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EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which was created to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of meteorological and related…
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
Prime Minister John Vorster said that South Africa would welcome Maoris in New Zealand rugby teams. The presence of Maoris, a non-White indigenous New Zealand…
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
Parliamentarian Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabs main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to death. A prior attempt on his life since…
EventSA raises concern with the Dutch government
The South African government instructed its ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of 100,000 guilders being…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
General Assembly of the United Nations requested States to terminate prohibition or restriction on economic relations with South Africa immediately, and to…
EventSA signs Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA
Shortly after the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1991, the South African government entered into a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
In an interview with the New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA Special…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It was…
EventSA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born
Sir James Liege Hulett, Natal planter, industrialist and politician, was born in England and came to South Africa in 1857 at the age of 19. Hulett pioneered…
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
News 24 reported that South Africa's ambitious HIV/Aids treatment plan was lagging behind as the government struggled to plug a shortage of doctors and…
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
Hundreds of representatives from leprosy non-governmental organisations converged in South Africa from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy…
EventSix SA Tsunami survivors arrive at Lanseria
Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrived at Lanseria airport on board a rescue flight from Bangkok. The tsunamis were set off a…
Millions of Zim refugees cross into SA
EventMugabe is refused accommodation by 2 SA hotels
The Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who arrived in Pretoria for the 10th anniversary of a free South Africa and the inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki,…
EventAZAPO’s first contest in SA democratic elections
The Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO) performed abysmally in the 1999 elections, managing to secure only 0,2 % of the vote which gave them one seat in the…
EventSA Rugby team loses to New Zealand
The South Africa Rugby team, the Springboks, were beaten 18-29 by the New Zealand team (All Blacks) in a Tri-Nation first test match staged at Newlands stadium…
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
Father Frans Claerhout, acclaimed artist, priest and humanitarian was born on this day in Pittem, western Belgium. After completing his studies, he immigrated…
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, famed SA painter and mother of actress Jana Celliers was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Though Cilliers-Bernard was at one time one of…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
On 29 September 1903, John Koenakeefe Mohl, South African artist and founding member of Artists Under The Sun, was born at Dinokana village in Lehurutshe,…
EventPresident Paul Kruger in an appeasement move
In an effort to solve the 'Uitlander' grievances regarding voting rights, President Paul Kruger of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) (South African…
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
France conducted its first nuclear bomb test at Reganne, Algeria, in the Sahara desert. At the time, Algeria was under French control. The test, code named…
Book launch of Death of an Idealist
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EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under…
ArchiveAppeal to all ANC (SA) graduates abroad
An appeal by Sizakele Sigxashe on behalf of Pallo Jordan and the African National Congress Research Department to ANC graduates to join them in Lusaka.
ArchiveKgetho ya hao ke sephiri sa hao
IEC voter education poster. Black lettering on white background. IEC Logo. Black and white drawing of woman and child at voting booth. Light blue border.