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PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
The foundation stone of this church was laid way back in 1838. The first section of the building which comprised of the nave only was taken into use in 1840…
PlaceHoly Cross Mission & Hospital, Eastern Cape
Holy Cross Hospital is a 224 bed Public Hospital situated in Taweni, Eastern Cape. The Hospital provides services to the Flagstaff area, part of Lusikisiki and…
EventAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo died
Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s…
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 August 1969. Wynberg Military Base is, with the exception of the Castle, the oldest…
PlaceRailway Station, Main Road, Wynberg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 October 1981. The Wynberg Railway Company was established in 1861 to build a railway line…
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
This museum was founded in 1970 by Jack Botes, a former Town Clerk. Today there are over 1000 works displayed in the indoor collections, and the outdoor…
EventFlorence Nightingale opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas hospital in London
Florence Nightingale was a revered English nurse, writer and statistician. Nightingale chose to become a nurse over the popular role of wife and mother. Though…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan Rudolph De Wet was defeated at Bothaville, South Africa by British forces…
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author and writer of the words of Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa), died at his home 'Arbeidsgenot' in…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
A day after the peaceful 1 September march 2000 students from Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu once again marched through the heart of Cape Town's CBD to protest…
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
Robert Brian (Bobby) Skinstad, the youngest ever Springbok rugby captain, was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Skinstad captained the Springboks in…
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
King Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo of the Zulu Kingdom in northern Natal, which is now part of the Kwazulu-Natal province, refused to follow British instructions to…
EventAnnexation of the Orange Free State is announced
At the begging of May 1900, the British Army, under Field Marshal Lord Roberts, launched an attack on the Orange Free State. President M T Steyn and General C…
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
On 4 September 1899, an 1820 Settler and early South African naturalist, Mary Elizabeth Barber died in Malvern, Natal Province (now known as Kwazulu Natal)…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
William John Burchell, English Explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author was born in 1792. The son of a wealthy nurseryman. Burchell travelled…
EventJan Carel Juta (52), father of the publishing industry in SA, dies in Chiswick, London
Jan Carel Juta was a South African business man born in Holland in 1824. He sailed to the Cape in South Africa in 1853 where he soon established the company…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
The Uganda railway line in Kenya was seen as a very ambitious infrastructure at its inception with the cost of the project causing most of the controversy. The…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
Adams College is a Public School situated in Adams Mission which is 8 km inland from Amanzimtoti and 35 km South of Durban. Established in 1853, Adams College…
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
Griqualand West was proclaimed as a separate Crown Colony . The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters,…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris South African social scientists have severely neglected the…
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
Tylden in the region of Eastern Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820's. The Eastern Cape also remains the…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
The building was erected on a portion of the historic Boshof Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. Its construction dates from the early 19th century, and it was…
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
On 11 June, 1900, Boer commandos and British forces clashed at Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) during the South African War. The battle came after General Lord…
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
More than 200 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) embarked on a "sit in" to protest against government intervention that forced the university to…
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
The South African Defence Force's (SADF) 31st Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape Province. This Battalion was composed primarily of the…
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
President F.W. de Klerk announced a referendum for 17 March to establish the opinion of White voters towards his political reforms. He introduced sweeping…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a central figure in the fight against apartheid, was arrested outside parliament while leading a protest march (one of many) against…
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
Three people died and sixty-nine are injured in a bomb explosion in Magoo's Bar on the Durban beach. An ANC's arm wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cell, led by…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
Robert Moffat, missionary of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman and father-in-law of Dr David Livingstone, was born in Ormiston, Scotland, to a working…
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
The 26-year-old Tanzanian, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a prime suspect in the bombing of two United States of American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es…