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EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
40 year-old Dorothy Fisher was given a new heart in 1969 and became the longest surviving patient. She lived for 12 years afterwards. She was South Africa's…
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
At its Special Congress in May, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) called for three days of national protest against the Labour Relations…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
Journalist, short-story writer and actor William (Bloke) Modisane was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Modisane left South Africa in 1959 and while in exile…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
On 5 September 1909, a tireless fighter for national and social liberation, Dr. Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo was born in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg. According to Essop…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
South African novelist, Andre Phillipus Brink was born on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
Britain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over Sudan dates back the 19th…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a prosperous time, income was…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
Imbeleko is the women's wing of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), formed in 1982 to address the specific challenges faced by black women under…
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
Arthur Chaskalson was appointed by President Nelson Mandela in June 1994 to be the first President of South Africa's new Constitutional Court and was the Chief…
ArchiveNatal and the 1960 Republican Referendum
Thesis has been submitted for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal,…
ArchiveInternational Womens Day
White poster with black lettering and border of small black stars. Welcome home rally for Ray Alexander. Thursday 8th March 1990 at 6pm at the Wits University…
ArchiveWorks on paper
University of Port Elizabeth, Silver Jubilee Festival Program. Black and white poster. Artwork by M.C. Escher entitled 'Sky and Water II' 1938. Notice of an…
ArchivePretoria Minute
Minutes of discussions between the South African Government and the African National Congress in Pretoria, 6 August, 1990. Re-committing themselves to the…
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign was planned in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the African…
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
The Industrial and Commercial Union later renamed the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) was founded by Clements Kadalie, a young Nyassalander who…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
Louis Hayward was born in Johannesburg on 19 March 1909. He went to study in England where he met playwright Noel Coward who became his patron. He starred in a…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
The June 1913 anti-pass campaign was probably the first recorded incidence of protest by women against the Union government. About 700 women marched to the…
South African Labour Bulletin
Blue poster with black lettering, front page of Bulletin. November 1990, Volume 15, Number 4. List of articles. Artwork of Mercedes car with man hanging out…
ArchiveBlack women
Black poster with purple border which includes text. Photograph of women dancing with raised arms looking triumphant. Notice of a conference on women's…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
Evolution refers to the slow process of human adaptation over millions of years. The roots of humanity are believed to lie in South Africa, where the earliest…
ArchiveWits Autumn Festival
Main poster: black background with white and yellow lettering. Notice of fourth Wits Autumn Festival from 2nd to 6th May 1990 and contact number. Issued by the…
ArchiveNegotiations, armed struggle and the ANC
Paper by Ian Phillips, presented at the Stanger Meeting on Thursday, 19 July 1990. On negotiations, the armed struggle and the African National Congress…
EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
Mdantsane born Welcome Ncita became the first South African to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world bantam weight title on 10 March 1990, when…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
Location: back to this day in history search archive During the summit conference organised by non-racial labour unions at Langa, Cape Town, Trade Union…
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
Dr. H.F. Verwoerd opened South Africa's first atomic reactor, SAFARI-1 (South African Fundamental Atomic Reactor Installation-1) at Pelindaba, about thirty km…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
On 27 January 1992, the European Community announced that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa which imposed in September 1985. While some…
EventCongo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo
King Leopold II of Belgium handed over the Congo to the Belgian state on this date. Previously he held it as a private project undertaken to extract rubber and…
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
Benjamin Mzimkulu (Ben) Macala was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). As a young boy he tended cattle on a farm in the Free State and…