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ArchiveFriedenskraft die frieden scrafft
Black, red and white poster. Artwork of a hammer and sickel and bullets.
ArchiveFizma: per il diritto alla giustizia
White poster with red and black lettering and artwork. P.C.I. flag and logo.
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
This impressive building surmounted by a Clock Tower was built in 1912-13 and was officially opened on 7 June 1913 by the Minister of Railways & Harbours, Mr…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, when the first wireless broadcast was made in Johannesburg. By April 1927, an hour of…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
The original building was apparently already in existence in 1890 when it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining village of Florida. The structure was…
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
On 2 September 2014, Advocate Pansy Tlakula announced her resignation as Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). She submitted her letter of…
Event90-Days Act comences
The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on this day. It is dubbed the 90-Day Act as it provides for any person to…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
Two years after taking office, Verwoerd realised his republican dream, when a White-only referendum supported his plea for a republic. This was also the first…
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
On 31 October 1933, Abdul Samad Minty was born in Hartebeesfontein, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). In June 1958 he left for Britain to…
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
The South African Football Association (SAFA) was founded on 8 December 1991 after a long period of racial segregation. Mluleki George was elected to serve as…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
When U.S. lawmakers approved economic sanctions against South Africa over President Reagan's veto, several high profile companies divested in name only. IBM…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
On 4 June 1652, sick-comforter at the Cape, Willem Barentz Wijlant and his wife became the first people to move into the semi-completed fortress, the Fort de…
EventSA judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years
During the Apartheid regime, Eugene de Kock was a colonel in the South African Police force. He acted as the commander of a counter-insurgency group located on…
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
The Fawcett Commission headed by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
In the early hours of December 9th, 1982, South African Defence Force commandos crossed the border into Lesotho. Their target was a cluster of houses on the…
PlaceCR Swart Building
Click on image to enlarge Known as the "Pride of the Free State", the CR Swart Building houses the Provincial Administration and features a 26th-floor…
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
During apartheid, the term "Coloured" was used to refer to group of people generally considered to be of mixed race origin. Coloured people, throughout the…
ArchiveNo to militarism
Black, white, red and blue poster. Artwork of aeroplanes and gas masks and a baby.
Visit of Graca Machel, 9 October 1991
A delegation from Mozambique, led by Mrs Graca Machel, and a delegation of South Africans led by ANC National Chairman Oliver Tambo - comprising in total 118…
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
Report of the Head Office of the National Union of South African Students to the Annual Congress of the National Union, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg,…
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies was founded by Baruch Hirson from 1988-1993, and to a large extent written by him in…
PlaceHoly Cross Mission & Hospital, Eastern Cape
Holy Cross Hospital is a 224 bed Public Hospital situated in Taweni, Eastern Cape. The Hospital provides services to the Flagstaff area, part of Lusikisiki and…
ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
The Bantu Authorities in Transkei have accepted a constitution, which the Unity Movement is unhappy about; to which this document ensures continued domination…
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…
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
Gustav Preller was a well-known journalist and historian who championed the cause of the Afrikaans language. He occupied this house from 1935 until his death,…
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…
PlaceCuyler Manor, Uitenhage
On the outskirts of Uitenhage is Cuyler Manor; a Historical giant in Nelson Mandela Bay gently tucked away between the Swartkops River and the old road to Port…
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. Donkin Street is a famous tourist street located in Port Elizabeth, Eastern…
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
This museum was founded in 1970 by Jack Botes, a former Town Clerk. Today there are over 1000 works displayed in the indoor collections, and the outdoor…
EventBonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born
Bonnie Mayvee Ntshalintshali was born in Winterton, Natal. She fell into art when she apprenticed as a studio assistant for ceramics artist Fèe Halsted-Berning…