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EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… South African anti-apartheid journalist and former editor of The World newspaper, Percy Qoboza, died on his fiftieth … and falling into a coma. Qoboza was…
EventAt an international summit in SA leaders pledge to push for a new global trade deal that will help poor countries
… On 12 of February 2006, the Progressive Governance Network held a summit in Hammanskraal South Africa. The aim of this gathering was to strategize ways in…
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… and allegedly eldest in the world, Granny Moloko Temo, of Mogodi Village between Dendron and Bochum in Limpopo … from the Limpopo government department and…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… - Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, reached the summit of Mount Everest. This was the first official South African … in the world. Their jubilation was dampened…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… Athlone was set alight in solidarity with the University of the Western Cape (UWC) students who convened a meeting on 2 August to express solidarity with the…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM), Enos Ngutshane. … stoned the…
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
… Western Cape. In 1942 he enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch where he became the member of the Student Representative Council (SRC) and chairman of…
Foreword
… at a Symposium held to mark the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. They sparked a lively … about the AAM's role and impact,…
Archive500 anos: ato de protesto
… White poster with artwork of map of South America with a black christian cross, with red blood dripping from it, on top of the map. Artwork of hands breaking…
ArchiveTroops out
… Red, yellow, blue, black and white poster. Notice of ECC peace festival. Saturday 29th June at Wits Great Hall. List of speakers. Artwork of a white dove…
ArchiveFirst Cape Womens Festival
… Notice of festival at Samaj Centre on 15-16th April. List of attractions. Black and white poster. Artwork of an African woman dancing. Festival organised by…
ArchiveYoung Christian Students Rally
… Black and white poster. Notice of a rally at the Central Methodist Church on the 23rd September. Issued by Southern Transvaal YCS. Outline of fish containing…
Letter from S. S. Mazibuko to the President
… This letter is from the Vice President of the South African Students' Movement to the President informing him of the departure of the National Organiser and…
ArchiveLetter from S.S. Mazibuko to the Chairman
… This letter is from the Vice President of the South African Students' Movement to the Chairman informing him of the departure of the National Organiser and…
ArchiveWomen vote! and make your voices count
… Black and white poster. Artwork of women holding a banner with title on it. Border of different images of women in oval shapes. Artwork of a woman casting…
Voting station
… Multicoloured artwork of a voting station. Title in blue and red letters in three languages. A VEETU poster of University of the Western Cape. Description of…
PlaceObservatory
… Observatory was a residential suburb of Cape Town , and derived its name from the Royal … quirky restaurants, easy-going bars, live music and lots of hippies…
PlaceAluimkloof, Calitzdorp- Western Cape
… A Ravine at the Eastern end of Badspoort, 16 km South-East of Calitzdorp. The name is Afrikaans for 'Alum Gorge', which refers to the occurence of the double…
Rhodes Must Fall Exhibition: "Echoing Voices from Within"
… with precision the multi-layered and intersectional voice of black bodies – the students, workers and staff who have come together with the aim of subverting…
PlaceWelcome Cottage, Glencairn- Simonstown
… Simonstown. This property originally formed part of a loan farm granted to Johannes Henricus Brand in 1911 … with the Brand family. Henricus Brand was a…
EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… After five decades of unrest and civil war, South Sudan was granted independence on 9 July 2011 with the town of Juba as a capital. The declaration of…
EventTony Leon is born
… The national leader of the Democratic Alliance - Tony Leon was born in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of Democratic Party. He…
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
… National War Memorial was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by mrs Annie Botha,…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive president. This was a newly created … in…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… While at the JMTS, he became involved with the affairs of the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Workers' Union and was elected to the executive committee of…
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… Brigadier Joshua Oupa Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of murder or incitement to…
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… the South African government proceeded with its plan of incorporation. The incorporation of Botshabelo doubled the population of Qwa Qwa and severely…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… After amalgamation of the weather services of the four provinces on 1 April 1912, the first weather forecast for the Union of South Africa as a whole was…
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… African journalist, newspaper proprietor and former editor of the Pretoria News, James Andrew Gray was born in Scotland. He served on the staff of the…
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… Adam Kok III, founder and chief of Griqualand East, was killed in an accident when he fell … unilaterally annexed Griqualand East in 1874 as result of…