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EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
The Berlin Games are infamously known as Hitler's Olympics after he used the event for propaganda to promote his National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
The frontier war of 1850-53 was precipitated when the amaNgqika, faced with the increased pressure of European settlement upon their ancestral lands, rose in…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield. where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 during the First War of…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
The National Union for the Independence of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest power and access to minerals in Angola, occupied Kuxi in…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was…
EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
Malawi officially replaced the Malawian pound with the Kwacha on 28 August 1970. The country had circulated the Pound sterling, the Rhodesian Dollar and the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
9 July, The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC's nominee to the Young Committee. Albert…
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…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - Table 3 Interviews
Interviews(in alphabetical order of surnames)List of interviews in alphabetical order of surnamesNo.IntervieweeDate(s)1Muff Andersson29 December 20192Desi…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
The consequences of capitalism on the lives of working class people extend beyond the workplace per se. Although workers sell their labour power for only a…
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2009 to 2010
After the African National Congress victory, Jacob Zuma was elected the President of South Africa and announced his first Cabinet on 10 May 2009. The cabinet…
EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
The Coloured schools' boycott began as a result of students' dissatisfaction with the South African educational and political systems. Students from about 60…
EventScores of soccer fans die in a friendly match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates
Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates met in a pre-season friendly at the 23,000 seater Oppenheimer Stadium, near Orkney, Western Transvaal (now North West…
Address by H.E. Ms. Baleka Mbete, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Aviation Conference, Kwazulu-Natal, 24 November 2008
SALUTATION Programme director, Ms. Mpumi Mpofu, Honourable Minister of Transport, Mr. Jeff Radebe Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Sibusiso Ndebele, Secretary…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
In an essay entitled “The 16th of December in the context of Nationalistic thinking in colonial- and apartheid-South Africa” Wolfram Kistner [1975] makes an…
PlaceAbees, Bela-Bela
Old Khoikhoi name for Warmbad. It means 'place of cleansing or washing'. A Town 100 km away from Pretoria North. It was laid out in 1882 on the Farms: 'Het bad…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
Under the provisions of the General Law Amendment Act of 1962 a list of 102 persons prohibited from attending gatherings was published in the Government…
EventSeparate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 1968 is enacted
The Coloured Persons Representative Council was formed with forty elected members and twenty nominated members. It had legislative powers to make laws…
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
The first of more than 100 people were killed near Pietermaritzburg. Political conflict in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa caused the death of 200…
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
On 26 January 1905 miner Frederick Wells extracted a large diamond from the Cullinan mine, a few kilometres outside Pretoria in South Africa's mineral-rich…
EventDigging for gold is officially authorised and fortune hunters flock to the Witwatersrand
Digging for gold in the Witwatersrand (now city of Johannesburg and surroundings) was authorised in September 1886 and further accelerated the influx of people…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
Along the Western shores of South Africa there are many myriad fishing Villages which lie sleepily on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. While Paternoster is…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and his mother gave…
EventThe Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed
The Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 empowered the Government to remove Africans from any area within and next to the magisterial district of…
EventXhosa author Samuel Mqhayi dies
Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet, prose writer and educator, died at Ntab'ozuko, near King William's Town, Transkei. His first collection of poems,…
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
In an effort to promote peace in Natal, the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela made a trip to Durban to speak to ANC supporters. In a peace…
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
The Portuguese ship São João went down near the mouth of the Mzimvubu River (at the present Port St. Johns) with 600 people on board. The ship was returning…
EventOlympic games end in Athens
The International Olympic games, which were held in Athens, Greece, came to an end with a spectacular closing ceremony. The evening was started off with Greek…
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
On 19 March 1910, Thomas Thornton became the first person to fly on an aeroplane as a passenger when he paid Albert Kimmerling £100 for a short flight from…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
Jacob van der Heiden, a political prisoner, spent part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle in Cape Town, which he shared with Ari…