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PlaceDurban Main Post Office
This Victorian styled building was originally erected in 1885 as Durban's first town hall, which was designed by Phillip Dudgeon in 1882. It was the first…
PlaceRailway Station, Sannaspos, Bloemfontein
The Station Building, situate on a protion of the Farm Klipkraal 117 in the District of Bloemfontein. Situated on the Druenberg – Sannaspos inter-provincial…
PlaceStasiegebou, Sannaspos
This Railway Station Building of sandstone was completed shortly before the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). It is one, of only a few Station Buildings erected…
The Neglected Tradition
In 1987 when I was first approached by Christopher Till of the Johannesburg Art Gallery to curate an exhibition of art by 'black South Africans, I spent much…
EventGovernment bans 20 Black leaders
In 1973 massive strikes occurred throughout South Africa, culminating in September 1973 at the Western Deep Levels mine at Carletonville, when 12 striking…
EventUnited Democratic Front member dies after asthma attack
On October 1986, Mr Mbuyiseli Songelwa, a Queenstown community leader and high profile member of the United Democratic Front,died in police custody. He was…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade Floyd Shivambu that the hearing for the Appeal against the sentence handed out to them by…
PlaceAllemansfontein, a Farm in the Eastern Cape
Allemansfontein is a farm in Blue Crane Route Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape.Former name of the Farm- Almondsfontein,…
PlaceAlicedale a Village in Albany District
A Village in the Albany District, some 42 km West of Grahamstown. Named after Alice Slessor, wife of the engineer who constructed the railway. Its Xhosa name…
PlaceMaitland Road
Milestones where used to measure distance, by the early settlers, in Cape Town. A Post Office known as Eleventh Mile Stone, Maitland Road, was opened on 20…
PlaceMakhonjwa Mountains, Barbeton
Situated in North-Eastern South Africa, the site comprises 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, one of the World’s oldest Geological structures. The Barberton…
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…
EventThe 25th Summer Olympics opens in Barcelona, Spain
On 25 July 1992, the 25th Summer Olympics opened in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona was chosen ahead of Amsterdam, Brisbane, Birmingham, Belgrade and Paris who had…
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
A seven-man delegation of Coloured leaders flies from Cape Town to Pretoria to meet South African Prime Minister, John Vorster for discussions on the future of…
EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
The paper 'Leader' announced that African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela has been awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace the previous…
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
At the conclusion of the Rivonia trial eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight were Nelson Mandela,…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, which was later renamed Progressive Federal Party (PFP) launched a nationwide protest campaign against the…
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…
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
Enoch Mgijima (Mgizima), Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, died in Ntabelanga, Queenstown. His followers, believing Enoch's claim that…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
South Africa's Prime Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
During the National Party rally in Ladysmith, Natal, Prime Minister P.W. Botha assured his party supporters that the proposed constitutional reforms would not…
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
The minister of Bantu Education, M.C. Botha, announced that the South African Government had annulled the regulation that Black secondary school pupils be…
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
The inter-racial Women's National Coalition (WNC) Conference (25-27 February 1994), started in the World Trade Centre, Kempton Park. The conference focused…
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 murder,…
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
Despite visible resistance to incorporation into the Qwa Qwa homeland, the South African government proceeded with its plan of incorporation. The incorporation…
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
Jan de la Fontaine, an employee of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), served as acting governor from 8 September 1724 to 25 February 1727. Pieter Gijsbert…
EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
Makhaya Ntini, star bowler of the SA cricket team, was accused of raping a 21-year old student at the Buffalo Park Cricket Ground in December 1998. He…
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that he was resigning as African National Congress Secretary-General, as well as from Parliament. Speculation around…
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…
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
Paving the way for the end of Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence or First Transvaal War), a provisional armistice was agreed upon by General…