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… The Palace Cafe Bar, an Obligatory Stop on the Rua Araujo Route, 1959, hand printed fiber base silver …

… Some Observations on the South African Literary Tradition and the case of Nadine Gordimer: A Dissident´ s View by Dr Selim …

… Sergio Motsoaneng, a gold medal winner in the 1999 Comrades, admits his brother ran sections of the race in his place. …

… Gen. Johannes Gerhardus (Jan) Celliers, known for the way in which he eliminated the British artillerists during Anglo-Boer War …

… The first official commercial air service in South Africa is introduced by Major Allister Mackintosh Miller under the name of U …

… Confrontation between South Africa and Transkei over the deportation and return to Transkei of squatters from the Cape Town are …

… The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Buthelezi, calls for a …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Lord Roberts issues instructions for the final mop-up of guerrillas or ‘rebels’ (i.e. burghers engaged in fighting after the ‘a …

… The trial of Dr Allan Boesak on thirty-two charges of theft and fraud starts in the Cape Supreme Court. …

… The trial of Dr Allan Boesak on thirty-two charges of theft and fraud starts in the Cape Supreme Court. …

… has just ended with a plan for international control of the Suez Canal and the Australian prime minister …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall embark at Simon’s Town for Canada on the next leg of their royal tour. …

… The first rugby match in SA takes place on the Green Point common, Cape Town, between a military and …

… Joan van Arckel establishes the first congregation at the Cape, with Abraham Schut as elder and Jan Reyniersz as …

… South African Airways (SAA) announces the re-routing of its services to Europe via Luanda (Angola), Brazzaville, the Cape Verde …

… Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass …

… Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass …

… Two oil tankers collide on sea near Stilbaai.   The Texanita explodes and sinks and the Oswego Guardian is severely damaged. …

… Regulations granting labour rights for members of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) are promulgated and published in the Go …

… The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development declares that no more land will be allocated to the ‘homelands’ other than …

… Naval Headquarters at Simonstown announce that the second series of joint British South African exercises off the Cape Coast wi …

… International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of South Africa and Namibia was observed for the first time. …

… King Moshesh (Moshoeshoe, Msheshwe) of the Basuto beats off an attack by Com. Louw Wepener of the Orange Free State. …

… Peter Solomzi (A.P.) Mda, teacher, lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League and later the Pan Africanist C …

… for urban Blacks is announced in Pretoria (7-8 August) by the Minister of Bantu Administration and by the Minister o …

… The Battle of Muizenberg takes place during the Napoleontic War when British troops disembark at …

… The Chinese community, officially classed non-White in the past though they were admitted to White theatres, …

… Hans Jürgen Aschenborn, librarian, director of the State Library and receiver of the Sailis Award for Bibliography in 1985, is …

… Following meetings between the SAG and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), broad agreement …

… Twenty thousand people attend the first legal march in Vereeniging. Security at the march is tight following threats of a right …