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EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
Location: back to this day in history search archive South Africa received a mandate from the League of Nations over South West Africa (SWA) on 17 December…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
When the system of apartheid was implemented in South Africa in 1948, certain laws had to be put in place to maintain white domination in all aspects of South…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal area where battles…
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as South Africa's second democratically elected president in front of a vast crowd of dancing and cheering supporters. The…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban. She went to the…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in…
PlaceGoshen
It was established by the Transvaal Boers in 1884, as a Republic. Their flag was horizontal black-white-red stripes with a green vertical stripe at the hoist…
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
Addo Drift was the first convenient natural crossing of the Sunday's River to be encountered inland from the sea, and was frequently used by visitors…
PlaceStanford, Western Cape Overberg
Stanford is a small Riverside Village, in Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape. Located only 16 km East of Hermanus and 22 km North-East of Gansbaai…
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
The Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts run annually from the end of November until the beginning of April. Every Sunday, families and groups of friends flock…
EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
Kgosi Sekonyela (c. 1804 – 20 July 1856) was a chief of the Batlokwa people. He effectively took over the chieftainship from his mother queen Manthatisi in…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
The government announces that its aim, is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory education as soon as possible. Teachers and scholars rejected…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
On 3 December 1967, South African doctor, Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital,…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
Arthur Elias Letele was born in Lesotho in 1916, but grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State. After completing secondary school in the Eastern Cape, he studied…
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
Location: back to this day in history search archive Walvis Bay, from the Dutch for "Whale Bay", is situated in Namibia, along the west coast of southern…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
In 1815, tensions between the British and Dutch were running high. The Dutch settlers strongly (and correctly) suspected the British of resenting their…
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
On 9 October 1803, Jacob Abraham de Mist, Commissioner General, left Cape Town on a 167 day journey into the interior, accompanied by his daughter, Augusta, a…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
The 1st South African Infantry Brigade was recruited at Potchefstroom in August and September 1915 for service overseas. It was comprised of four battalions …
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
A period of hardship set in for the AmaXhosa after their defeat in the Eighth Frontier War (also called Eighth War of Dispossession). Their political…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
On 25 January 1995, King Moshoeshoe II was formally reinstated as King of Lesotho. Moshoeshoe had a turbulent reign over Lesotho as he was twice dethroned,…
EventDie Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time
On 26 March 1942, an article was published by an Afrikaner political correspondent of the Nationalist newspaper, Die Burger, which was written using the…
PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
Eerste River was a Railway Station of the Cape Town, Wellington and Docks Railway Co Ltd, and was probably established as a Village after 13 February 1862…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
The African National Congress has learned with sadness of the passing of 67 South African nationals who died and scores who were injured in Lagos as a result…
ArchiveSouth African political prison-literature between 1948 and 1990: the prisoner as writer and political commentator
Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject English at the University of South…
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
A short dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Artium in History in the Faculty of Arts, at the Rand…
ArchiveSouth African trade unionism in an era of racial exclusion
Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject sociology at the University of South…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
In 1907, four years prior to flying on his aeroplane in Kimberley, John Weston embarked on the construction of his own aeroplane in Brandfort, in the Orange…
PlaceMac-mac falls
The Mac-mac falls is the second highest falls in the Mpumalanga tour route, its shimmering waters plunge to a depth of 65m. The Mac mac Falls is 13 km from…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
A mobile South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the Museum railway yard at SANRASM, Krugersdorp. This Kitson locomotive was, in 1983,…
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
Members of the South African Industrial Federation (SAIF), a miners union for people socially constructed as 'white', ran riot in the Rand Gold mining district…