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EventBotha announces third naval base
P.W. Botha, the then Minister of Defence, announced the establishment of a third South African Naval Base to be located at Saldana Bay, about 128 kilometres…
EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
On 17 February 2017, six people were killed and more than a dozen injured at the Salisbury Island Naval base in Durban. Three of the six people involved were…
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
This unique sanctuary is the residence of more than 170 different species and provides a protective roosting place and breeding ground for thousands of birds…
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…
EventPrime Minister Botha visits Soweto
… Reader's Digest. (1988). Illustrated History of South Africa: the real story, New York: Reader's Digest …
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
Dr. Peter A.J. Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre on…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
On 29 April 1992, Mrs Alinah Smith (52) of Sebokeng, Gauteng, was killed when a hand grenade exploded in her house. Mrs Smith was the mother of an African…
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
On 16 August 1990, President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started…
EventCOSATU delegates are left at Beitbridge
In spite of being refused to visit, the thirteen delegates of the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU), left for Zimbabwe with the intent of meeting…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
The former minister of labour, Tito Mboweni, was appointed governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris Stals. Mboweni, the first…
EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
South African composer, choir conductor, organist and teacher, Benjamin Tyamzashe, affectionately known as 'B-ka-T', was born in Kimberley in 1890. B-ka-T…
EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
… 07 January 2014]|Finaldi, G (2002), Italy's scramble for Africa from Agali to Adowa, chapter from the book Disastro! …
EventSA footballer, Steven Pienaar is born in Johannesburg
Steven Pienaar is a South African footballer who has made a name for himself internationally. Pienaar began his professional career with Ajax Cape Town in 1999…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
… www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 19 June 2013)| South Africa History Online, ‘General South African History …
Archive‘It’s Dangerous and Difficult’: Artist William Kentridge on the Challenges for Young Artists Facing Quick Fame and Market Speculation by Devorah Lauter (news.artnet.com), October 20, 2021
… conversation and because of the cultural boycott of South Africa, it was possible to not be terrorized by what is …
EventKaren Muir
At the young age of 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, Karen Muir from Kimberley became the youngest world record holder in any sport in the history of organised…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
On 3 November 2016 Clive Derby -Lewis, the man who was convicted for the murder of former South African Communist party leader Chris Hani, died after suffering…
EventJoint call for June 16 Stay away
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), United Democratic Front (UDF) and National Education Crisis Committee (NECC) gathered to issue a call for…
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses on Cape Town's black…
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
Report of the Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2…
ArchiveTo the people of Natal: race riots and the nation
This pamphlet is written with the specific purpose of concentrating on the relationship between the African and Indian sections of the Non-Europeans, and how…
ArchiveColour and Christian community
The tenth address in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Emory Ross, in which he discusses the conflict of race and colour from a Christian…
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
Inn On The Square is located on Greenmarket Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In 1834, this square was the…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… The National Women's Monument in Bloemfontein, South Africa, was created by architect Frans Soff and sculptor …
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and respect for defeating the Italian colonizers. He…
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
Riots erupted in East London, Eastern Cape after strike meetings were banned by the government. 17 protesters were killed, as well as an Irish Nun who was…
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
Verwoerdburg originates from Lyttelton Township that was marked out on the farm Droogegrond in 1904. The area was inhabited predominantly by Afrikaans speaking…
EventLucas Seage is born
Lucas Seage, South African artist, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. Seage attended Barolong High School in Gaborone, Botswana and then Damelin College in…
EventThe Joint Declaration of Cooperation ("Three Doctors’ Pact") is signed
Sixty-five years ago (1947-2012) the Joint Declaration of Cooperation known as “Three Doctors’ Pact” was signed by three doctors, Dr. A.B. Xuma, president of…
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
After the promotion of Afrikaans by the Afrikaans Language Association and other societies like Our Language in Bloemfontein, the language was finally…