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Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away.
Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away.
Rhodesia’s White electorate have abandoned their traditional party loyalty and voted overwhelmingly for Ian Smith’s Rhodesian F
The notorious ‘Panga Man’, who robbed and raped numerous people, is arrested. He was later executed.
Dr Anna Petronella van Heerden, the first Afrikaner lady to qualify as medical doctor, is born.
Fifteen mourners are killed in a gun attack on a funeral vigil, allegedly in collusion with the SAP.
Military rule is re-imposed in Nigeria when General Sani Abacha ousts civilian leader Ernest Shonekan.
Suzette van der Merwe, former Miss South Africa, marries Owen Goss in Mulders Drift, near Krugersdorp.
The Pan-Africanist Congress rejects the government’s invitation to negotiations. Newly elected PAC president, Clarence Makwetu,
Mathys Michiel (Thys) van Lille, radio broadcaster at the Afrikaans radio station since 1935, is born.
President Sam Nujoma and his governing party are declared winners of Namibia’s first post-independence election.
Minutes of the meeting between the RSA and Angola at Ilha Do Sal on 5 June 1980
Minutes of a meeting held with representatives of the South African and Angolan Governments to discuss border issues, including border incidents and the…
Freedom struggles of the past: what can we learn from them to enhance grass roots involvement
A SASO memorandum for the Transvaal Regional Formation School, held at Turfloop, 21-22 September 1974
Freedom struggles of the past: what can we learn from them to enhance grass roots involvement
A SASO memorandum for the Transvaal Regional Formation School, held at Turfloop, 21-22 September 1974
C.P. Hoogenhout (78), founder member of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA), dies in Wellington, CP.
Quintus van Rooyen (62), authority on rugby who wrote for Beeld, dies of cancer in Pretoria.
Daantjie van den Heever (67), former captain of the Northern Transvaal rugby team, dies in Pretoria.
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… settlers should reciprocate the ubuntu of the Khoi and the San with kindness. However, the commander appointed by the … Van Riebeeck held a racist view that…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
Johnson Mlambo was born in Johannesburg on 22 February 1940. He did his secondary school education at Kilnerton. After completing his studies, he worked at…
Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
… Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Aung San Suu Kyi and Princess Diana to mention a few. Also amongst …
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. He grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents,…
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
Alan Cormack, the youngest of three children, was born in Johannesburg in February 1924. His father was an engineer with the Post Office and his mother a…
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
The Early Years Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in the small hamlet of Bishops Stortford, England. He was the fifth son of Francis William Rhodes…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions where students have to use sources to answer the question. The…
EventGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, SA minister of education since 2004, is born in Durban
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor was born in Durban on 7 December 1953. Her father, Joe Matthews, was a prominent anti-apartheid activist and the son of academic Z…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch
ArchiveInterviews with Ernest Lakoto Pule (T-man, Themba, Vusi), 22 September 2017 - 27 September 2023
ArchiveMedia have tried to demonise me, says McBride, by Thami Ngidi, Sunday Tribune, 2 October 1997
BiographyArthur William Blaxall
Arthur William Blaxall was born in 1891 in Britain. He was a clergyman who was convicted of aiding the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist…
BiographyTheophilus Dymond Field
Theophilus Dymond Field was born in Tunbridge Wells, England c.1871. He trained at the Brighton School of Art and became proficient in watercolour, the most…