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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" …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the National Council of Provinces Cape Town, 7 August 1998
… in the second year of its service to democracy in South Africa. Part of that service, we believe, is this practice of …
Balfour Declaration 1926
… of the League, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Irish Free State, India . A specimen form of treaty … the Dominion of New Zealand , GH. for the…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
Indres Naidoo Born: 26 August 1936 Died: 3 January 2016 Transvaal Indian Congress, Umkhonto we Size, African National Congress, South African Communist…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
Beerhalls have always been at the centre of the waves of political turmoil in Johannesburg's African townships. The Johannesburg City Council JCC) opened a…
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…
EventPolitical activist Mohammed Shaik is born
Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, political activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the Special Operations Unit, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was born in Vrededorp,…
EventSA artist Mizream Maseko is born
Mizream Maseko (also Mizraim, Mizriam, Mizram), South African artist, was born on this date. He completed his schooling in the Transvaal. He began his career…
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
African National Congress (ANC) leader and Anglican clergyman, James Arthur Calata, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He joined the ANC in 1930 and rose to become…
EventFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa served with restriction order
A year after the 1976 Soweto Student Uprising, the former Secretary of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) and Tshwane Metropolitan Council…
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 524. …
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
Robert Brian (Bobby) Skinstad, the youngest ever Springbok rugby captain, was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Skinstad captained the Springboks in…
EventWinnie Mandela speaks out against Terrorism Act
Winnie Mandela, wife of the then imprisoned African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela ends her thirteen years of enforced silence with a strong attack…
EventThe Herstigte Nasionale Party is established
… C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed ., Pretoria: Academica, p. 516. …
EventChief Buthelezi considers registering the IFP for April 1994 election
Three days before the 4 March deadline for registering parties, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi announced in Durban that he was considering registering his Inkatha…
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
… South Africa's boxing champs [online], available at: …
EventANC government tension continues
On the day that the first serious talks between the Minister of Constitutional Development, Roelf Meyer, and Cyril Ramaphosa started, ANC's Deputy President…
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
First general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Cyril Ramaphosa, and its president, James Motlatsi, were arrested in Newcastle, Natal. The…
EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
South African President P. W. Botha granted a reprieve to the "Sharpeville Six" (Reginald Sefatsa, Reid Mokoena, Moses Diniso, Theresa Ramashamole, Duma…