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ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa
In this paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of…
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
President Musa Yar’Adua was inaugurated as President of Nigeria, after the April 2007 elections. President Thabo Mbeki visited Nigeria for the inauguration…
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
Click on image to enlarge Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 July 1984. This is a double-storey manor house designed by architect P…
Event300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border are facing starvation
300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border were facing starvation after an argument between the Nigerian government and the Red Cross. The Red Cross…
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
Since 1997, The South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the…
EventYouth has been burnt to death in Mahwelereng Township
On 6 June 1986, Mr Ronnie Molifi was stabbed and burnt to death by a group of youth in the Mahwelereng Township in Limpopo province. He was accused of being a…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 3: Directions of change in South African politics
Report of the Political Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society regarding the political and social trends in apartheid South…
ArchiveBolt Number 8 June 1973
EDITOR: Christopher Hope Leopold Senghor: A New Note, Barend van Niekerk. Two Poems, Stephen Grey. FICTION, Negatives, M.A. Cox. NEW POETRY, Mike Nicol,…
PlaceMagistrates Court, Main Road, Simonstown
The building was erected in 1776 with Christoffel Brand as its first occupant. Admiral Lord Nelson is presumed to be one of his first visitors after his…
Celebrating 50 years of the Freedom Charter - June 26 1955-June 26 2005
All rights reserved. You may copy material from this publication for use in non-profit education programmes if you acknowledge the source. For use in…
Yukon, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
This imposing dwelling was completed in 1911 for TF Allen, who subsequently became Mayor of Johannesburg from 1917 to 1919. It is a testament to the high…
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie, South African Pop Queen, was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda…
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
Ngoako Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo) and current Africa National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee…
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
On this day in history, Jan Volschenk, a prominent South African painter, died at the age of 83. He passed away in the town of Riversdale in the Cape Province,…
EventSA signs Nuclear Non
South Africa was one of the countries that signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to curb the spread of nuclear weapons. Other countries that signed the…
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
On 02 January 1969, Jacobus Francois Pienaar was born in Vereeniging,Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). Born into a working class Afrikaner family, he…
EventChris Ntuli is stabbed to death
United Democratic Front (UDF) activist and former detainee, Chris Ntuli, was stabbed to death in Kwa Mashu, Durban. The incident, believed to be a political…
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
The Sowetan reported that a petition calling for all sports venues to be opened to all races was handed to the state president, P.W. Botha. The petition,…
EventThe ship São José is wrecked
The Portuguese battleship São José Paquete Africa (also, São José-Paquete de Africa) was grounded in Camps Bay, Cape, with nearly 500 slaves on board. The ship…
EventBotha pleads not guilty to contempt charges
Former South African President P.W. Botha appeared in court in George, Western Cape, to face contempt of the court charges. Botha had incurred the charges…
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
The African National Congress (ANC) announced the names of members of a new National Working Committee (NWC) that was to be responsible for the day-to-day…
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British proposals for peace on 31 May 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was…
Event30 000 Blacks fight for Britain in Anglo-Boer War
David Lloyd George stated in the British House of Commons that as many as 30 000 armed Blacks were at that stage employed in the British army during the Second…
EventCecil John Rhodes is forced to resign
Cecil John Rhodes, prime minister of the Cape Colony, was severely censured for his involvement in the infamous Jameson Raid and forced to resign by the…
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
Captain Thomas Henry Duthie emigrated to the Cape in 1826. In 1830 he visited Knysna, where he was the guest of George Rex, whose daughter Caroline he…
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
Stefanus Johannes Paulus (Paul) Kruger is often referred to as the 'father of the Afrikaner nation'. This is because his firm belief in the destiny of the…
EventSpringboks wallop Scotland
After the demise of Apartheid, the South African rugby team, (Springboks/Amabokoboko) went to Murrayfield, Edinburgh in Scotland to engage their Scottish…
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
Johannes Lebone Slo Ramokhoase was born in 1951 in Eesterus before the residents were moved to Mamelodi. He was the headmaster of Mamelodi High School and…
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
President Kaiser Matanzima of Transkei announced his intention to retire from the Presidency in February 1982, to devote more time to traditional and family…
EventStudents protest at the University of Fort Hare
Students protested at the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape on 7 August 1973. The students’ organization, the South African Students Organisation …