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ArchiveTwo tributes
… Record of the death of two of the contributors to this issue—Professor G. D. H. Cole …
ArchiveOn July 12th 2005: march for your demands
… Multicoloured logo. Photograph of people protesting. Notice of a march on July 12th 2005. List of demands. NUMSA logo. …
ArchiveWorld Conference on Religion and Peace
… Multicoloured poster. Border of white doves. Artwork of four people with arms raised. Artwork of various signs and symbols. …
ArchiveThe Rustenburg Declaration
… Resolution of the Rustenburg Declaration of the National Conference of Church Leaders held in South Africa in November 1990. …
ArchiveStop apartheids bloodstained coal!
… Black, white and red poster. Artwork of bloodstained arm and a large piece of coal. National Union of Mineworkers logo. …
Archive1. Apartheids war against Africa
… Black and white collection of 14 posters. Poster exhibition designed by Ian Denning. Short piece of history of apartheid. …
ArchiveWe remember Kinross
… Cream background. Black lettering. NUM Logo. Photo of a miner. Details of disaster. NUM demands fair settlement out of court. …
ArchiveColgate: worker unity wins historic battle
… A number of recent disputes have highlighted the importance of organised workers supporting each other in their hour of need. …
PlaceMacassar Beach Pavillion
… to let nature reclaim the water park. The pavilion is part of the Macassar Dunes Reserve which is comprised of 2,760 acres. Signs in the reserve warn of …
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
… Castle – more or less unchanged – from the 1950s. The core of the collection comprises historical artworks dating from … How can we today view a collection…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… The building was erected on a portion of the historic Boshof Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. … was extended and redesigned during the 1840s when a number…
PlacePolokwane Museum
… famous, Historical "Irish House", the Museum portrays much of the past History of the region. The Polokwane Museum is a fascinating and … Museum. While here…
PlaceMandela House
… House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela , the World's most famous political … former president . Soweto was an…
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… At the height of apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand imposed a blanket … including the country’s apartheid policies. The story of international sanctions…
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana’s incorporation following major unrest
… as demonstrators demanded the reincorporation of the nominally independent homeland into the Republic of South Africa and clashed with the police. South…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… Bruce Fordyce, legendary South African winner of the Comrades Marathon, was born in Hong Kong, then a city under English administration on the eastern side…
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… for housing schemes for poorer Indians to the Minister of the Interior. Fietas ,as the Pageview community was popularly known, was one of the oldest…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… Goodwill Zwelithini was installed as the eight monarch of the Zulu nation. He took reigns over from Prince Israel … 21st birthday and marriage to his first…
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… a referendum for 17 March to establish the opinion of White voters towards his political reforms. He introduced … sweeping reforms that brought apartheid to…
EventANC’s economic plans
… his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community could provide an … the private sector would be excluded…
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… police officer at John Vorster Square at the time, was one of the personnel who attended to the first explosion not … it was a decoy. The second explosion…
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
… Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a prime suspect in the bombing of two United States of American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, … traced to Cape Town…
EventTony Johnstone wins Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament.
… shots as the tournament entered its fifth day as a result of rain and poor light. Johnstone's victory was overshadowed by the disqualification of the…
EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
… annually in South Africa to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I. The day is observed … call it Armistice Day, which was the…
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… One of the worst explosions in the history of South Africa occurred at Braamfontein station, … when an explosives train, carrying between 56 and 60 tons of…
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… The flag of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered … drove the native Ndebele from the town. The flag consisted of a Union Jack emblazoned with…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… Kevin Curren accepted a scholarship from the University of Texas, United States of America. He obtained a BCom degree in sports management at … and also…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… secession. On 23 December 1961 he led the Congo province of Katanga into secession following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium. In his…
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… 27 May, 2013 marked for 50th anniversary of Nelson Mandela arriving on Robben Island as prisoner. On 5 … stopped and arrested just outside the Natal midlands…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… Johannes Vorster disclosed in July 1970 in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to make funds … a full-scale prototype plant for the…