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PlaceBoulders Beach, Simons Town
Just around the corner from the seaside Village of: 'Simons Town', turn left off main road to Boulders Visitor Centre to visit the famous colony of African…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
The African National Congress invites members of the media to a briefing on the outcomes of the NEC Lekgotla being held at the St. George`s Hotel, Irene in…
ArchiveThe birth of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
This pamphlet clearly describes, with some background, on the political state of the country before the birth of APDUSA. The NEUM called on the leadership of…
ArchiveThe preliminary nature of the Constitutional document
Paper covering rights and duties attached to property and rights to education, power-sharing and rights of minorities, reconciling freedom of speech,…
Phakamani
Phakamani, meaning "stand up", reflecting the call to stand up and join the democratic forces inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the legality of the…
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
The earliest structure known to have been erected on this property was a 'Hartbeeshuisie', belonging to farmer: 'Bronkhorst'. In 1862 the property was…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
Former National Party leader and Prime Minister of South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg,…
EventMinister introduces free and compulsory education
The Minister of Bantu Education M.C. Botha announced that the government moved towards the introduction of free and compulsory education for Black pupils. This…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
Trade unionist, politician and businessman Allison Wessels George (A.W.G.) Champion died at his home in Chesterville, Durban. He was known as a campaigner for…
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
Bantu Holomisa was dismissed as Deputy Environment and Tourism Minister after revealing that the African National Congress (ANC), received a sum of R2 million…
EventThe Star is published in Johannesburg
The Star newspaper appeared for the first time in Johannesburg as The Eastern Star. It was founded in Grahamstown under that title on January 6, 1871, and was…
EventKenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities
2,500 men are arrested in Kenya as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities against the Mau Mau. Four days later, close to 100 people were…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only. The…
SASPU Focus
SASPU Focus was a feature-orientated publication aimed largely at raising student awareness: at its annual congress during December 1981 NUSAS adopted the…
PlacePrince Edward Islands
The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island Group consists of; Marion Island (19km long 12 km wide) and Prince Edward Island (10 km long and 6.5km wide). These…
ArchiveCultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
Paper produced by the ANC Department of Arts and Culture from an in-house seminar on Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South Africa, held in Lusaka,…
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
This site is now part of the experimental farm of the University of Pretoria. On 17 March 1920 it was the first landing place in the Union of South Africa for…
EventNelson Mandela’s son, Thembekile is killed in a car accident
Thembekile “Thembi” Mandela, the eldest son of Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Mase was killed in a car accident while his father was serving life sentence on Robben…
EventLesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions
The government of South Africa threatened Lesotho and Swaziland with economic sanctions if they continued to harbour African National Congress (ANC) insurgents…
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
Dr. Peter A.J. Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre on…
EventSouth African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title
South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell, won the WBA junior-lightweight title in 1986. He defeated Alfredo Layne of Panama in Sun City, on a tenth…
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
Ashwell Prince was appointed as South Africa's first Black Test cricket captain to lead the Protea team in Sri Lanka. This announcement was made by Cricket…
EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
The United Nations states in Addis Adaba that more than eighty million Africans may die from Aids by 2025. The numbers could soar to ninety million, or more…
EventBulelani Vukwani on a shooting spree
Twenty-nine year old security guard Bulelani Vukwani shot dead eleven people, including his girlfriend, and wounded five at Mdantsane Suburb in East London…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
The first American president to visit SA with his wife, President Bill Clinton, arrived with his wife Hillary at the Cape Town International Airport. Clinton…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
Wilton Z. Mkwayi, trade unionist, treason trialist and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in Middledrift in the Transkei. He was the eldest child…
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
Dinuzulu ka-Cetshwayo, King of the Zulu nation, released from prison by Prime Minister Gen. Louis Botha, who also saw to it that he received a farm to live on,…
EventGhana is declared a republic
Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. On 1 July 1960, Ghana was declared a republic with…
EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
The financial Rand, used as a parallel currency to the commercial Rand, was abolished on 10 March 1995. The currency was introduced in the 1960’s and only…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Bibliography Primary Sources Interviews …