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EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
EventAt least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg
On 25 January 1981, Laingsburg in the Western Cape was devastated by a severe flood. The hard rains immersed the whole town in water, only the roofs of the…
EventNamibia gains Independence
Namibia or South West Africa, as it was called while it was a German territory was placed under the South African administration by the League of Nations after…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is considered by many to be a symbol of international recognition over the prize winners struggle to create a more peaceful world. South…
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
Hendrik Truman Prince is a South African politician and the former mayor of the Beaufort West Local Municipality. Since 2005, Prince's political career has…
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
On 23 August 1862, the first rugby match heralded the start of what would become a hugely popular sport among White people in South Africa. The match took…
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation,…
Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
The National Disciplinary Committee of the African National Congress has met and received mitigating and aggravating arguments as per the directive of the…
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.5 No.3 1983
Contents and Contributors VOLUMES NUMBER 3,1983, Stories: The Night of the Long Knives by Bheki Maseko; Jericho Again by Ahmed Essop; Running Away by Steve…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.4 Jul-Sept 1960
IN EXILE Contents: Sunshine and Sharpeville. Cartoon, David Marais. The Nineteen Days, anon. correspondent. The Lion and the Cockrell, Michael Picardie…
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
Founded in 1946, this is the home of the South African National Botanical Institute. Thus it serves as a recreational space and also as a scientific research…
EventSouth African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics
Penelope Penny Heyns was born on 8 November 1974 in Springs, Gauteng Province. Heyns began swimming at a young age and displayed great skills. Her swimming was…
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
Former president Nelson Mandela was admitted to Mediclinic heart hospital in Pretoria on the 8th of June 2013 for a recurring lung infection. His condition was…
EventThe World Health Organisation confirms that Ebola virus killed thirteen villagers in Gabon.
Thirteen people died of an unknown disease in a remote village in Gabon during the month of February 1996. On 19 February 1996, the World Health Organisation…
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
At the annual conference of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa at Leopoldville in Congo, fifteen African states tabled a draft resolution…
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
On 22 February 2007, a category 4 cyclone named Favio struck the central province of Inhambane in Mozambique. Although the cyclone was concentrated in…
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
Nelson Mandela, leader of the Transvaal branch of the African National Congress (ANC), was acquitted of treason charges after a four year long trial. Mandela…
Zindzi Mandela is born
Zindziswa (Zindzi) Nobutho Mandela, second daughter of African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was…
EventDr. Essop Goolam Pahad, former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa is born
Dr. Essop Goolam Pahad, former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa was born in Schweizer-Reneke, Western Transvaal (now North-West…
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author and writer of the words of Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa), died at his home 'Arbeidsgenot' in…
EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
Boipatong, Bophelong, Evaton, Sebokeng and Sharpeville, five Black townships in the area known as the Vaal Triangle exploded into what some have described as a…
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
African National Congress (ANC) leader and Anglican clergyman, James Arthur Calata, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He joined the ANC in 1930 and rose to become…
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
Ahmadou Ahidjo resigned as president of Cameroon, he was replaced by Paul Biya, the current Prime Minister. Ahidjo handpicked Biya to replace him after he had…
EventPope John Paul II visits Africa
Pope John Paul II began his first tour of Africa, including visits to Zaire (presently known as the Democratic Republic of Congo), Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper…
EventTranskei gains complete independence
The oldest of the independent homelands, Transkei, gained complete independence as an autonomous republic under the policy of separate development. At its…
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, Nyanga, outside Cape Town is burnt down. The broader context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school…
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which was created to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of meteorological and related…
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
On 19 August 1970, the Chinese community, officially classed non-White in the past though they were admitted to White theatres, restaurants and residential…
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
On 15 May 1993, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, won the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) world champion title. Matlala had been introduced to boxing at a young age…