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Turning Points Books 1-6
… A textbook series commissioned by the Department of Education , produced by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and STE Publishers , and…
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
… two top South African scientists were refused entry into the Soviet Union during the International Science Congress in Leningrad. The scientists were Prof. L…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of the war Roworth decided to stay in…
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
… Albert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture after receiving the Peace Prize the previous day. Luthuli was the first South African to receive the Nobel Prize…
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… The Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the second university with its seat in Johannesburg, was established by an act of parliament as the academic home of…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
… Mambazo, with lead vocalist Joseph Tshabalala, became the first South African group to win a Grammy award. The group won the award for the best traditional…
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… The Independent Democrats (ID), a political party which was formed by Patricia de Lille, who had defected from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), benefited…
EventBafana Bafana wins over Ghana
… The South Africa senior national football team, Bafana … Bafana, secured 1-0 victory over Ghana, a co-host of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations contest at…
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… On 30 May 1963 the Transkei Constitution Act No 48 commenced. The history of this Act could be traced back to April 1961 when the Transkei Regional…
EventBritish troops land in Madagascar.
… Madagascar, a mountainous large island in the Indian Ocean, consists of many rivers and high rainfalls. was previously a French colony controlled at the time…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch had settled at the Cape, the island was used mainly as a hospital for people with …
Fighting Talk
… Fighting Talk was initially a publication of the Springbok Legion of ex-servicemen and women, until in February 1954 when the "Fighting Talk Committee", in…
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… Few years after the Second Anglo-Boer War (11 Oct 1899 – 31 May 1902), the European continent got embroiled in hostilities, which culminated in the break…
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… The Durban Natural Science Museum has dynamic and innovative … emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation, and Ecology. The mission of the Durban Natural Science…
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… Town some 91 km North of Grahamstown , Eastern Cape . The Area of Adelaide, was first inhabited by Bushmen , estimated about the year 1530-1760. In the late…
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 …
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… Born in the Eastern Cape, Chief Daliwonga Kaiser Matanzima was made paramount chief of the emigrant Thembu clan. He was a strong proponent of the Apartheid…
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… The a son of a wealthy businessman, Yusuf Dadoo was all too familiar with the repressive political and social conditions that the Indian community lived…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… On 29 May 1976, the South African Electricity Supply Commission (ESKOM) … reactors from France. These reactors were supplied by the French company Framatome…
EventPrime Minister B.J Vorster supports changes to Black labour
… that there was nothing to prevent employers taking the necessary steps to bring about improvements in the productive use of Black labour. The government…
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… African anti-apartheid journalist and former editor of The World newspaper, Percy Qoboza, died on his fiftieth … heart attack and falling into a coma. Qoboza…
EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
… Coetzee uses his initials as his pen name. He studied at the University of Cape Town and graduated with an honours … in English in 1960 and an honours degree…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… Naledi High School, the site where historic anti-Bantu Education student … arrived at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local…
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… Olaudah Equino was born in the region that is now known as Nigeria in 1945. At the age of 15, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The slave trade took…
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
… farm in Piketberg, Western Cape. In 1942 he enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch where he became the member of the Student Representative Council (SRC)…
Statement of alliance secretariat following meeting held 5th Feb, 6 February 2015
… The Alliance National Secretariat, composed of the ANC , SACP , COSATU, SANCO met yesterday, 5 February … developments in Malamulele, Majakaneng, and…
Indian Opinion
… M.H. Nazar and Madanjit Viyavaharik in 1903 in the Natal Province. The newspaper focused on Indian rights, poor living … It provided an important historical…
Letter to Farzanah
… to Farzanah was published in 1979 in commemoration of the United Nations declared International Year of the Child. The book, consisting of sixty-seven images…
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… Kalushi Mahlangu, a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), who was executed by … 10 July 1956 in Mamelodi,…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… by a train. Masego had been employed as a delivery man at the explosives factory at Modderfontein, Springs, before he volunteered for service with the Native…