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EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
A year after the Treaty of Vereeniging, which signalled the end of the Anglo-Boer War 2, the British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner,…
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
The building of the Delagoa Bay railway line to Pretoria was completed on this date. It was scheduled to be opened for traffic on 2 November 1894, however, the…
PlaceRosmead
Middelburg Road was a Cape Government Railway station and was formally established on about 2 April 1883, when the Railway Line from Cradock was inaugurated…
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was born in Manjacaze, Gaza Province, in Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique). He was born into a Tsonga royal family and was a…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
Thomas Trevor Motswai (known as Tommy) is an award-winning South African artist. He has achieved national and international acclaim. Motswai was born on 27 May…
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
South African artist George Mnyaluza Pemba (also documented as Mnyala, Milwa), was born in Hillskraal, Korsten Village, Port Elizabeth. His father encouraged…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
On 13 September 1960, during the trial of David Beresford Pratt, two psychiatrists gave evidence about his mental condition. The case was heard at the Supreme…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. The house was designed and…
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
When the Public Utility Transport Corporation (PUTCO) increased the bus fare in 1957, it was met with resistance from the public. More than 80 percent of the…
EventAnna Tempo is born
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…
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…
PlaceNorth West
The North West Province was part of the old Transvaal, and includes most of the parts of the old homeland, Bophuthatswana. There is a lot of platinum in the…
EventExpelled ANC leader abandons court action
General Bantu Holomisa announced that he was abandoning a Supreme Court action aimed at forcing the African National Congress (ANC) to reinstate him as a…
ArchiveReport of NUSED Congress, July 1971
Report of the Congress of the National Union of Students Education Department, July 1971, presented at the 47th Annual Congress of the National Union of South…
ArchiveA Celebration of Queerness: Zanele Muholi receives a French knighthood
The French Embassy was due to present the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et de Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) to acclaimed photographer and…
EventBritish secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands
Lord Kitchener, British secretary of war, was drowned in the spring of 1916 near the Orkney Islands. Kitchener had been sent to Russia by Prime Minister…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
South African National Art Gallery. Source: www.sa-venues.com This Gallery is located in Cape Town. It was started in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
With origins that can be traced back to 1904, the University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. …
PlaceGrabouw
A Post Office was opened at Palmiet River on 1 January 1846, and was probably located at a ford where a small bridge, known as Oude Brug, had been built in…
PlaceGaries
To describe Garies as in the middle of nowhere does not do any damage to the reputation of the Town (for those who stay here, particularly during the spring…
PlaceRoyal baFokeng Stadium
Formally known as the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, this Stadium is situated in Rustenburg, which is a charming Town at the foot of the Magaliesberg Mountain…
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
Click on image to enlarge Pretoria is commonly known as Jaccaranda City, because of the purple flowered bush that flurishes there! It has recently changed its…
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers'…
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
The more recent pre-colonial history of CÁ´te d’Ivoire can be traced to the 17th century, with the establishment of the kingdom of Gyaaman. The capital,…