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ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
Contents and Contributors CONTENTS: Comment, A.W. Oliphant. STORIES: The Shadow of Socrates, Kaizer M. Nyatsumba; A Condition of Service, Michael…
EventPretoria receives city status
On 14 October 1931, Pretoria achieved official city status. The city was established in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers who named it…
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
On 30 May 1981, South Africa played its first rugby test match against Ireland at Newlands stadium in Cape Town. This game was particularly significant, as…
EventOAU Council of Ministers decide to reject dialogue with South Africa
On 20 June 1971, at the meetings of Organization of African Unity's (OAU) Council of Ministers, dialogue with South Africa was firmly rejected. This was due to…
EventThe Springbok rugby team receives the State President Sports Award
On 20 February 1970, the Springbok rugby team was presented with the State President Sports Award. The event took place in the Lady Ann Barnard Room at the…
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
Underlying political tensions between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party resurfaced in KwaZulu Natal in the late 90's…
EventGerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys a section of land, which is later declared part of the Witwatersrand gold reef
On 6 April 1874, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen bought a section of the farm Langlaagte for £100. This farm would later be declared a part of the Witwatersrand…
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
Town on the banks of the Orange River, some 195 km from Bloemfontein, on the road to to East London. It was founded in 1849 and named by the Governor of the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by leading members of the banned ANC…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
According to a study, titled Sleeping giant is stirring: Farmworkers in South Africa, the farmworker population in the Western Cape make up the highest number…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First Transvaal War of Independence because the conflict arose between the British colonizers…
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
Many attempts were made by the Arab countries to form a United Arab Republic. The first two countries to engage in this initiative were Syria and Egypt on 22…
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
Chief Albert John Luthuli, President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1961, was one of South Africa's…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
After the completion of World War One's Treaty of Versailles, German South West Africa was declared a mandate of the new international peace-keeping body, the…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and traditional healer, and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, a seasonal…
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew TREASURER'S REPORT The Treasurer's Report (annexed…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise and reconstruct all fragmented African trade unions into a large federation of non-racial…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
On 30 July 2011, the South African Communist Party (SACP) celebrated its 90th anniversary. Initially known as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the…
ArticleZulu
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
PlaceMaclear/Nqanqarhu
The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National Monument With its magnificent, Sandstone Bridge With Arches. This place was first known by the by…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
Sugar farming grew rapidly in the late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” sourced from India. The first group of Indian workers…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
Contents: Dear Sir Roy. Emigrant Ship by Reginald Reynolds. The Senate Farce, Stanley Uys with a cartoon, David Marais. Revolution: Further Reflections, Joe…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
The seat of government of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), or the old Transvaal, was transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretoria in 1860. With the city…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
The Honourable B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one of the most sought after. As a speaker…
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
The twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
Vuyisile Mini a trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist was hanged for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South…
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
The Minister of Justice, James Thomas (JT, Jimmy) Kruger, announced that the provisions of the Internal Security Act, allowing for the unlimited detention…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
The multiparty negotiating forum agreed to repeal section 29 of the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allowed for detention without trial. This measure had…
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
Twenty years ago, one of the most significant events in the history of South Africa, described by many as tension-driven and known as the Convention for a…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
Police in Johannesburg used force to break up demonstrations against a "rebel tour" of South Africa by the English Cricket team. Angry anti apartheid…