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Sunny Venkatruthnam, University Of Durban-Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project, “Voices of Resistance”, 16 July 2002
Sinking of Mendi by Samuel E. K. Mqhayi
EventEgyptian women files/ divorce under new law
Myburgh Streicher, Cape leader of the UP and five followers form the South African Party
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
On 3 September 1979, Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert was elected as the leader of the opposition party, the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). He took over from…
EventPresident F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held
President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections will be held from 26-28 April 1994.
EventGambian Government overthrown in military coup
Location: back to this day in history search archive On 22 July 1994, the government of Sir Dawda Jawara was overthrown in a military coup in Gambia. While…
EventEducation Minister, Sibusiso Bengu warns Stellenbosch University that it can’t to be exclusively Afrikaans-speaking
The former South Africa Minister of Education, Dr. Sibusiso Bengu warned the University of Stellenbosch that it could not continue to be an exclusively…
EventA 13-year-old Welsh school-girl’s letter reaches the wrong hands
A 13 year old Welsh schoolgirl, Lucille Sticker, from Waterhall Secondary School in Cardiff wrote a goodwill message and hoped that her letter would be…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
The 68 year-old Ross was born in the Cape, but moved to Transvaal where he spent the greater part of his life. During the Second World War Ross served as an…
EventThe Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, a bilingual newspaper and the first to publish news and advertisements, is published for the first time.
The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser was the first newspaper to be published in Africa. It was started by two slave dealers, Alexander Walker and John…
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
Nigeria's Federal Troops launched a major offensive against multiple targets in Biafra on the 19th of August 1968. Despite claims that scores of people were…
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
On 17 September 1995, the Roman Catholic’s Pope John Paul II celebrated a papal mass in South Africa as he began his six day tour of Africa. His visit to the…
EventNational Party refuses to serve on Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry
The South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha lashed out on the Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry concerning the future of Natal. Botha said that the National…
EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) was formally revived in 1971 after a long period of inactivity due to the harassment of its leaders by the apartheid government…
EventMarlise Joubert, SA author and painter, is born
Marlise Joubert was born in Elim, Limpopo and grew up in Warmbath (Bela Bela). She studied at the University of Pretoria where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts …
EventPat Boone, American singer, actor and writer, begins a 10-day tour of South Africa
Charles Eugene Pat Boone is an American singer, actor and writer who was one of the biggest names in the fifties. He was the only artist whose popularity…
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an International Document
EventOliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.
Oliver Kgadime(Phukubjane) Matsepe is a novelist and poet who was twice awarded the S.E. Mqhayi Prize by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns …
EventDr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures from South Africa's apartheid era, died in a Stellenbosch frail care centre at the age of 82, following…
EventJustice Ludorf convicts thirty men accused of conspiring to overthrow the SWA administration
The presiding judge in the Pretoria terrorist trial, Justice Ludorf convicted the thirty men accused of conspiring to overthrow the South West Africa…
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini
Under orders from Commandant-General Louis Botha, Field-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burned Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini, looted cattle and grain,…
EventGovernment tables the third Constitution of the Republic of South Africa before the House of Assembly
In 1983 the South African government passed the third Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The Conservative Party opposed the Constitution, while the…
EventMadalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament
EventThe Sharpeville massacre takes place
EventShashi Naidoo, the South African television host, presenter, model and actress is born
Shashi Naidoo was born in Port Elisabeth[i] on 4 November 1980. She is South African actress, television personality and model.[ii] Shashi co-hosted the…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
Regarded by the local people as the heartland of the Nama Culture, the little Town of Kuboes lies nestled between the Mountains of Ku Boesberg to the North,…
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
Tylden in the region of Eastern Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820's. The Eastern Cape also remains the…
Giyani, Polokwane
More or less 550 kilometres north east of Johannesburg you will find the little happening town of Giyani, a popular town in the heart of Bushveld country in…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
In the language of the Shangaan people, the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word for Buffalo. You can see the 'Big Five' and many other animals in the Balule Game…