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EventGhana demands independence from Britain
In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the Gold Coast (as Ghana was then known) signed an…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, comprising of over 400 workers',…
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
Zubeida Jaffer, former reporter from the Cape Times and her husband John Issel, were detained by the security police on 31 January 1986. Jaffer who was three…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
The poverty and vulnerability of the South African Republic (Transvaal) prompted Disraeli's Conservative government to annex it in 1877. This was an important…
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
“Everyone has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed me the newspaper file I needed. He was looking at…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the capital city, Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. It was designed by Sir…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the capital city, Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. It was designed by Sir…
ArchiveThe student movement in the struggle for democracy
Speech by the guest speaker, Joe Phaahla, President of the Azanian Students' Organisation (AZASO), at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South…
ArchiveKwa-Natal Indaba
Article regarding Kwa-Natal Indaba as it met to plan tactics and tie up crucial loose ends in the face of dicouraging government reaction to its proposals, in…
ArchiveLegislation and race relations: a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations
This book provides a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations. Acts from 1909 to 1948 include among others those relating to…
EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
Mdantsane born Welcome Ncita became the first South African to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world bantam weight title on 10 March 1990, when…
EventHelen Joseph is put under house arrest
Former political activist, Helen Joseph, fell victim to the Draconian apartheid legislations. She became the first person to be put under house arrest under…
EventPolitical Activist, Barbara Hogan, is sentenced for High Treason
Barbara Hogan is sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to an effective ten years in prison for high treason and membership of the banned African National…
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
At a regional peace summit initiated by Church leaders and held in Durban, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini urged his followers to stop killing each other. This…
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
Funeral arrangements are afoot in the Eastern Cape in preparation for the funeral of African National Congress (ANC) veteran, Mama Dideka Mhlaba (85) - wife of…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, with the help of Archaeological…
PlaceCoffee Bay, Wild Coast
Coffee Bay and the Hole in the Wall are virtually synonymous - mention the one and you picture the other - and one cannot describe the full extent of the…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
Piet Retief completes the manifesto that sets out the reasons why the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony. It is published in English in the Graham's Town…
PlaceRosemount
Woodbrook Farm was established at about the same time as East London, and was located immediately south of the town. By the early 1900s it had been overtaken…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
Invitation The HSRC Seminar Series In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy Speaker: Ndangwa Noyoo ,…
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
Quoted in Luckhardt, K. & Wall, B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions, New York: International Publishers, p…
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town, on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles. Zwarte Maria Evert was the first owner of the Farm that later became…
EventCommission on Native Education is appointed
The government appointed the Eiselen Commission whose terms of reference were to inquire into and to report on all aspects of native education. The…
EventWole Soyinka is born
The Nigerian, novelist, playwright and poet, Wole Soyinka, was born at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. Soyinka became the first African to receive…
EventThe House of Assembly votes for inquiry into NUSAS & SAIRR
The House of Assembly approved a motion by eighty-six votes to forty-three to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon the objects,…
ANC Deputy President`s Election Campaign Programme, 6 May 2011
ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Sunday lead a campaign programme in Ekurhuleni as part of the organisation`s election programme to maximise ANC…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
Dorkay House, a building at the south end of Eloff Street in downtown Johannesburg, functioned as the headquarters for the Union of South African Artists,…
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
On 9 March 2015, Chumani Maxwele threw human excrements at a statue of Cecil John Rhodes that was situated on the campus of the University of Cape Town, on…
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
Zulu name for ridge on the Mountains in Drakensberg, including such Peaks as Cathedral Peak, the Bell, the Outer Horn and the Inner Horn. Said to mean 'Ridge…
EventOne of the most infamous murders in South Africa takes place
19 year old Marlene Lehnberg hired Marthinus Choegoe to assist in the brutal murder of 48-year-old Susanna Magdalena van der Linde, wife to Christiaan van der…