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Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical practitioner assassinated with his wife by state agents in 1986, is born in Bantule.
The Chief Executive Councillor of Kwazulu, Chief Buthelezi, condemns plans to consolidate Zululand in terms of the 1936 Trust a
Justice Petrus Cillié submits to Parliament his report on the violent racial disturbances began in Soweto in June 1976,
South Africa signs a treaty with the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland amending the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.
Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet who lives since 1966 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is born in Klerksdorp, western Transva
Steven Biko, former SASO leader, released on 30 November 1976 after temporary detention under security laws, is re-arrested.
Reflections on the Pan Africanist Congress ‘Underground’ in the Era of the 1976 Youth Uprisings by Ali Khangela Hlongwane
Identification Amendment Act No 47, amending the 1986 Identification Act so as to repeal certain obsolete provisions, and order
Inkatha agrees to return to the Constitutional Assembly, after an eighteen-month absence, but withdraws again on 7 October 1996
Anglo-Boer War 2: An extraordinary ZAR Government Gazette is published, containing Act no 5 of 1900, allowing for the reorgan
William (Bloke) Modisane, journalist, writer and actor is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He died in 1986 in Dortmund, West G
Eugène de Kock alleges that the Swedish premier Olaf Palme was shot in 1986 by a South African secret agent.
Winnie Mandela, placed under restriction in Soweto on 28 December 1976 is now banished to a Black township outside Brandfort, O
Local elections for KwaZulu-Natal are again postponed until 26 June 1996 as a result of persistent violence and administrative
Helene Pastoors, the Belgian national sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in 1986 for treason, is released from prison followi
Carnegie Report on Poverty in South Africa reveals the doubling of Blacks living below the poverty line (1960-1980).
Carnegie Report on Poverty in South Africa reveals the doubling of Blacks living below the poverty line (1960-1980).
John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist, dies in Katutura Township, Windhoek, Namibia. He moved to South West Africa in 1956.
A document released in Cape Town, discloses that SA ministers condoned the murder of Black demonstrators during the 1976 riots.
The new Constitution of the Republic of South Africa takes effect. The Constitutional Court approved it on 4 December 1996.
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, community leader, member of the Cape City Council (1904-1940) and Cape Provincial Council (1914-1940),
Start of a weekend of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March 1960. Speakers at
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… in the Transvaal, led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , in 1906. This campaign was over, amongst other things, the …
BiographySunny Girja Singh
Sunny Girja Singh was born in Cato Manor (uMkhumbane), Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1939 to a working-class family. His father, Girjabaksh, came to…
BiographyPeter Becker
Peter Loubser Were Becker was born in Rivonia South Africa the youngest of the three sons of Harold Paley Becker and his wife, Anna Petronella Louw. Becker's…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
Ellen Hellmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from…
BiographyGünther Komnick
Günther Komnick was born in Insterburg in the former German province of East Prussia in 1929 into a cultured family of artists. He lived through the monumental…
BiographyIrma Stern
Irma Stern was born in 1894 in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal. She studied in Weimar and Berlin and had her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her return…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
Bonisile John Kani was born on 30 August 1943 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in numerous school…
BiographyAshley James Kriel
Ashley Kriel was born on the 17 October 1966 to Ivy and Melvin Kriel. He has two sisters, Michel Assure and Melaney Adams. He grew up in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town…