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ArchiveMemorandum aan alle lede van die Staatsveiligheidsraad: Onlussituasie - voorgestelde terminologiese riglyne vir amptelike segsmanne
Memorandum to all members of the State Security Council, from Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding guidelines for the use of terminology…
ArchiveBanning and intimidation: list of recommended tactics
SASO memorandum deals with proposed methods of infiltration into schools, religious bodies and other organisations; how to deal with infiltration into SASO and…
ArchiveLong bitter struggle at Frame has ended
The longest recognition struggle in South African labour history has come to an end. Nearly 2 000 National Union of Textile Worker members at the giant…
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
Provisional protection of a monument- Dockhouse No. 1 and No. 2, off Portswood Road, Portswood Ridge, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town , states that: …
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
Sir Winston Churchill escaped from this Building when, for a time it was used to House Prisoners-of-War, during the Anglo-Boer War. Single-storied red brick…
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
Marie Koopmans-De Wet followed in her father’s footsteps as she established herself in the social and cultural life of Cape Town. In 1864, she married Johan…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
Kenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections and will become the first president of an independent republic on 24 October 1964. The victory of Kaunda in the…
EventThe Korean War ends
The undeclared Korean War ended after three years of fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communists against the United Nations (UN) forces (mainly South…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
In July 1939 at a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E. I. Asvat, a decision was taken to…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
Andries Gerhardus Visser was born on 1 March 1878 on the farm Zaaifontein, in the district of Fraserburg, South Africa. Visser attended the Huguenot Memorial…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, world renowned preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
In response to attacks on the Sasol oil refinery in Secunda, the South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland. The attacks claimed the…
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
Born in the predominantly Indian community of Cato Manor near Durban, Sipho Gumede started playing music on a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
Hansi Pauline Pollak was born in Johannesburg in 1905. She served as an officer in command of the Women Army Auxiliary Services during the World War II. In…
Cutting Through The Mountain
Cutting Through The Mountain is a collection of interviews with South Africans - most of them prominent and all of them Jewish - who fought against…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria after it gained independence. He served his term as Prime Minister from 1957 until he died in…
ArchiveCC Resolution on Elections
Resolutions of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party on elections, on Angola, and on negotiations. Supports a single ANC electoral list…
ArchiveSeparate development: the challenge of the Transkei
The nineteenth Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial lectureThe Transkei became a semi-autonomous territory in Decmber 1963 and separate territorial development…
PlaceKruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.
Paul Kruger used to be a member of the church in Pretoria. This church still has the chairs Paul and his Wife used to sit on during services, with the same…
EventBafana Bafana draws with Nigeria
The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana played to a goalless draw against a Nigerian team (Super Eagles) at Soccer City (FNB Stadium) Johannesburg…
EventMandela meet De Klerk in Pretoria
African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela and State President F.W. de Klerk held discussions in Pretoria on the progress which has been…
EventManne Dipico resigns from parliament
Former Northern Cape Premier and President Thabo Mbeki's parliamentary advisor, Manne Dipico, resigned from the National Assembly to concentrate his effort on…
PlaceCwanguba
A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be a…
EventSouth African Cricketer, Dave Nourse ,is born in England
Arthur William “Dave” Nourse was born in Croydo, England on 26 January 1878. Nourse went to South Africa as a drummer for the West Riding Regiment and decided…
ArchiveGrahamstown and group areas: some facts
Map showing the plan of the city of Grahamstown under the Group Areas. Also includes Map showing the proposed zoning of Grahamstown under the Group Areas Act…
ArchiveStatements on Black Consciousness and human rights
The Southern African Catholic Bishops, in their Plenary Session of 4 February 1974, recommended that these pamphlets be studied as part of a pledge of…
ArchiveBill Nair interview
Interview with Bill Nair where he was asked to first comment on the state of the United Democratic Front since Murphy and Valli were detained and that there…
PlaceAdmiralty House, Simonstown
The Building dates from the mid-18th Century and its ownership was transferred to the Admiralty in 1814. Rear-Admiral Jahleel Brenton was the first of the navy…
EventDipuo Peters is born
Premier of Northern Cape Province and member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women's League, Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, was born in the Kimberley…