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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…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
Under the provisions of the General Law Amendment Act of 1962 a list of 102 persons prohibited from attending gatherings was published in the Government…
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
Black upholsterer and poet, Benjamin Moloise was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985. Moloise was accused of murdering a black police officer…
EventThe New English Bible is published.
In 1935, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press who were the copyright holders of the English Revised Version Bible felt that a modern version…
EventInaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
On 4 -5 March 1955 the Inaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was held at the Trades Hall in Johannesburg. SACTU was until…
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 League of Nations officially dissolves
The Organisation for international cooperation and peace, the League of Nations, established by the Allied Powers at the end of World War I was officially…
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
South African photographer, trade unionist and political activist, Omar Badsha, was born in Durban on 27 June 1945. Badsha played an active role in the South…
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
On 25 February 1937, Daniel (D an) Sefundi Rakgoathe was born in Randfontein in the then Transvaal province. Rakgoathe went on to be the first full-time…
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
In a well-planned attack on the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) causes heavy damage with no injuries, reported.MK sabotaged…
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
South Africa was one of the original twenty-two nations who signed the multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR…
EventEnd of the road for the Union Jack in Africa
In a historic move, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time in Africa on this day when the embattled ex-British colony of Rhodesia was declared…
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
Pupils at Phefeni Secondary School started boycotting classes in protest against the use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in certain subjects in schools…
EventSeparate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 1968 is enacted
The Coloured Persons Representative Council was formed with forty elected members and twenty nominated members. It had legislative powers to make laws…
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
The former leader of the Afrikaner Volksunie (AV) and Freedom Front (FF), General Constant Viljoen, announced his resignation from the Afrikaner National Front…
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of South African Trade Union …
EventPAC attends Patriotic Front Conference
After a long pursuit by the African National Congress (ANC) and other African countries, the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC) acceded to meet with the ANC…
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
The first of more than 100 people were killed near Pietermaritzburg. Political conflict in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa caused the death of 200…
EventLand beyond the Great Berg River is annexed
The district of Clanwilliam celebrates its second centenary on 1 February 2008. On 1 February 1808 the territory north of the Great Berg River, at the foot of…
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
Founder of and first commander of Cape Town, Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck, was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands on 21 April 1619. An administrator for…
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
South African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in…
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously approved an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in their two-year…
EventFerdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster
On 1 June 1998, Ferdi Bernard was convicted for the murder of anti-Apartheid activist, David Webster. Bernard shot Webster in 1989, in front his home. Bernard…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
Former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock began with his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks' campaign…
EventThe inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is celebrated
The inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) was celebrated a few months after the University College, Johannesburg was granted…