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ArchiveAfrican National Congress statement: International Conference of Trade Unions on sanctions and other actions against the apartheid regime in South Africa
African National Congress statement on the International Conference of Trade Unions on Sanctions and other actions against the apartheid regime in South Africa…
ArchiveMeeting between the African National Congress and the University of Natal
Documents relating to a meeting between the African National Congress and the University of Natal. Includes draft programme, objectives of the meeting, list of…
EventVasco da Gama dies
Vasco da Gama, Portuguese seafarer who discovered a sea route from Europe to Asia around the southern point of Africa, died on his final voyage to India as…
EventSir John Cradock, Cape governor, acting in accordance with an instruction issued by the British Colonial Secretary, issues a pr
Sir John Cradock, Cape governor, acting in accordance with an instruction issued by the British Colonial Secretary, issues a proclamation instituting a circuit…
ArchiveReport on regional resettlement consultation held at St Peters, Hammanskraal on February 1-2, 1980
Report on regional resettlement consultation held at St Peters, Hammaskraal to discuss forced removals and how if affected people. It is argued in this speech…
ArchiveThe Comet
Page from The Comet newspaper. The Comet replaced The Star newspaper because of a ruling by State President Paul Kruger banning the newspaper for three months…
ArchiveA bill
A bill to amend the comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit United States depository institutions from providing certain financial services to…
ArchiveExtension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959
The Act was to provide for the establishment, maintenance, management and control of unoiversity colleges for non-white persons; for the admission of students…
ArchiveNative Laws Amendment Act, Act No 54 of 1952
The Act was to amend the Native Labour Regulation Act, 1911, the Natives Land Act, 1013, the Native Administration Act, 1927 and the Natives (Urban Areas)…
ArchiveThe Black Workers Project: A proposal
There is a universal understanding for workers to negotiate in one voice, yet Blacks were refused membership to Trade unions.The complexity of the race…
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
Allanridge is a Gold Mining Town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa, 34 km North of Welkom. It was founded…
PlaceSacramento Cannon, Cape Recife
This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family, also known as the Miracle Cannon, was salvaged in May 1977 from the Shipwreck site of the Portuguese Ship-…
EventMpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time
Mpho and Mphonyana Mathibela made headlines when they were born conjoined at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital on 7 December 1986.The twin girls were joined at…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
The Honourable B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one of the most sought after. As a speaker…
EventThe first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga
The first Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Patrice Lumumba declared martial law in the Katanga region of the Congo as a result of the…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
Archibald Archie Gumede was born on 1 March 1914 in Pietermaritzburg. He studied at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare), but…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa since 7 May 2002 and current Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Charles…
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, died in Johannesburg at the age of 65. In…
EventThe first regional committee of the UDF is established in Natal
Anti-apartheid organisations united under the umbrella of the United Democratic Front. One of the first steps in creating the front was to establish regional…
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
Zimbabwe's pre-colonial history is synonymous with the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, after which the country is now named. Following colonisation by Britain,…
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) a White, student organisation, served an important role in unifying and voicing student protests against…
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
On 21 July 1967, Chief Albert Luthuli died after he was struck by a train on a railway bridge close to the home that he had been confined to by the Apartheid…
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
Oupa Gqozo, the military leader of Ciskei foiled several coup attempts during his rule. In the early 1990's Colonel Onward Guzana, a former member of the…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park staged a consumer boycott in Boksburg on the East Rand (now Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng). The boycott, by…
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
All-race municipal elections were held on this date to elect segregated local authorities. For the first time elections for all areas, except homelands, were…
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
Two White men, Schalk Burger and George Scheepers, were sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February…
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
On the night of 15 August 1985, South Africa's President P. W. Botha delivered the infamous "Rubicon" Speech in Durban. Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
Reports were made that two mass graves were found at a former South African Defence Force base, Eenhana, in northern Namibia. Construction workers discovered…
EventFake versions of the new South African banknotes hit the streets
On 7 February 2005, reports were issued of the use of fake versions of the then new South African banknotes. These came hardly a week after the latest currency…
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
After a month-long controversy including charges of racism, nepotism and mismanagement in the sport. On Thursday 7 May, South African Rugby Football Union …