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EventWorldwide speculation begins that a bright flash detected over the southern Indian Ocean was a South African nuclear test
In the early hours of 22 September 1979, an American Vela satellite recorded a double flash of light over the southern Indian Ocean, near South Africa's Prince…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
Contents: Dear Sir Roy. Emigrant Ship by Reginald Reynolds. The Senate Farce, Stanley Uys with a cartoon, David Marais. Revolution: Further Reflections, Joe…
PlaceOld Arts Building, University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria Museums are celebrating another milestone, as the Old Arts Building was declared a museum in June 1982. The foundation stone for…
EventDusi Canoe Marathon commences
The Dusi Canoe Marathon started on 22 December 1951, when eight individuals arranged to canoe from Alexandra Park in Pietermaritzburg to Durban.These eight…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
On 20th August 1983, the United Democratic Front was launched at the Rockland Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid…
ArchiveWhere do we stand?: APDUSA and a nation free of race hatred and oppression
APDUSA shows concern in how the Herrenvolk and the Broederbond, and particularly in the Western province, attempts to split-up the Non-Whites into various…
PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
The South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in Wagenmakersvallei in 1796 and ministered to slaves and to detribalised Khoikhoi people who…
PlacePollsmoor Prison
Pollsmoor Prison is situated in Tokai, Cape Town, and is the largest Prison in the Western Cape Province. It is an overcrowded facility located in Tokai,Cape…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
Edward Roworth was a British born South African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of…
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
On 12 June 1917, Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor, novelist and community worker, was born in Durban. She moved to London where she completed her…
EventNUSAS disbands
The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. Founded in 1924, the aim of the organisation was to represent and promote…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
Close to 20 million lives a year are lost to cardiovascular diseases world wide. It is reported that South Africa loses close to 100 people per day to…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
Ahmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian prime minister, was assassinated in parliament following his announcement that Egypt was declaring war on the Axis powers. The…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
Minister of Social Development of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999, Dr Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya, was born in Simonstown. Skweyiya is the…
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
Major Allister Mackintosh Miller secured a government subsidy and introduced the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union…
EventANC stage marches in major cities
The African National Congress (ANC) and its allies staged marches in major cities across the country in protest at the delays in the release of political…
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
The Recognition of the Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 came into effect after an investigation by the South African Law Reform Commission of the legal…
EventCrime statistics released
The South African Police National Crime Information Management Centre released statistics that confirm South Africa's status as the most violent country in the…
EventWorkers embark on strike action
Sixty-one Xhosa-speaking workers, under the leadership of their Headman known as One O'clock, went on strike at the Brakpan Electric Works. The workers marched…
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
Chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, died on the farm Leeukraal, to the north of Hammanskraal and was buried at Wallmansthal…
EventThe Battle of Ulundi begins
The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive battle during the Anglo-Zulu War. It took place on the 4th July 1879 and marked the end of the Anglo-Zulu War, as well as…
EventBattle of Viervoet (Basotho-British war)
In 1851, the British controlled the area between the Orange and Vaal Rivers (the Orange River Sovereignty). Due to border disputes with the Basotho the British…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller's troops relieved British forces at Ladysmith near Durban, KwaZulu Natal. The British forces had been under siege by the…
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
Author of the book Born Freeand naturalist, Joy Adamson died under mysterious circumstances in a Kenyan bush. Initially it was reported that she was attacked…
Democracy in Action
Democracy in action, published by the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA), outlines the extensive efforts of the Institute to…
ArchiveThe philosophy tenets and traditions of NEUM
A presidential address delivered at the 9th Conference of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM).It is noted that this conference has been convened at the most…
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
The Pretoria show is an annual event that began as an agricultural show and grew to include arts, entertainment, education and exhibitions over the years. The…
EventFlorence Josephine Zerffi, SA still life and landscape painter, dies
Florence Louise Josephine Zerffi was born in 1882, London, England. She came to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in London and at the Arts and Crafts…
ArchiveImmorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950
The Act was to amend the Immorality Act, 1927, so as to prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and non-Europeans, and to provide for matters…
EventBanyana Banyana player, Eudy Simelane, is found raped and murdered
On 28 April 2008, Banyana Banyana midfielder Eudy Simelane was found in a ditch in the outskirts of her home township KwaThema, Gauteng. She had been raped,…