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EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… Moses Mayekiso was the General Secretary of the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and became a member of the South African Communist … Party (SACP)…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… Mandela, representatives of government, business, labour and other community and development organisations meet at the Presidential Job … most economically…
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most important abstract painters. He first became interested in archaeology and primitive art as a…
EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, Alfred B. Nobel, established the … will. This bequeathment allegedly shocked his relatives and the countries where…
EventBattle of Viervoet (Basotho-British war)
… In 1851, the British controlled the area between the Orange and Vaal Rivers (the Orange River Sovereignty). Due to border … This line divided territory…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… of Plymouth, was born in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the Lethuania/Poland area and had fled…
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… for 8 years, Nadine Gordimer is the author of 16 novels and short story collections, Richard Luyt was a principal and vice chancellor of the University of…
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell was born in Durban, Natal, and was considered one of South Africa’s most esteemed … (now Durban Boys' High), where he counted…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… the workers' struggle for national liberation, democracy and socialism. Issues discussed include wage negotiations, … working conditions, campaigns for a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… family; Dr Bill Venter; Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is just over a year since I had the … South African by addressing fundamental issues…
ArchiveThe United Democratic Front (UDF): a case study of democratic organisation, 1983-1987
… his study uses the theoretical basis of writings of Lennin and Gramsci on revolutionary theory and praxis; and researches the policies, aims, memberships and…
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… of the struggles waged by the people of South Africa and Africa, led by the ANC. These struggles culminated in the freedom that we now enjoy and democracy…
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… building, formerly known as the Government Garden House, and later as the Commandant's House. The land on which this … The 'Groot Tuin' was first established…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
… neo-Gothic structure was opened on 16 February 1834 and was extended a number of times thereafter. In October … a new building. Further additions were made…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the … building (1857-1882) was built on the corner…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… Suburb of Kimberley to the South of the Big Hole and North-West of New Park. It was established when the Newton Township, was cleared of slums, and named…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort is at the source of a mineral and sulphur-rich hot Spring, and means 'burning water' in the Local Dialect. One of the … Park which…
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… his homeland with a fleet of three ships – Garcia, Belèm and Santa Cruz. In late February he dropped anchor near the Cape of Good Hope to replenish water. De…
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… was, for many years, the property of the Stadler family, and is a typical example of the type of vernacular building … Western Cape. It retains its original…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… forms a unique terrace erected in the late 19th century, and survives largely unaltered to the present day. It was … namely Richmond Hill! This road is at…
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… for harbor administration by the South African Railways and Harbours, in Port Elizabeth. Sir Rufane Donkin was … the aim to distance South Africa from its…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… chieftaincy in Botswana (then known as Bechuanaland) and became a chief of the Bangwanto tribe. Seretse acquired his education in South Africa and he…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) President and the first person to be banned under the 1976 Internal … launched in 1981 to call for the release of…
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… set up by the government after the Durban strikes of 1973 and the Soweto uprisings of 1976 to look at industrial … be amended to grant Black trade unions…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… that its aim, is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory education as soon as possible. Teachers and scholars rejected the education provided…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… Seven people were killed and about sixty-seven injured when about 800 striking South … East Rand. The non-strikers were armed with pangas, knives and…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… In 1815, tensions between the British and Dutch were running high. The Dutch settlers strongly (and correctly) suspected the British of resenting their … by…
EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
… On 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van Riebeeck set off from Texel in The … on the Dromedaris with two other ships, the Rejiger and De…
EventFirst air flight from London to South Africa
… from this war also possessed a large store of aircraft and personnel trained in their use and maintenance. At the time the British Empire was the largest…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… in Dutch. It developed amongst Dutch-speaking settlers and slaves in South Africa in the 17th century, and has many influences, including French and Malay…