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EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
… On 19 March 1910, Thomas Thornton became the first person to fly …
EventAaron Mokoena, SA footballer is born in Boipatong
… player ever to represent South Africa. He was only 19 when he played in 1999 at the 2000 Olympic qualifiers. He …
EventWalter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground
… On 19 April 1963, African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter …
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… 16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… solution for South Africa’s constitutional future. 1980 19 February, The South African Defence Force has taken over … of Sharpeville are generally low key…
PlaceRailway Station, Main Road, Wynberg
… line from Salt River Junction to Wynberg, which opened on 19 December 1864. In 1876 the company was taken over by the …
PlaceBergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
This farm complex consists of a Cape Dutch house built in 1769, and a ring wall and outbuildings which were erected towards the mid-19th Century. The land…
EventThe World Health Organisation confirms that Ebola virus killed thirteen villagers in Gabon.
… village in Gabon during the month of February 1996. On 19 February 1996, the World Health Organisation confirmed …
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… A chronology of key events ,(2013), from BBC News, 19 December,[online],Available at www.bbc.com [Accessed: 24 …
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party was …
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
… On 19 August 1970, the Chinese community, officially classed …
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… stone for the building, Murray Hall, was laid on 19 November 1874. This building also served as a hostel for …
PlaceTranskei
… Butterworth ...... 15 312 1 344 19 202 2 810 Division of Idutywa … Bantustan policy of the apartheid…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… delegation paves way for the first Round-table Conference. 19 December, The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) … India in an attempt to foster closer…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
The building was erected on a portion of the historic Boshof Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. Its construction dates from the early 19th century, and it was…
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
… highest rates of HIV and AIDS among its population. On 19 April 2001, these companies dropped their legal challenges …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
From the 16th century right up to the 19th, slaves from Ethiopia were sold across the world. However, the slave trade within Ethiopia was very much different…
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
The property was granted to Matthys Coeymans in 1669 and its homestead was subsequently erected in a Cape Dutch style. During the 19th century a number of…
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
… Magxagxa, the first man to die from the shooting here on 06 June 1960, the man who ironically was shot while hoisting …
Article2016 in Review
In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… but the police reported to the Secretary of Justice on 19 June 1973 that Dr Monty Naicker had told local newspapers … the police reported to the Secretary of…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view other pages Industrialization and British imperialism in South Africa…
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… On 26 June 1959, over five hundred people attended a meeting at the …
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
The area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, originally known as Transoranje, with its abundance of permanent water sources, was the hunting grounds of the San…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… Loots is born in the Kat River area of the Eastern Cape (19 July). [i] 1954 Matriculated from John Bisseker High …
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
"They strongly insisted that we had been appropriating more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked if they would be…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
Prehistory of Southern Africa The Durban area is probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early 19th century. To understand the…
ArticlePan-Africanism
Pan-Africanism is the belief that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified. Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… the urban areas had increased by 83%. (Grundlingh: 1982: 19) …
ArticleTransport on water
Transport on water Ships and boats are as old as the desire to travel over and across water, and to fish. Boats are smaller than ships. They can be powered by…