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PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
Also known as Witperd Klip. The stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. An…
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
An express train carrying seven cars and an estimated one thousand people destined for Addis Ababa, derailed when it reached a curve 125 miles east of the…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
The ANC’s iconic Shell House in downtown Johannesburg, where Nelson Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government, has been sold to…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania to attend an emergency summit on the political crisis in Burundi. The President has been invited to the emergency…
ArchiveDialectic of Higher Education for the Colonised: the case of Non-White Universities in South Africa
The institution of education in any society lends itself to two-fold functions, a conservative and a progressive one. It can be viewed as a custodian of…
ArchiveCollaborators and falsifiers exposed
With the official opening of the Sultan Technical College, the members of the College Council had taken a decision to prohibit the African students from…
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
The last general election of the Union of South Africa before it became a Republic on 31 May 1961, was held with the National Party (NP) under Adv J.G…
EventThe Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown
The Star newspaper condemns the forced removal of black residents from Sophiatown, near central Johannesburg, to Soweto, located on the outskirts of the city…
EventThe United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi
The United States (US) shut down its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a terrorist threat. Following the threat, the US and British governments warned their…
ArchiveFinal Schlebusch report on NUSAS
General circular from the president of the National Union of South African Students, speculating on the final report of the Schlebusch Commission of Enquiry…
ArchiveCircular from John Daniels, SRC Vice-President
Circular from John Daniels, Vice-President of NUSAS, to SRC Presidents, NUSAS Executive, Local Committee Chairmen, Honorary Officers, Advisory Board, Overseas…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
Located 60 km North-West of Prieska and 26 km North-East of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyanda Municipality of the Northern Cape. It…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
Hole in the Wall is one of the most impressive landmarks along the entire South African coastline. Second only to Table Mountain, most likely, though only a…
PlaceGreyton, Western Province
This Village of Greyton, in the Cape, was established in 1852. Although the first plots of land were only sold in 1854. It was named in honour of Sir George…
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…
Ubuntu Awards 2018
ABOUT THE AWARDS The Annual Ubuntu Awards have grown exponentially since they were launched in 2015. Now in their fourth year, the Awards are carried live on…
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
Lovers of military history are sure to enjoy a tour of the Ditsong National Museum of Military History. The museum, located on an 80ha site next to the…
PlaceUganda
Uganda is a landlocked Country in East Africa, whose diverse landscape encompasses the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains and immense Lake Victoria. Its abundant…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
The agreement was the culmination of months of intense diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new…
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
The Fawcett Commission headed by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
27 April commemorates the day in 1994 when the first democratic election was held in South Africa. Today, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to mark the…
EventCharges against Cape Times editor, Mr Anthony Heard are dropped
The charges against the Cape Times editor, Mr Anthony who was convicted for publishing an interview of the African National Congress leader, Oliver Tambo were…
EventA Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed
The Cape Passive Resistance Council was formed at a mass meeting in Cape Town, attended by 1 500 people. Among the first people to volunteer were African…
EventArtist Allina Ndebele is born
South African artist and master weaver Allina Ndebele, nee Khumalo, who returned to her father's village and established a small workshop to teach…
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
In June 1966, during the darkest years of Apartheid, United States (US) Senator Robert Kennedy made a historic visit to South Africa. He was invited by the…
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced…
EventMinister Kobie Coetsee on meeting between Botha and Mandela
Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee denied that Prime Minister P. W. Botha and Nelson Mandela had discussed policy matters or engaged in negotiations on 5 July, but…
EventWestern Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg
The Western Cape High Court set aside Western Cape provincial Department of Environmental Affair's decision to permit the construction of a pebble bed modular…
ArchiveFederation or desolution
The 33rd lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial lecture series delivered by Alan Paton in Johannesburg on 23rd May 1985, in which he believes that…
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
On Monday 29 February 1988, 125 clergy assembled at Cape Town's Anglican Cathedral and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present…