working; soliders, people marching; text: We call for an end to conscrption: We live…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
The Transvaal Colony, former Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) or Transvaal Republic, was granted self-government status by Britain, according to the terms of…