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EventA South African spy is released from jail
Location: back to this day in history search archive Odile Harrington, a South African convicted and imprisoned for espionage in Zimbabwe in 1987, was…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
The announcement by President F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would be released from prison, unconditionally the next day…
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
Mazizi Maqekeza and Mbulelo Ngona were among the many South Africans who fled across the border to join the African National Congress (ANC) in their armed…
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
On 15 January 1986, General Justin Lekhanya, the Head of the Lesotho Army, ousted Lesotho prime minister Chief Leabua Jonathan in a military coup. Jonathan had…
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
Deutsch-Südwestafrika (German South West Africa), established its capitol at Otjimbingwe in 1885, then at Windhuk in 1891. It covered the core of what is…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
On 7 June 1990, former South African President, F W de Klerk, announced the end of South Africa’s four year old state of emergency. Immediately after that, he…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaAn industrial revolution was affecting the lives of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, one or…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
Nawal el-Saadawi has been creative her entire life. As a young girl, she imagined becoming a singer or a dancer. Her dreams of becoming an artist were opposed…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
The Ciskeian police disrupted a residents' meeting, which was held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , "South Africa…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
Racism in Isolation South Africa has for decades been the only country in the world which has codified the doctrine of racial superiority into a statutory…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
South Africa has for decades been the only country in the world which has codified the doctrine of racial superiority into a statutory system and established…
PlacePretoria High School for Girls, Park Street
Pretoria High School for Girls was started by Lord Milner in 1902 as part of his efforts to anglicise the Transvaal under British Occupation. And so it was…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European population stands at 1,204. 1858 The Umzinto Sugar Company…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
After South Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
On 17 March, 1992, President F.W. de Klerk announced the results of the Whites-only referendum held to determine White people’s support for the reform process…
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
On 17 December 1920, South Africa undertook the administration of Namibia (then known as South West Africa). The reason for this was that South West Africa had…
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
The basic concept of cellular phones began in 1947, when researchers began to examine crude mobile (car) phones. These researchers realized that by using small…
PlaceMankweng or Turfloop
“When life gives you the scorching heat of the sun, be hopeful for the rain too” . Mankweng is found in the Capricorn District and Polokwane Local…
Chapter 1: Introduction
Before embarking on an investigation of vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, it is important to give an account of what the situation in KwaZulu…
EventAnti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies
On 31 August 2012, anti-Apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube died at the age of 80. She was a practicing Roman Catholic nun and was recruited into the anti…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and indeed on my own…
PlaceLebowa
During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people. It became a semi-independent national state in 1972. The territory was…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
After becoming Prime Minister of South Africa in 1966, John Vorster met with Hendrik van den Bergh, the head of the South African Police Security Branch. At…
EventTshifiwa Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police custody
In October 1981 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives bombed Sibasa Police Station in independent Vendaland. Several policemen were killed in the attack. The…
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
Compensation is a Settlement 43 km North-East of Durban, on the route to Umhlali-Tongaat. The Area of Compensation got its name from Compensation Farm acquired…