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EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was plunged into a crisis when the Editor-in-chief of television news, Joe Thloloe, announced his resignation…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
Moshoeshoe is credited as "the father of the Basotho people" as he was responsible for the creation of Lesotho (The Basotho Kingdom), and the drawing together…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
On 7 June 1990, former South African President, F W de Klerk, announced the end of South Africa’s four year old state of emergency. Immediately after that, he…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
Police opened fire killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana, North West Province. As a result, 78 people were left wounded while more than 250 people were…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
The South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster declared that if the positive signs of cooperation with the rest of Africa are interpreted accurately, South…
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
Augustine Makalakalane is a former soccer player who later became a coach. He spent most of his soccer career playing midfield for Cosmos, though he also had…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
In 1929, H Live commissioned architect Ritchie McKinlay to design a building which, according to local tradition, would serve as a naval college. McKinlay is…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
The Rugby Museum has one of the largest private collections of rugby memorabilia and is one of its kind in the world, a must-see for rugby fans, the Springbok…
EventEdgar Wallace (56), author and newspaper editor in South Africa, dies in Hollywood.
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London in 1875. His mother, unmarried and struggling to make a living, gave him up for adoption when he was nine…
PlaceSteenberg Farmstead, Tokai Road, Constantia
The Steenberg Estate, originally known as the Zwaanswyk, was granted to Catherina Ustings in 1688 and was one of the first farms in the Western Cape. Its Cape…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
Port Elizabeth is now known as Gqeberha. The name change was approved by the South African government in 2021 and is an Xhosa name, the language of the local…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 52 - International Secretariat of the…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the departure of former president Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
My fellow South Africans, Our beloved Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the founding president of our democratic nation has departed. He passed on peacefully in the…
EventWorld Council of Churches representatives barred from entering South Africa
During a meeting with representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in South Africa, Prime Minister John Vorster reaffirmed that he would not consider…
PlaceThe Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre
The Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre, a skills training project based in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape is involved in community outreach and youth development…
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
Dulcie September was born on 20 August 1935. From her early years of activism she chose the path of resistance against the apartheid regime. She was a member…
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
The beautiful Xanadu Nature Estate, in Hartbeespoort, is set on 240 Hectares and overlooks the majestic Magaliesberg Mountain Range. A natural Wetland runs…
PlaceSalt River
The exact date when the Village of Salt River was established is not known but in 1665 the Settlement is recorded to have overlooked a Fjord over the River and…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
Three Anchor Bay is a small anchorage in Table Bay. Its name was first recorded in Dutch records of 1661, and probably refers to a defensive chain which…
PlaceElim
The charming little village known as Elim, is dominated by white-washed fishermen’s cottages and fig trees. This town is one of the few surviving South African…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
On 8 July 1895 the Delagoa Bay railway line was officially opened by Paul Kruger. Its link to Pretoria was completed on 20 October 1894.The railway line was…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast is a West African State bordering Ghana in the East, Burkina Faso, Mali in the North, and Guinea and Liberia in the East. To the South lies, the…
EventSouth African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang, Club Kevin Carter, commits suicide
Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, committed suicide just three months after winning the Pulitzer Award for feature…
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
On 4 January 1948, the National Flag of the Union of South Africa was hoisted on Prince Edward Island. Prince Edward Island is one of two Islands annexed by…
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
Newspaper proprietors and editors of all the main South African newspapers, both English and Afrikaans, unanimously opposed the apartheid government's planned…
EventWolraad Woltemade drowns at sea after saving 14 people from a sinking ship
On 1 June 1773, the Jonge Thomas, a Dutch East India ship, was anchored at the mouth of the Salt River in Table Bay. In the early hours of the morning, a storm…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
On 18 April 2005, Zimbabwe celebrated twenty-five years of independence after the overthrow of white majority rule, under the then Prime Minister Ian Smith. …
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries amongst the Pedi community in the…
PlaceRaadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
The first Raadsaal is probably the most important Historical Building in the Free State, dating back to 1849, it is the oldest building left standing in…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
The English-language opposition paper, The Rand Daily Mail, covered a feature article dealing with the appalling conditions in one of the government’s Bantu…