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EventUniversity of Stellenbosch in a historic move
The University of Stellenbosch announced that it was to open its doors to Black, Coloured and Asian students for all post-graduate degrees and would also…
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
Following the onset of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of opposition, Colin Eglin…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
Barend Erasmus, a noted trade unionist, worked for the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Service (JMTS). While at the JMTS, he became involved with the affairs…
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
Dr. Beyers Naude, former Director of the Christian Institute, defied an order to appear before the parliamentary Schlebusch Commission. The reason for his…
EventPres. Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London.
On 9 July 1998 President Nelson Mandela visited England. On 12 July 1998 he concluded his four-day visit to England by accompanying Queen Elizabeth II on a…
EventWynand Malan leads the newly formed National Democratic Movement
… South Africa, Freedom Front ,[online] Available at lcweb2.loc.gov …
EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
Makhaya Ntini, star bowler of the SA cricket team, was accused of raping a 21-year old student at the Buffalo Park Cricket Ground in December 1998. He…
EventMcBride is conditionally released from prison
Former Umkhonto We Sizwe member and Senior Foreign Affairs Ministry official, Robert McBride, who had been held in Mozambique for six months on charges of gun…
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
The African National Congress (ANC), like the other major political parties, made a submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The submission…
EventF. W. de Klerk is implicated
Ex-Police Commissioner General Johan van der Merwe and ex-Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok, implicated former state President and Deputy President of the…
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau|Country-data South Africa National Party [online] Available at: …
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… (Accessed: 12 July 2013)| Mwakikagile, G. (2009), ‘Africa 1960-1970: Chronicle and Analysis’ , (New Africa Press Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) p.24 …
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
Founder of the Nairobi People’s Congress Party (NCPC) and key figure in the formation of Kenya African National Union (KANU), Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya was…
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
… April 2014]|Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. …
EventWalter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground
On 19 April 1963, African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter Sisulu forfeited R6000 bail and went underground. Security Police visited Sisulu's house and…
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
Huisgenoot is a weekly Afrikaans-language general interest magazine. The name Huisgenoot is Afrikaans for House Companion. The magazine was founded in 1916 as…
PlaceBloemfontein Technical College, Douglas Street, Bloemfontein
Also known as the Old Grey College building. The structure was designed by Architect WH Stucke and was erected in 1894-95 by building contractor D Godley. Its…
Document 25 - Response by Nelson Mandela to De Klerk’s 2 July 1992 memorandum
COSATU has noted the African National Congress NEC's decisions on the Basic Conditions of Employment as reflected in the statement dated 14 July 1997. COSATU…
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
Robert Stuart Hendricks was born in Caledon on 7 February 1936. He was a renowned South African saxophone player known as the "King of 'Langarm' music" …
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… of the first towns to be established by British in South Africa. Post the war, a line of frontier forts was built to …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… Grade 10 Learner’s Book, Oxford University Press, South Africa. [43] B. Lavery: Ship: 5000 years of maritime … Grade 10 Learner’s Book. Oxford University…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
Looking After Freedom is curated by Raél Jero Salley and Nkule Mabaso, this exhibition displays contemporary, “decolonizing” art practices by African artists…
ANC NDC moves hearing venue to another location, 6 September 2011
The African National Congress (ANC) National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) following the disruption last week of businesses situated around ANC headquarters…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to clarify the following: 1. A person or persons gained access to the ANC`s national headquarters…
EventPolice found burnt body near KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
On 2 June 1986, the South African police services found the burnt body of a man near the KTC squatter camp in Nyanga East. A Police spokesman reported that he…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.1 1984
Contents and Contributors STAFFRIDER, VOL. 6 NO. 1, 1984 CONTENTS, Stories: The Tenants by Mpumie Cilibe; A Dirty Story by Yashar Kemal; The Incest of…
ArchiveThe Higher education of Blacks in the United States
The twenty-fifth lecture in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Alan Pifer, and discusses the "experience of Black Americans with higher education…
PlaceKlapperkop Fort, Pretoria
Klapperkop offers visitors panoramic views of Pretoria in all directions. Not only is it fast becoming a popular jogging, cycling and mountain biking…
PlaceLanherne Building, Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth
This dwelling was erected in 1894 for RH Hammersley-Heenen, resident engineer and general manager of the South African Railways. During WWII it was converted…
Zindzi Mandela is born
Zindziswa (Zindzi) Nobutho Mandela, second daughter of African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was…