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EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
Sir Alfred Milner was a British statesman and colonial Administrator. Milner came to South Africa in May 1897. In South Africa he became governor of the Cape…
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
Five power stations are blown up by pro-Axis power saboteurs in an attempt to destabilise the Rand gold mines. During the Second World War supporters of the…
PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 August 1978 The Cape Flats has the world’s highest rate of plant extinction, is highly…
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
Named after Jonas Bergtheil, this museum is situated in the leafy suburb of Westville, almost midway between Durban and Pinetown. The museum is housed in…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
The Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
The building was designed by Sytze Wierda, chief architect of the ZAR's Public Works Department. Its foundation stone was laid on 15 October 1890 and…
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
Church Square, which was initially called Market Square, was home to the first church built in Pretoria, which burnt down in 1882. The square's current layout…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
Mbulelo Goniwe had been active in the liberation struggle and with the inception of new democracy, held several positions, the most recent of which was the…
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
South African Prime Minister since 1966, John Vorster, shocked the nation by announcing his resignation from office, at the request of his colleagues, on the…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at dinner hosted in his honour by the Minister of External Affairs of India, Mr. P.V. Narasimha, 21 January 1983, Rao, New Delhi
Honourable Ministers and Members of Parliament, Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Guests, Representatives of the National…
PlaceBritish Fort, Marabastad, Polokwane
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 January 1938. This English fort or earthworks is situated just east of the national…
EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
The ex-residents and those who remember aim to reclaim their heritage, to restore themselves and the vital legacy of a community, through a festival that…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
On the 31 August 1997 Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer, the former wife of Prince Charles, was killed with her companion Dodi Fayed in a car accident in…
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
On this day, Zelda Grange was born in Pretoria, South Africa. She completed a 3-year National Diploma and started her career at the Department of State…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
Hugh Masekela was an up-and-coming trumpeter, all of 20, when he took an overnight train from Johannesburg to Cape Town to meet a pianist everyone was talking…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
Extend and Defend Our Revolutionary Gains! President O. R. Tambo`s January 8th, 1981, Statement. Compatriots and Comrades, Fellow-fighters for the…
PlaceJoubertina
Set in amongst other Villages with similarly lyrical names, like: Musgund, Louterwater and Kareedouw, on Route 62, Joubertina is a little town in the Eastern…
PlaceJansenville, Eastern Cape
Laid out on the Farm, Vergenoegd in 1854, it was proclaimed in 1855 and became a Municipality; the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in 1881. Said to have…
PlaceAbees, Bela-Bela
Old Khoikhoi name for Warmbad. It means 'place of cleansing or washing'. A Town 100 km away from Pretoria North. It was laid out in 1882 on the Farms: 'Het bad…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
The Appeal Court handed down a landmark decision in the case Rikhoto v. East Rand Administration Board (ERAB), granting him the right to permanent urban status…
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
The former African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng provincial secretary and South African high commissioner to Uganda, Bavumile Vilakazi, died of a heart…
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
Four black newspapers, Post Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and the Sowetan, were banned, technically on the same day that the eight week strike of black…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and indeed on my own…
PlaceFort Schanskop
After the Jameson Raid in 1896, Pres Paul Kruger of the “Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek” decided to protect Pretoria by constructing forts in strategic places…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on…
PlaceRhodes
The village of Rhodes lies on the banks of the Bell River at the foot of the Witteberge. It was laid out on the farm Tintern, and was proclaimed on 16…
Recommendations of Commission on undesirable publications - Interview: Albert Luthuli, 1 September 1957
The recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry in regard to Undesirable Publications create another grave threat to the liberties of the people and…
The United Nations adopts resolution 1375 (XIV) on Apartheid
On this day in 1959, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 1375 (XIV) condemning South Africa's Apartheid policies at its 838th plenary…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
The minister of (Black) education and training, Dr Ferdinand Hartzenberg, announced that compulsory education for Black children would be introduced in stages,…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
Among the reasons for the South African War (Anglo- Boer War), 1899 - 1902, was that the Afrikaners attempted to assert their independence as a nation in the…