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PlaceDutch Reformed Church and Parsonage, Three Anchor Bay
… March 1880, the congregation seceded from the Groote Kerk in Cape Town. The stained glass windows date from 1885 and …
PlaceMill House and Water Mill, farm Naauwpoort, District of Marico
… and is one of the few such structures surviving in the old Transvaal. It was declared a National Monument …
The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.
… with upwards of another hundred injured at a forward base in the Cambeno Valley. A significant amount of equipment was …
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
… of his appeal meant that he would have to serve six years in prison. … [Accessed on 3 December 2013]| The New Age Today in history [online] Available at:http…
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… of having incited a stay-at-home of African workers in protest of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act …
EventGandhi demands end to White ‘hooliganism’
… Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi called on the South … Reddy, E.S. 1997. Indian Passive Resistance in South Africa, 1946…
EventANC attack on Booysens Police Station
… demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. In 2000, the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and …
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa’s northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
… Africa's military might, especially to those involved in the liberations struggle. … Ndlovu.S.M, The Anc and the World as published in South African…
EventBafana Bafana wins against Botswana
… 20 000 spectators, was played at Botswana national stadium in Gaborone. Bafana Bafana was guided by Augusto Palacios as …
EventZach de Beer is elected as leader of the PFP
… his position, the party had only 17 seats out of 178 seats in the White parliament. De Beer succeeded Colin Eglin. …
EventMedicines Control Council threatens to de-register Nevirapine
… and appropriate documentation can show its efficacy in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV …
EventThabo Mbeki is honoured
… The Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law on the …
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… instances of armed violence, necklace murders, executions in penal camps and the planting of bombs. The party accepted …
EventThree IFP leaders resign
… Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General and Musi Myeni, leader in the Gauteng provincial legislature, resigned from the …
EventJB Marks is born
… teacher, trade unionist and political activist was born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal (now North West Province) on March …
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… Britain sends 30 000 additional troops to South Africa in the Anglo-Boer War (now called the South African War). …
EventIFP makes election threat
… National Congress (ANC) would win free and fair elections in KwaZulu-Natal, IFP leader Chief Mangosuthu …
EventWorld Press Freedom Day
… to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.” World Press Freedom Day …
EventGhana is admitted to the United Nations
… as the Gold Coast had been under British rule since 1821. In 1954, Kwame Nkrumah became Prime Minister and led the way …
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique begin discussions which lead to the creation of a cross-border conservation park
… It is now one of the largest conservation parks in the world. … (Accessed: 27 August 2013)| Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 21 September’ , …
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… A statement issued simultaneously in Lusaka, Zambia and Salisbury, giving details of proposals …
EventBoer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals
… towards the end of the Anglo-Boer War II which broke out in October 1899. It ended with the signing of the Peace … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African…
ArchiveFifty seven years of NUSAS - Have we learned our lessons?
… of history of the National Union of South African Students in which the speaker questions the success of some of the …
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.2 No.1 1971
… Jonathan Crewe. The Ecosystems, George Brendon. Panturn in Translation, Roy Keech. Cover by Cliff Bestall. Design by …
EventInternational Day of Families.
… was proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1993, as a day to provide an opportunity to celebrate …
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… by Alexander McCorkindale. It was proclaimed a Town in June 1881. At first called Roburnia, the name was changed …
Statement on Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, 13 September 2011
… Johannesburg Hospital on Saturday as a result of a pain in her ankle. She was checked by doctors and subsequently she …
EventJohn “Shoes” Moshoeu was born on this day
… the South African and International soccer player was born in Diepkloof, Soweto. One of the most successful players to …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983, Volume 61
… the SACC, including its management and functions, the ways in which finance is obtained, for what purpose the money or …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 3 September 1982
… the SACC, including its management and functions, the ways in which finance is obtained, for what purpose the money or …