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EventThe Conservative Party is formed
The Conservative Party (CP) was founded in the Skilpadsaal in Pretoria, with Dr Andries Treurnicht as leader. It brought together, in alliance with Dr…
EventSASO leader, Abram Tiro is assassinated
Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, a leader of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO), was killed by a parcel bomb near Gaborone, Botswana. Tiro was completing an…
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
On 9 January 1994, Abdul Shariff a freelance photographer was shot in the back and killed while covering an African National Congress (ANC) delegation visit to…
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
On 8 April 1989, the Progressive Federal Party, Independent Party, the National Democratic Movement and the Fourth Force of 'Ontevrede Afrikaners' …
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
The South African Airways Helderberg 747 jet aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from…
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
A memorial service for the 177 miners, who died as a result of an underground fire in a tunnel at the Kinross gold mine at Evander, south of Johannesburg is…
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
The government of South Africa disputed compensation claims from the government of Botswana for damages caused by the July 1985 South African Defence Force…
EventThe NPA does not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the SADF
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced that it would not start a fresh prosecution of Dr Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the South…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, was unveiled. The statue stands on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town. It…
EventBritish troops establish their camp at Isandlwana
On 19 and 20 January the British forces under Lord Chelmsford, who had invaded Zululand during the second week of January, established their camp on the slopes…
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
The Centre for Curating the Archive, invites you to A House in Harrington Street, by Nicholas Eppel. Eppel’s debut solo exhibition reflects three years in the…
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
The Nelson Mandela Museum is a three component structure comprising of a museum in Mthatha, a visitors’ centre in Mvezo and a youth centre in Qunu, all in the…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
Johannes Gerhardus (JG) Strijdom was born in 1893 in the Cape Colony. He trained as a lawyer at the Victoria College (now Stellenbosch University). Strijdom…
EventSouth African player Thabo Mngomeni is born in Cape Town
Thabo Mngomeni, former Bafana Bafana player and Orlando Pirates midfield player, who was awarded Kick Off's accolade for the Goal of the Decade for his goal…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
The South African government presented a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill which proposed an advisory and consultative council, designed to give…
EventHamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christian Barnard, dies
Hamilton Naki was a gardener who later became a laboratory assistant without any formal training. He first worked for Robert Goetz, who asked him to assist him…
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
Post the Fourth Frontier War 1811-1812, the Cape Governor, Sir Charles Somerset, made a verbal treaty with Gaika, the supposed paramount chief of the Western…
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
Benjamin Mzimkulu (Ben) Macala was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). As a young boy he tended cattle on a farm in the Free State and…
EventEthnic violence in Rwandan capital Kigali is spreads throughout the country
From 7 April until mid July 1994, ethnic violence broke out in Rwanda between the Tutsis and the Hutus. The Hutus who are the majority, set out to kill, rape…
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
Phambili Ka Ntloko was born on 18 April 1960 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape. As a high school student, Ntloko became involved in the South African Students’…
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
Steve Biko was the number forty sixth person to die in security police detention in South Africa. And for the first time, the inquest revealed full and…
ArchiveNew year message of the United Democratic Front: December 1987
Press release from the United Democratic Front with a new year message in which the United Democratic Front salutes courage bravery and determination of the…
ArchiveSouth Africa - towards a post-apartheid economy: a Consultative Seminar, Holiday Inn, Harare, 28 April - 1 May 1990
Programme of seminar organised by the ANC Department of Economics and Planning, Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Economic Trends Group in Harare,…
ArchiveSWAPO Calendar 1985
SWA Calendar celebrating 25 years of struggle. 1960 -1985. Red, white and blue border at top. Black and white photographs in centre of struggle for Namibia's…
ArchiveANC National Conference, July 1991: Notes for commission on violence
Notes for Commission on Violence for the African National Congress National Conference in Durban, July 1991. Examines the State strategy, unity and diversity…
ArchiveNon-Violence Newsletter, Third quarter 1983
Includes a letter to encourage non violent action towards peace and justice in South Africa, also to encourage others to report on injustices wherever they are…
ArchiveWomen speak
Black and white poster. Black and white artwork of women. Notice of Congress of South African Writers (Transvaal Rresents a Conference on Women and Writing…
ArchiveAzikhwelwa: Parents co-operate with us!
Circular, issued by the Soweto Students' Representative Council, calling for a boycott and stayaway by parents and workers from the 13-15 September 1976 in…
ArchiveDon`t Vote: as elections creep nearer FOSATU goes door to door urging people not to vote
Thousands of homes in the Eastern Cape have been visited by FOSATU organisers and shop stewards as the federation steps up its campaign to urge so-called…
ArchiveSpeech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the
Immediately following the "childrens revolt" in Soweto in June 1976 and the massacre and repression with which the apartheid regime encountered it, Mrs Winnie…