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Sir John Barrow (84), explorer of the interior of SA, dies in London
Sir Richard Francis Burton (69), ‘discoverer’ of Lake Tanganyika, dies of heart failure.
Sir Ebenezer John Buchanan (86), journalist, politician and judge, dies in Cape Town.
The ban on open-air gatherings is further extended until 31 March 1978.
Sir John Carruthers Beattie, first rector of the University of Cape Town, dies.
Sir John Carruthers Beattie, first rector of the University of Cape Town, dies.
Sir Julius Charles Wernher (62), SA financier and mine magnate, dies in London.
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of the Anglo American Corporation, is born in Germany.
Sir Langham Dale, superintendentgeneral of education in SA, is born in Hampshire, England.
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
0n 6 April 1994, an extraordinary event in the history of the African continent took place in Kigali, Rwanda when two presidents from two countries were…
Sir Frederick Napier Broome (54), former colonial secretary in Natal, dies in London.
Sir John Barrow (84), explorer of the interior of SA, dies in London.
Sir Frederick Napier Broome, colonial secretary of Natal, is born in Montreal, Canada.
Sir Patrick Duncan, lieutenant-governor of the Cape, is born in Fortrie, Aberdeenshire.
The Afrikaanse Taalvereniging, forerunner of the Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, isestablished.
ArchiveIDASA werkswinkel - Suid-Afrikaanse universiteite in `n nie-rassige demokrasie (Article written in Afrikaans)
Sir Benjamin D’Urban, Cape Governor (1834-1837), is born in Suffolk, England.
Sir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born.
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria after it gained independence. He served his term as Prime Minister from 1957 until he died in…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
H.E. Sir Geoffrey Howe Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs London. Sir Geoffrey, I am most grateful for your kind letter of 18 July…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
Theophilus Shepston was born near Bristol in 1817, the son of the Reverend J William Shepstone, who became an 1820 settler, and his wife Elizabeth Brooks, a…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo was born in Edendale, Natal on February 26th, 1903. He was the second son to Ezra and Sardinia Dhlomo. Ezra came from a line of…
BiographyDr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)
Dr Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam) was born in 1906 in Durban. She grew up in Grey Street, with three brothers and three sisters. Along with her…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
Hassim Seedat, was born in Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1930. His family came to Newcastle as traders in the late 1880s. He attended St Oswalds…
BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef was born on 13 August 1886 in Pretoria from Dutch parents. Pierneef started his high school career at the Staatsmodelschool in…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and…
BiographyIndres Naidoo
Indrasena (Indres) Elatchininathan Naidoo worked as a clerk and became the main support of the family after the death of his father Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, a…
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
The contribution of Pravin Gordhan may never be truly understood and appreciated by millions of South Africans. For those of us who have had the privilege to…
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph)…
BiographyHermione Stephanie Lombard Faure
Stephanie Faure was born on 9 September 1894 in Pretoria. She was the daughter of Jacobus C. Faure who was a civil servant of the Transvaal Republic, and his…