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EventThe South African Police Services (SAPS) celebrates its 10th anniversary
… (SAPS) celebrated its 10th anniversary for providing a service to South African democracy on 27 January 2005. Since …
PlaceSutherland, Northern Cape
… origins date back to the 1800's and the deep tracks of its History are clearly visible when exploring the Town. You can learn more about this History during…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… legitimacy of their domicile in the country. The Native Service Contracts Act of 1932 The Act drew all Africans … Act served to secure the provisions in the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… parliament. I wish all of you a productive New Year in the service of the people. As government, we are confident of the … Academy - interestingly the very…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… parliament. I wish all of you a productive New Year in the service of the people. As government, we are confident of the … Academy - interestingly the very…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… The Nelson Mandela timeline tracks the history of the first democratically elected president of …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… Unions and the Federation of Organisations Representing Civil Employees. The new Federation of Unions of South Africa … the South African Defence Force's…
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… from the Farm Achab. Aggeneys the Town was founded to service a nearby Mine. This range of Hills,Mountains and …
Speak - the voice of the community
… to lobby for better housing, affordable rents and better service provision. United community action against the …
EventHarry Gwala is awarded Isitwalandwe/Seaparakoe
… honour bestowed by the ANC on members for dedication, service and selfless commitment to liberation struggle. … African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista …
EventFirst Black US ambassador is sent to South Africa
… when he left to become the director of the US Foreign Service, a position he occupied for three years. …
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… at Cape Town's Anglican Cathedral and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present a …
Black ViewPoint - Kwa-Zulu Development by Chief M.G. Buthelezi
… historian I will be excused of reading a bit of well-known history of our land, because I believe that no one can never … for four and a quarter million…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
… the 20th Century would be the problem of the colour line. History has proved him correct. If he were still alive, … of deepening popular democracy and…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… are the historians. We record our experiences and our history within our music. Some of the pieces we play are very … travelled to the United States where…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… Fossil evidence in East Africa has also cast light on our history as human beings. Before we look at the Hominid … different ways of finding out what…
Zulu Community
… focus on the Zulu communities in Durban. However, the history of these communities is inextricably linked to the pre-colonial history, colonial history and…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… especially the Tuareg-controlled desert areas.Following civil action, a decision was taken by the French government … st/abstract.html?res…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… conscience functions entrusted to me as an international civil servant of the United Nations, discharge these …
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… of women leaders from government, the corporate sector and civil society. Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, chair, …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… were so great that in certain regions it was compared to a civil war. This state, among others, forced the Apartheid …
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
… accused the ANC of putting the country on the brink of civil war and of aiming to wreck the negotiation process, …
Document 19 - The D. F. Malan Accord
… translated into legislation that seriously restricted the civil liberties of the Indians. The documents in this section …
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… these periods, the government had free reign to suspend civil liberties. Police could detain anyone for reasons of … Massacre: The Aftermath." Website:…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… disqualified voters. 1888 Funamalungelo (“Demand Civil Rights”) is formed in Natal and lasts until 1908. The …
PlaceBonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
… wine and river scenery all in one! Bonnievale has a lovely History of how one man, Christopher Forrest Rigg - against … date on the cornerstone is 1921, but…
PlaceThulamela Local Municipality
… Vhavenda people which both have its unique but yet unified History. Tsonga: The Tsonga are a diverse people, generally …
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
… South African History Online, the Wits History Workshop, the Department of History at the University of the Free State, the Department …
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
… Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East London to Durban when it crashed, killing … 2012]| SAA Museum Society ' South…
EventThe first slave arrives at the Cape
… Lichthart of Batavia. Abram worked at the Cape in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) until he was …