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BiographyMizream Maseko
Mizream Maseko (also documented as Mizraim, Mizriam, Mizram) was born on 10 June 1927. Maseko began his career as a house painter after completing his studies…
SA man sets record for world’s deepest dive. Nuno Gomes’ 318.25m plunge was enough to beat the record of 313m, set by Mark Elly
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… groups are the Khoikhoi, who had been herders and the San, who had been hunters. The arrival of the settlers meant that both the Khoikhoi and the San found…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
Charles van Onselen on 'Nongoloza' Mathebula. Introduction Modern South Africa's industrial achievements are often pointed to with considerable pride —…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
Bessie Amelia Head was born on 6 July 1937 in Pietermaritzburg to Bessie Amelia Birch, a White woman and a Black unnamed father. Due to the apartheid policies…
Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty
Appiah Saravanan (A.S.) Chetty was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 3 April 1929. He was the second of five children of Appiah and…
BiographyJudge Erns Jansen
Judge Erns Jansen was born in Pietermaritzburg on 27 June 1918. He was the son of Ernest Jansen, Minister of Native Affairs in the National Party…
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
Following widespread resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led…
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
Richard Owen Dudley was born in Cape Town and grew up in the house bought in 1852 by his great-grandfather in Palmboom Road, Newlands. The large house was…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
In an interview with the New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA Special…
BiographyHector Pieterson
Hector Pieterson* was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam Nzima -…
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker IDEALISED WOMANHOOD One of the means by which men in male-dominated…
Elands Bay, Western Cape Province
… large rock shelter in the cliff is adorned with primitive San paintings . Excavations at a rock shelter in the cliffs …
Khoisan leader given state funeral despite last wishes by SAPA, 1 July 2012
… officials, traditional leaders and friends of the Khomani San. Traditional leaders at the funeral were concerned by … with how the proceedings went." A…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… the country's inhabitants and the international community. SAN-ROC and SACOS: Steps toward Sporting Reform in South … Africa The South African Non-Racial…
EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
The 4th Pan-African Congress was held in New York City, USA. The congress was sponsored by the American based African-American women's organisation, Circle for…
SA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
South African artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba was born in Boksburg, Transvaal. He left for Paris to further his studies in 1938. Mancoba never returned to live…
EventOne hundred and twenty three people banned following June 16 Student Protest
Three days after the 1976 Students' Revolt the Government banned 123 people for their involvement and put a nation wide ban on public meetings. The protest was…
The SA cricket team beats Zimbabwe with an innings and thirteen runs in the first five-day test in Bloemfontein.
Twenty Burundian parties sign an agreement in SA on sharing power, but eleven parties, including the main Tutsi party Uprona, f
Western countries, under which SA, decide to implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern sectio
SA signs an agreement with the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros relating to the basic conditions governing the secondmen
EventAt an international summit in SA leaders pledge to push for a new global trade deal that will help poor countries
On 12 of February 2006, the Progressive Governance Network held a summit in Hammanskraal South Africa. The aim of this gathering was to strategize ways in…