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EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. Ngoyi became politically active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of the…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
The Region was established on 7 January 1814 by Sir John Craddock, In 1811, he was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that…
Invitation: BikoHausen - Steve Bantu Biko and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Johannesburg, 1971
BikoHausen: Steve Bantu Biko and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Johannesburg, 1971 PHILIP MILLER In collaboration with: Siya Makuzeni (Voice) Ann Masina (Voice) …
PlaceMilnerton
The Cape Town suburb of Milnerton was established in 1902 on the site of the old farm: 'Janbiesjeskraal', and was named in honour of Sir Alfred Milner, Cape…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
On this day Sibongile Khumalo was born in Orlando, Soweto. She is one of the most recognized jazz musicians in South Africa. She was launched into the…
EventJohn Kani was born on this day
On this day Bonisile John Kani was born in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape. He matriculated at Newell High School and his love for theatre led him to work…
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
The ANC is deeply saddened by the news of the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo who was the widow of former secretary general of the ANC and former minister of…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
As cities around the world catapult themselves into ‘World Class’, Global City status, we have to ask ourselves, “at what cost”? "Not in My Neighbourhood…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at the…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at the…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
Contents: Dr. Hedrick Frensch Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa, Stanley Uys with illustrations by David Marais. Revolutions are Not Abnormal, Michael…
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
On 20 June 1990 Nelson Mandela was greeted the way New York welcomes its heroes – with mounds of security and miles of tickertape. According to reports, the…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
Doringbaai is a picturesque little Town on the Cape West Coast near Strandfontein and Langebaan, about 300 km West of Cape Town. You can get to Doringbaai next…
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
The building was designed Henry Cheers, an Architect from Twickenham. The Library was officially opened on 29 July 1902. It was built in the late Victorian…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
The seat of government of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), or the old Transvaal, was transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretoria in 1860. With the city…
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
South African cartoonist Daniël Cornelis Boonzaaier was born at Patatsrivier in the Cape Province in 1865. Boonzaaier became famous for his caricatures and…
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union…
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
On 6 June 1931 Joyce Barker was born at Mooi River in the Natal Midlands. At the age of nineteen she started training under Daisy Holmes in Durban. Barker made…
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
Tito Mboweni was born on 16 March 1959, in Tzaneen Limpopo. After completing his high school studies, he registered for a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was formed during an Inaugural Conference held on 4 and 5 March 1955 in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg. SACTU…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
Martin Luther King, Junior, an African-American clergyman who orchestrated social change through non-violent methods was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta,…
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
123 White ministers and theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) family issued a statement in which apartheid in church…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
Neil Aggett, former organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and Canning Workers Union, was buried in Johannesburg. It was estimated…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
Police in Johannesburg used force to break up demonstrations against a "rebel tour" of South Africa by the English Cricket team. Angry anti apartheid…
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
The Portuguese expedition set off from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497 with a crew of 148 men in a squadron of three square-riggers, the Sao Gabriel, the Sao…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet, painter and activist, received the Hertzog Prize for his two Afrikaans poetry volumes, an elegy 'Oorblyfsels: 'n…
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
On 26 July 1909, the SS Waratah, with 211 passengers and crew departed from Durban bound for Cape Town, and disappeared without a trace. For 90 years the fate…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
Nelson Mandela's name resonates with the struggle for independence and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration…
EventBill Flynn, popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg
On 11 July 2007, South African actor Bill Flynn, 58, passed away, allegedly due to a heart attack. Flynn was born on 13 December 1948, and was educated at…
EventBob Woolmer, former South African coach, is found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies
On 18 March 2007, Bob Woolmer (58), the Pakistani cricket coach and former South African coach, was found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket…