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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…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
During the South African War the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their fodder was infested with…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Glossary
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education 916 ADis the same as AH 304 in the Islamic calendar …
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted: I’m not a politician. How could this…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
“We cannot keep digressing and hiding behind the truth, saying ‘It’ll work someday’. There’s no such thing. If we have to change things, let’s change them…
PlaceLimpopo Province
The Limpopo Province covers the Area that lies Northern most in South Africa, just South of Zimbabwe. It was first called the Northern Province, but this was…
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…
After Apartheid - Social Identities in the New South Africa Vol. 1
Many South Africans are struggling to come to terms with the new conditions in their country, in a world increasingly finding its way forward through the…
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
This compilation of speeches of Dr Monty Naicker is an invaluable chapter in the history of our struggle for liberation. Monty, as we all referred to him…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years…
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
Thamsaqa 'Thami' ka Mnyele was a talented graphic artist and a political activist. Due to his political activities, Mnyele was forced to leave his family in…
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
The Lesotho government invited all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicate proposed dates of departure…
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
In 1994, the persistant tensions in Bophuthatswana homeland came to a head after the homeland's government decided against registering for the election and the…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
Winnie Mandela was formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others for the events surrounding the murder…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
Location: back to this day in history search archive The state of emergency entered its 100th day after it was announced on July 20. P W Botha in an attempt…
EventSoweto High School under siege
South African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrested…
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
Moses Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth; some give it as 11 June 1892, others as 1896. Kottler studied art in…
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
The government withdrew its plan to place a limit on the number of black students admitted to white universities, but remained committed to universities that…
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
The Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reported that almost half of the rapes in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township involved girls under fourteen, with…
EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
Takudzwa Ngwenya was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on 22 July 1985. He played for the Mashonaland Club and for Vainona High School in his home country. He then…
EventSA raises concern with the Dutch government
The South African government instructed its ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of 100,000 guilders being…
EventUN investigative team visits SA
A United Nations (UN) team, led by Mr. Abdulrahim Abby Farah, under-secretary-general, visited South Africa from 9 to 10 June to meet representatives of the…
PlaceMarket Theatre
The Market Theatre was founded in 1976 in Johannesburg by Mannie Manim and Barney Simon. Now based in the center of the Newtwon Cultural Precinct, The Market…
PlaceDiep River
Johann Georg Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he inherited a halfway-house…
PlaceTanzania
The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese claimed control over the entire…