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EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… Zulu father. He studied Zulu Literature at the University of Natal and later won a scholarship to further his studies at the School of Oriental and African…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of Kwa Zulu met President Kaizer Matanzima of Transkei in Tongaat, north of Durban, where they declared they were opposed to the ……
EventEthiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
… Democratic Front (EPRDF) captured the capital of Ethiopia,Addis Ababa. The EPRDF was led by the Meles … rebel leader and probably the only candidate capable…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… It enters the Indian Ocean on the Southern Coast of Africa and 34 km south-west of Mossel Bay . The exact origin of the name cannot be stated with certainty…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… states that the tree grew to its size because the chief of an Indeigneous tribe is buried underneath its roots. The … about 1000 people, or 22 ox wagons with…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June 1798 Napoleon's army departed France to…
PlaceWoodstock
… The Village of Papendorp lay some 2 km East of Cape Town , on the Main Road to Stellenbosch , later to … in 1781-84 , was registered in 1788 as security for…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… , at the same time it was also the first public auction of photographic prints ever held in South Africa. This was to … , Rafs Mayet , Moses Khubisa, Jeeva…
EventThe Defence Special Tribunal Act becomes effective
… The Defence Special Tribunal Act, No 81 of 1998, providing for the expeditious adjudication of disputes concerning military institutions and the…
ArchiveLetter from John Daniel, President, to University Principals and others
… Circular letter from John Daniels, President of NUSAS, reporting on the effect of the Commission of Enquiry into Improper Political Interference and the …
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… Minister described and analysed the political dispensation of the day in an exemplary fashion. It was his first public appearance following the announcement…
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… to build a Church and a School on the wooded Hill West of the Bay. He named his Mission, Berea, in honour of St. Paul. The land upon which the Mission…
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, … Not all the 30 South Africans killed were…
PlaceMowbray
… The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm … an area more commonly known as Drie Koppen. This name was of Dutch origin, and was given…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… in Table Bay. Its name was first recorded in Dutch records of 1661, and probably refers to a defensive chain which … Three Anchor Bay, easily overlooked by…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… African traders who visited south Saharan states in search of gold. The powerful Sudanese empires dominate the history of the Ivory Coast. It was from these…
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… richly decorated gable, was completed in 1896 and is one of the last surviving structures of the old Transvaal railway system. It was declared a … began in…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… in England, as well as degree in law at the University of Amsterdam. He became increasingly disillusioned by the treatment of Afrikaners by the British…
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… Between 1962 and 1995 he was the Honorary Secretary of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement. Minty played an … International Olympic Committee in 1963 for the…
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the … years ago, Mapungubwe appears to have been the…
EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of 1833 was passed by the British House of Commons and by the House of Lords. Although the Bill…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… the semi-completed fortress, the Fort de Goede Hoop (Fort of Good Hope). Here their son, Bernert Willemz, was born on 6 … was appointed on a five-year…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… as a lawyer after completing his studies at the University of Stellenbosch. Vorster was instrumental in the founding of the anti-British Ossewa-Brandwag (OB)…
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… in the old Transvaal Province in 1895. She was the eldest of five children. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, the family moved to … Estcourt…
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… was formally separated from the Cape Colony by means of the Charter of Natal. The Cape Governor still held the position of the High Commissioner, but the…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… Dr Eschel Rhoodie, former South African secretary of information, was initially tracked down by a journalist at … shortly after testifying before the…
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… Congress (ANC) released a report by an internal commission of inquiry (the Skweyiya Commission), appointed to … abuse allegations in ANC camps abroad. The…
EventNelson Mandela is free
… renamed Drakenstein Correctional Centre) on the outskirts of Paarl and was driven the 60 kms to Cape Town by African … Congress'(ANC) Rose Sonto along a…
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… Liberation Army (APLA) was the underground military wing of the Pan African Congress (PAC). APLA was formed in the 1960s, after the banning of the PAC and…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… Cutting Through The Mountain is a collection of interviews with South Africans - most of them prominent and all of them Jewish - who fought against…