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EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
Justice of the Constitutional Court, Edwin Cameron made headlines in 1999 when he announced that he had been living with HIV for twelve years. Cameron was a…
EventDavid Malebane, a student at the Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in the Limpopo, shoots three lecturers before shooting himself
David Malebane was a student at Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in Limpopo. He had failed to graduate several times and when he received results showing that…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
Two members of the extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and Henk Van Zyl, were apprehended on a farm in Memel district, Free State. They were taken…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
David Joseph Webster was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1945. He became involved in politics while studying at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
It is believed that thousands of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch had settled at the Cape, the island was used mainly as a hospital…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
Britain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over Sudan dates back the 19th…
EventA commemorative exhibition of the work of painter and cartoonist John Amshewitz opens in the City Hall in Johannesburg
John Henry Amshewitz was born in Ramsgate, England in 1882. He came to South Africa with the intention of only staying for six months but ended up staying for…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' struggle for national…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
"The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
On 5 September 1909, a tireless fighter for national and social liberation, Dr. Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo was born in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg. According to Essop…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
Marianne Kriel was born in Bellville on 30 August 1971.[i] She attended Bellville High School, and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Stellenbosch…
PlaceLeeuwenhof, Official Residence of the Premier of Cape Town
Proclaimed as a National Monument in 1966. Leeuwenhof, the official residence of the Premier of the Cape Province, stands on the slope of Table Mountain. It is…
PlaceMuseum Africa
Museum Africa, Johannesburg's major history and cultural history museum, is housed in the Newtown Cultural Precinct's old fruit and vegetable market - which…
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
Sixty-five years ago Steve Bantu Biko who would become a pioneer of the Black Consciousness(BC) philosophy was born in King William's Town, Eastern Cape. Biko…
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
On the morning of 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake deformed the…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs South Africa's fourth state president was born on 17 November 1903. After studying for his doctoral degree at the University of…
PlaceRobert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
The oldest town in the Eastern Cape, the fourth oldest in South Africa and certainly one of the most atmospheric, Graaff-Reinet lies enclosed by a bend in the…
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and plants from…
PlaceXamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. Aberdeen, officially renamed Xamdeboo in February 2026, is a…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
Contents and Contributions Contents: Comment: AW Oliphant, Stories: Going to See Mr. BV, Shimmer Chinodya; Nhamiwa's Magic Stick, Maria Munsaka; The Jungle…
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
Nestled in the foothills of Northcliff Hill, Linden is one of the prettiest and oldest suburbs of Johannesburg, lying to the North-West of the city centre…
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
On 4 June 1986, two African National Congress members, Sipho Dlamini and Busi Majola were shot dead in a house near Mbabane in Swaziland. They had both…
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
United Democratic Front was granted a court order by the Minister of Law and Order and Divisional Commissioner of Police to go ahead with a meeting to launch…
ArchiveThe African National Congress in exile: strategy and tactics 1960-1993
A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
EASTERN CAPE - Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, has called for an inquest into the deaths of anti-apartheid activists Stompie Seipei and Abu-Baker…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was born on 19 June 1917 at a place called Bukalanga/ Bulilima later known as Semokwe Reserve.He started his primary…
EventThe Second Basotho War, known as Siqiti war, breaks out
Between 1858 and 1868 no less than three battles were fought between the Basotho and the Boers. All three wars were the result of conflict between the Basotho…
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
The Prime Minister, Balthazar Johannes Vorster announced in the House of Assembly in Cape Town that South African scientists have succeeded in developing a new…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
On 6 March 1957, the Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional theatre. Hendrik died on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout…