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SA signs bilateral air transport agreement with Hungary.
SA signs bilateral air services agreement with Bulgaria.
SA signs bilateral air transport agreement with Burundi.
ArchiveKeuse vir vryheid moontlik (Article written in Afrikaans)
ArchiveNew voters call for workshops, increased air time
ArchiveThough we had no AK47s nor revolvers
EventIsidingo will air it's last episode
On 25 November 2019, the South African Broadcasting Commission (SABC) issued a statement confirming that soap opera Isidingo the Need will be cancelled due to…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
Sir Patrick Duncan was born on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland as the second son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from…
Chief of the SA Air Force (SAAF) Lieutenant-General Carlo Gagiano announces Waterkloof air force base the country’s most promin
Sir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor, known as ‘Mosquito Manson’ from his pioneer work with Sir Ronald Ross in malaria research,
Sir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor, known as ‘Mosquito Manson’ from his pioneer work with Sir Ronald Ross in malaria research,
Sir Christopher Joseph Quinton Brand, aviation pioneer who completed the first flight from London to Cape Town with Sir Pierre
Sir Gilbraith Lowry Cole, governor of the Cape, is born. Sir Lowry’s Pass was built during his time of office.
EventSir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born
Sir Thomas Cullinan was born in the The Cape Colony in 1862. He settled in Barberton, before moving to Johannesburg in 1887. He began working as a bricklayer…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
Sir Abe Bailey, a prominent politician and mine magnate, married Mary Westenra on 5 September 1911, and together they settled in Johannesburg. Lady Mary Bailey…
The South African Air Force is established, the first of the Commonwealth air forces. Lt-Col. Pierre van Ryneveld is appointed
PlaceBakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum, in Polokwane
Experience the warm hospitality and rich Culture of the Basotho people in the 'Bakone Malapa Museum'. The Bakone, a sub-group of the Northern Sotho Cultural…
SA signs air services agreement with the Russian Federation.
Sir Henry Barkly, Cape Governor, is born in London.
Police announces that a bomb caused the Lockerbie air disaster.
South Africa signs an air transport agreement with Austria.
Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape.
ArchiveTieners kweek begrip vir mekaar (Article written in Afrikaans)
ArchiveIDASA beplan vir die toekoms (Article written in Afrikaans)
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
Captain Lancelot Andrew Elsworth Ariba was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1891. He served in World War I with distinction and late studied architecture in Leeds…
BiographyOmar Badsha
Omar Badsha was born in Durban, Natal (now known as KwaZulu-Natal) in June 1945. He grew up in a working-class Indian Muslim family, which is part of the…
BiographyGopallal Hurbans
Born in 1915 Hurbans was a businessman and sugar farmer. He took the lead in establishing four Indian schools in the Tongaat district and was chairman of the…
BiographyCassim Amra
Cassim Amra was born in 1919 in Durban Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He attended Sastri College, Durban where he represented the senior cricket team. Amra was…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), Sir de Villiers Graaff and the Democratic Party (DP), Theo Gerdener, expressed their agreement to…
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
The crisis began after gunmen took control of the passenger jet ten minutes after take off from Athens airport. The terrorists, calling themselves the Egypt…