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Under an amendment to the Suppression of Communism Act, approved without objection, it ceases to be automatically an offence to
President Lennox Sebe of the Ciskei escapes an assassination attempt by elements in the Transkei Defence Force in an attempted
Douglas Portway, SA born artist who left SA and has since resided in several European countries, is born in Johannesburg.
An antenatal survey is conducted by the Department of Health, the first since 1990. An internationally recognised tool for esti
Anglo-Boer War 2: An official report states that British columns have completely or partially destroyed 158 farms and an unknow
Anglo-Boer War 2: An official report states that British columns have completely or partially destroyed 158 farms and an unknow
Nicholas Edward Brown (85), expert on SA plants, dies in Surrey, England. He never visited SA because of poor health.
Forty-five (thirty-five?) ANC mourners are killed during an attack on a funeral vigil for an ANC member in Sebokeng.
In Algiers, an assassin shoots and kills the leader of Algeria’s largest labour union a key presidential ally and an opponent o
BiographyOliver Mtukudzi
Oliver Mtukudzi, also known as ‘Tuku’, was born on 22 September, 1952 in Highfield, Zimbabwe. He was the first born in a family of seven siblings. Mtukudzi was…
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port Elizabeth. During high school, teachers encouraged students to attend…
BiographyNadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng), an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg in 1923. Her father, Isidore Gordimer, was a Jewish…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
Imam Abdullah Haron was born on 8 February 1924 in Newlands-Claremont, an area which in the late twentieth century became a very prosperous commercial centre…
PlaceMaloti-Drakensburg Park
… of the Sahara . They represent the spiritual life of the San people , who lived in this area over a period of 4,000 …
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, "The Origin and…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July 1977. It was being…
BiographyErnest Malgas
Ernest Singqokwana Malgas was born August 8th,1937 in Port Elizabeth. Malgas never attended school.He became politicized as a result ,he spend six weeks in…
EventSouth African born Charlize Theron wins an Oscar for best actress in the movie Monster
South African born Hollywood actress, Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her lead role in the movie “Monster” on 29 February 2004, making her the first African…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
Britain had fought the Boer settlers in South Africa in the Anglo-Boer wars (1880-1, 1899-1902), so in 1914 many Afrikaaners sympathised with Germany. While…
ArchiveTruly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. Matthew 25 V 45
White poster with black lettering and black artwork. Artwork of a modern day man tied to a cross. Printed at C.A.P. Photographs of people living in the open.
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
After declaring in 1976 that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia, "not in a thousand years," Ian Smith reluctantly began to yield to diplomatic…
The Impossible Concept: Settler Liberalism, Pan-Africanism and the Language of Non-Racialism by Jon Soske
Herore Heroes - A Socio- Political History of the Herero of Namibia 1890 - 1923 by Jan-Bart Gewald
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