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EventNjabulo Ndebele was born on this day
On 4 July, 1948 respected academic Professor Njabulo Ndeble was born in Coronation Hospital in Johannesburg, where his mother worked as a nurse. [1] He…
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
Following the National Party (NP)'s first federal congress since its withdrawal from the Government of National Unity (GNU), its policy plan was unveiled…
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announced that the National Party was to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 30. This came after the African…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
The South African government presented a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill which proposed an advisory and consultative council, designed to give…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
Benjamin Magson Kies Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle of the 1930s…
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
The Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation (Goldstone Commission), with Mr Justice Richard Goldstone as chairman,…
EventResumption of talks
African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela accepted an invitation for urgent talks with State President F.W. de Klerk on political violence…
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
In 1990, at the opening of parliament, former state president F.W De Klerk made an unanticipated and startling statement when he asserted that Nelson Mandela…
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which was to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the security forces, were laid out in a…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
Seven years after freeing Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, F.W. de Klerk, former South African president announced his retirement as the leader of…
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
Two days after the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) agreed to participate in South Africa's first non-racial elections, security officials and independent…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
Contents: Dr. Hedrick Frensch Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa, Stanley Uys with illustrations by David Marais. Revolutions are Not Abnormal, Michael…
EventJoe Slovo is born
Joe Slovo, the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s…
PlaceClarens, Eastern Free State
Clarens, a small Town situated in the Eastern Free State which was established in 1912. The Village of Clarens, was a result of two Farms being sold: …
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
Former South African minister of law and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He started his career in the department of…
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
After a three day meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC), the meeting adopted a new strategic policy, which…
EventHarms releases his report
The one-man Harms commission released its report on its investigations in the activities of South African Defence Force Army and South African Police counter…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act enforced…
EventKhotso House is bombed
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) headquarters, Khotso House, based in Johannesburg, was bombed for harbouring anti-apartheid groups a year after a…
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
Former SA president and long serving political prisoner, Nelson Mandela, was voted the Greatest South African in a TV show that had the country nominate their…
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
Your death has come way too soon; none of us could say, with a straight face, that we were prepared for it. Therefore, please forgive us if we appear too…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
At least eighteen people were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member murdered on 29 September. During the…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
In February 1990, President F.W. de Klerk appointed Mr Justice Louis Harms, a Supreme Court judge, to investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990,…
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
Following the National Convention held by four British colonies, namely, Transvaal, Orange, Natal and Cape, the draft South Africa Act was signed in…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
The Republic of the Orange Free State went to elections after the resignation of President F.W. Reitz in 1895 for reasons of health. Marthinus Theunis Steyn,…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
Former SA prime minister and later State President from 1978 to 1989, Pieter Willem Botha, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his house Die Anker near…
EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
Kenyan Professor Washington J. Okumu urged Chief Buthelezi to participate in the forthcoming general election. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) agreed following…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
Eugene Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African…