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EventJapan lifts economic sanctions against SA
Japan lifts economic sanctions, including bans on the import of gold coins and steel, as well as direct investment loans. Japan's stated position is that it…
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…
EventThe Du Preez brothers appear before Judge Faan Hanke in Bloemfontein High Court in connection with the murder of two soldiers
Two brothers, Hendrik and Petrus du Preez appeared before Judge Faan Hanke in Bloemfontein High Court in connection with the murder of two soldiers, Michael…
EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
The battle of Dogali was a skirmish that was part of a larger conflict between the Italians and the Ethiopians. At this time Ethiopians had the most well…
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…
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
F.W. de Klerk, then Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs, was unanimously elected the new leader of the National Party (NP) in the Transvaal. His election…
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
The 35th lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Chief Justice M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
South Africa held its third democratic elections on 14 April 2004. A total of 20.6 million People were registered to vote, making it 2 million more than the…
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
On 22 April 1960, about 1,575 people were detained under South Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South African government on 30 March 1960…
ArchiveThe Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By Zulumathabo Zulu
The popular myth in South Africa is that the African natives were devoid of mathematical knowledge until the advent of the Europeans. Nothing could be further…
EventNelson Mandela is buried in the Eastern Cape
Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95, in his home in Johannesburg. He was born in Mvezo village near Mthatha, Eastern Cape on 18 July 1918…
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…
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
The notion of migrant labour is based from a legal framework system that did not recognize 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa,…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 11 May 1983, Volume 66
Transcript of evidence (continued from 9 and10 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 10 May 1983, Volume 64 and Volume 65
Transcript of evidence (continued from 9th May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983
Excerpt from transcript of evidence from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of Churches, of the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 28 March 1983, Volume 59
Excerpt from transcript of Volume 59, with evidence from Dr Khoza E M Mgojo, President of the Methodist Conference of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa,…
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject of History at the University of South…
PlaceKwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga near Pretoria and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century. This town…
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
The Democratic Alliance held a federal conference in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Mmusi Maimane, 34, was elected the New Black DA leader to succeed Ms Zille…
ArchiveTerrorist Weapons 2
A2 Full colour litho, photos of weapons; Text: Terrorist Weapons 2; Public Awareness Chart 9; (text describing weapons); This chart shows the heavier or more…
ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
Oral interview, conducted in Mafeteng, with Ashby Peter Solomzi "A. P." Mda (1916-1993) who grew up in the Herschel district of the Transkei. He was prominent…
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…
ArchiveBolt Number 10 May 1974
EDITORS Mike Kirkwood and Tony Morphet, Contents: Poetry, Imprisoned by the Dictators of Apartheid Ahmed Timol considers the art of Eduardo Paolozzi by Sarat…
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 monument created by Anton van Wouw, was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps during the South…
PlacePioneer's Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
Museum in a former synagogue featuring exhibits on Jewish life & History in Port Elizabeth. The Jewish Pioneers’ Memorial Museum is open to the Public between…
EventSouth African Springbok rugby tour in UK is disrupted by anti-apartheid demonstration.
The South African Springbok rugby tour in the United Kingdom (UK) was disrupted by an anti-Apartheid demonstration. The team was made up entirely of Afrikaners…
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
Former president of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, was instrumental in Algeria’s fight for independence from France. He became the country’s premier in 1962 and was…
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
Djibouti is a very small country located on the horn of Africa. It is so small that it has an estimated population of less than a million, one of the least…