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EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Methodist minister and theologian, Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana was selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe. He…
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
Paul Kruger House on Helen Joseph Street in Pretoria used to be the official residence of then president of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republik (ZAR), Paul Kruger…
Claremont Histories
Claremont Histories will be hosting an information and small photographic exhibition stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
Astley John Hilary Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally…
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
Prof. Astley John Hilary Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first…
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
The memory of District Six, also known as Kanaladorp (kanala is a Malay word meaning ‘help one another’), is marked by the event of 11 February 1966. On this…
Statement of alliance secretariat following meeting held 5th Feb, 6 February 2015
The Alliance National Secretariat, composed of the ANC , SACP , COSATU, SANCO met yesterday, 5 February 2015, at Luthuli house in its regular meeting to…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
Longtime museum with diverse exhibits including: Paleontology; Ethnography & Zoology collections. The McGregor Museum was originally located in Chapel Street,…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
This Dutch East 'Indiaman', was outbound when she tried to put; 'Merenstein' into Saldanha Bay to alleviate rampant scurvy on board the ship. On April 3, 1702…
Letter to Farzanah
Omar Badsha's first book of photographs, Letter to Farzanah was published in 1979 in commemoration of the United Nations declared International Year of the…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
Reverend Martin Luther King leads a public bus boycott by Black people in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, for which he is arrested and spends six months in prison. …
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
Jacob (Job) Masego, World War 2 (WW2) veteran, who sunk a German supply boat, died in Springs, Transvaal (now in Ekurhuleni Municipality), after being struck…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
David Maphgumzana Sibeko began his political career as a journalist for the South African magazine Drum. Sibeko joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
At least eighteen people were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member murdered on 29 September. During the…
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
Negotiations between the National Sports Council (NSC) and the white South African Cricket Union (SACU) on the rebel cricket tour by Mike Gatting's England…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) bodyguards, including Jerry Richardson and Jabu Sithole (coach of the Mandela United…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
On 12 June 2005, Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI died in a hospital in Polokwane, Limpopo Province. Rain Queen Modjadji VI is a direct descendent of one of the…
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
John Maxwell Coetzee is a well-known South African author. After completing a degree in English and Mathematics, he went on to complete a PhD in English,…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
Appearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC), General Johan van der Merwe former South African Police Services(SAPS) National Commissioner …
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
The rapid expansion of Johannesburg after the end of the Second Anglo Boer War increased to over twice it's the area to what existed before the war. This…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was born in Bondo, Nyanza Province in Kenya in 1912. Odinga was a member of the second largest ethnic group in Kenya, the Luo. He…
EventStander gang hits 3 banks
On 19 January 1984, the Stander gang robs three banks in less than an hour in the Johannesburg city centre. The Stander gang was a group of three men led by…
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe who would become a leader of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province …
EventThe second Ashanti War breaks out in Africa
The second Ashanti war took place between 1873 and 1874, 50 years after the first one. The Ashanti Kingdom had its headquarters in Kumasi, which was in the…
EventGerrie Coetzee becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title
On 23 September 1983, Gerrie Coetzee, went up against American Michael Dokes in Cleveland, Ohio for the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavy weight title. It…
EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
Douglas Portway was born in Johannesburg in 1922. He studied fine art at the Witwatersran Technical College and later taught at the University of Johannesburg…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
Eugene Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
Dear Mr. President, The African National Congress congratulates the British Anti-Apartheid Movement on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding and wishes…
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
Thirty-one years after being expelled, South Africa had its membership of the Football International Federation Association (Fifa) reinstated on 3 July 1992…