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The General Laws Amendment Bill of 1966 is published. The bill entitles police officers to detain up to fourteen days anyone su
John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956
Germany apologises for the massacre of some 65 000 Hereros in South-West Africa (Namibia) by their soldiers during the 1904 reb
For the next month, until May 25, a comet known only as “The Great Comet of 1901’ is visible over most of SA.
Bruce Fordyce, legendary Comrades Marathon winner, is born in Hong Kong. He came in 1956 to South Africa with his parents and i
Schalk Willem Burger, vice-president and acting president of the ZAR after President Kruger left for Europe in 1900, dies at Go
Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the first Black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, Norway.
The minutes of for the meeting where the South African team to participate in the Olympic Games in 1908 was decided on
Bibliographical note and further reading
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai For the serious researcher investigating any aspect…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… The Church was officially opened on Saturday, 27 January 1906 by the Second Earl of Selborne, High Commissioner for …
BiographyDaniel Gordon Gabashane
Gabashane is a graphic artist and ceramic sculptor. He attended the ELC Art and Craft Centre, Rorke’s Drift during the 1960s. He was an instructor at the…
Nelson Mandela Family Tree
The Mandela family tree drafted by Nelson Mandela and K.D. Matanzima. From the book Higher Than Hope - 'Rolihlahla we love you' by Fatima Meer. Click here for…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
1885The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians. Its primary justification was that of…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
1924 E.S. Reddy is born in a small village of Pallapalli in India to E.V. Narasa Reddy, a Gandhian who went to prison in the individual satyagraha in 1941,…
Clarence Lucky Payi
Clarence Lucky Payi was hanged on 9 September 1986, along with Sipho Xulu and Andrew Zondo at Pretoria Central Prison. In 1984, Payi and Xulu, acted on the…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the World Conference on Sanctions Against Racist South Africa: Victory is within our grasp, 16 June 1986, Unesco House, Paris
Mr. President, Your Excellency Mr. Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Excellency President Abdou Diouf, President of Senegal and…
BiographyJoan Morice
Morice, South Africa’s first qualified veterinarian, was born in Barberton in 1904. She completed the first two years of pre-veterinary study at the University…
BiographyJames J. Majoro
A clerk and ex-miner, Majoro was instrumental in establishing the African Mineworkers' Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the…
BiographyMarthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was born in September 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet in the then Cape Colony. He was a boer statesman, soldier, eldest son of the…
BiographyPeter (Petrus) Nchabeleng
Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng was president of the Northern Transvaal region of the United Democratic Front (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September 1947. He studied at…
BiographyEdgar Arthur Deane
Edgar Arthur Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured Furniture Workers' Union and a politician, serving for a period on the Cape…
BiographyAnthony Holiday
Anthony Holiday had served as a senior reporter on the Cape Times newspaper prior to his arrest, and had also been employed by the Rand Daily Mail as a…
BiographyXego Michael
Mike Xego started his political career in youth politics. He was a member of the Student Christian Movement(SCM) in 1974, before joining the Black…
BiographyWilliam Mtsologane
William Mtsologane was one of the six along with Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg),…
BiographyMfoloe Ramokgadi
Mfoloe Ramokgadi was one of the six, alongside Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
BiographyAbel Mabe
Abel Mabe was one of the six alongside with Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal, (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
BiographyMhlabuvelile Hlamandana
Chief Mhlabuvelile Hlamandana (Faku), from Bizana District [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], refused to cooperate with the state around policies and…
BiographyRev. Joseph J Doke
Reverend Doke Became acquainted with Gandhi during the plague outbreak in Johannesburg. He was the Minister of the Johannesburg Baptist Church. He offered to…
BiographyStanley B. Lollan
Stanley B. Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s. A clerk by…