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EventNelson Mandela says general strike will go ahead
African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela said that next week's general strike will go ahead. He says the aim of the mass protest was not an…
EventBaden Powell is born in London, England
Lord Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement in 1908 and British hero at the siege of Mafeking, is born in Paddington, London. Baden…
EventIEC extends election dates
Following numerous complaints about poor arrangements at some polling stations in South Africa's first democratic election, President F.W. De Klerk approved a…
ArchiveFifty seven years of NUSAS - Have we learned our lessons?
Critical overview of history of the National Union of South African Students in which the speaker questions the success of some of the policies and activities…
The First Slaves at the Cape
On March 28 1658 the Dutch merchant ship the Amersfoort anchored at Table Bay with 174 Angolan slaves in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
Introduction MK Sabotage. This photograph was part of a sequence shot by a Rand Daily Mail photographer, two of which were published in the and Daily Mail of…
EventThomas Kgope is born
Thomas Kgope, talented SA artist, was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal. After Kgope showed interest in art, artist Norman Catherine, for whom he worked as…
EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
Stalwart anti-apartheid campaigner of South Africa, Albertina Sisulu, wife of African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter Sisulu, was placed under a banning…
EventFirst public service of the Church of England in South Africa
The Church of England or Anglican Church is the oldest of the English speaking denominations in South Africa. The first recorded public worship of the Church…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions in concentration camps in South…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
Popular violence in the decade between 1984 and 1993 is well documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was established in June 1979 as a national organization to represent the interests of Black school students in…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte. Source: www.historywiz.com A new absolute ruler After the fall of Robespierre in 1794, a new group of people took over the government…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
'South African War ( a.k.a. the Anglo-Boer War) remains the most terrible and destructive modern armed conflict in South Africa’s history. It was an event that…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
Pass laws in South Africa were met with fierce resistance during the 20th century. But earlier forms of passes, had in fact been used in various instances…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
Premier of the Western Cape, Ebrahim Rasool, Honourable Minister and Chairperson of the Timbuktu Manuscripts Trust, Essop Pahad, Honourable Minister of Arts…
ArchiveClosing address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4 December 1980.
Closing address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4…
June 12 Movement
June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured…
June 12 Movement
June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured Affairs…
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
Oral interview, conducted in Johannesburg, with Alexander Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white…
ArchiveJune 12 Movement
June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured Affairs…
Celebrating 50 years of the Freedom Charter - June 26 1955-June 26 2005
All rights reserved. You may copy material from this publication for use in non-profit education programmes if you acknowledge the source. For use in…
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
On this day in history, Jan Volschenk, a prominent South African painter, died at the age of 83. He passed away in the town of Riversdale in the Cape Province,…
EventSelassie becomes emperor
Ras (Duke) Tafari was crowned as Emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, after the death of Empress Zaudito. After 45 years of rule, Selassie was…
EventDevastating storm hits Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape
On this day in history, at least 22 people were killed and 4000 left homeless, when a severe storm hit Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape Province of South…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela carried out a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing all the NP ministers with African National…
May Day
On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a May Day holiday). Worker's Day celebrates the role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party…
Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Albert Lodge, Mount Street, Cape Town, 31 May 1910 The inauguration of the Union of South Africa…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
We, South African communists and progressives, are very pleased that the People's Publishing House has considered it of sufficient importance to come out with…