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PlaceTranskei
An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland (Mfenguland) and Galekaland …
Awards of Recognition to Honourable Early Associates of Gandhiji and Phoenix Settlement 1904-1914
The Gandhi Development Trust recognises on this important occasion of the centenary of Phoenix Settlement, the outstanding contribution, dedication and devoted…
PlaceNoordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula
There is some mystery about how Noordhoek came by its name! While there is no doubt that it goes back to the time of the earliest white settlers some time…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
The village of Groot Drakenstein was probably established in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fruit farms in the valley by Cecil John…
EventMargaret Rheeder is hung in Pretoria
Margaret Rheeder, found guilty of poisoning her husband, Benjamin Fredenman, was hung in Pretoria. On the morning of 27 April 1957 Rheeder went to a pharmacy…
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
The South African national rugby team became known as the Springboks on their tour to Britain in 1906. Since those early years, teams from abroad repeatedly…
EventBoris Becker of West Germany beats Kevin Curren of SA at Wimbledon.
Boris Becker (17) of West Germany beat Kevin Curren (27) of South Africa at Wimbledon to become the youngest ever tennis champion. Becker beat Curren in the…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
Dick King (Richard Philip) returned to Port Natal on board the Conch after his heroic rescue operation. King, accompanied by his young after-rider Ndongeni as…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
The Springbok rugby team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national team of South Africa under mentorship of Nick Mallett, registered an important victory over the…
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
During the South African War in 1899, Marconi wireless equipment was tested in South Africa, with mixed results. Land-based military radio proved problematic,…
EventCongo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo
King Leopold II of Belgium handed over the Congo to the Belgian state on this date. Previously he held it as a private project undertaken to extract rubber and…
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II, Mukasa beter known as King Mwanga II, was Kabaka of the kingdom of Bungada after the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, was the eldest child of Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, (descendent of Jan Smit and Adriana Tol) and Elizabeth Magdalena van der Merwe, …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
0n 6 April 1994, an extraordinary event in the history of the African continent took place in Kigali, Rwanda when two presidents from two countries were…
PlaceBloemfontein City Hall
The Bloemfontein City Hall was built in 1935 and has a beautiful Italian style interior with an attractive sandstone exterior. The Bloemfontein City Hall Is a…
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
This groundbreaking work was the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The collection sheds light on the pre-colonial era…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
1960 Mar- Norman Phillips of the Toronto Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
Former South African High Commissioner in London, political activist and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in…
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
On 30 May 1981, South Africa played its first rugby test match against Ireland at Newlands stadium in Cape Town. This game was particularly significant, as…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
Former Mpumalanga premier, Ndaweni Mahlangu, who replaced Matthews Phosa as the province's second premier, caused a storm within political circles with his now…
EventMax the gorilla is shot
A mountain gorilla, Max was shot and wounded as he grappled with a fleeing armed robber who jumped into his zoo enclosure. The suspect, Isaac Mofokeng, ducked…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
Big-game hunter, commandant, politician and scout Johannes Willem Viljoen (Jan) died in the Marico district, Western Transvaal. Together with three other…
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
Cecil John Rhodes applies for a Charter from United Kingdom to establish the British South Africa Company. The Royal Charter was granted in October 1889, with…
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
Gen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born near Greytown, Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). A Boer…
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
The prevalent violence in kwaZulu-Natal began with widespread interference during the voter registration process preceding the local government elections…
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
Town on the banks of the Orange River, some 195 km from Bloemfontein, on the road to to East London. It was founded in 1849 and named by the Governor of the…
PlaceClarkson, Eastern Cape
A Moravian Mission Village in the former Humansdorp District, 26 km South-East of Assegaaibos Railroad Station, located in Cacadu District Municipality. It…
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
A rural Town some 91 km North of Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. The Area of Adelaide, was first inhabited by Bushmen, estimated about the year 1530-1760. In the…
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-…
PlaceLeinster Hall, 7 Weltevreden Street, Gardens
Leinster Hall was built in the 1850s by Sebastian Hofmeyr on a plot of land that previously formed part of the farm Weltevreden. The outbuildings date from the…