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PlaceGeorge Division
The district of George was originally part of the district of Swellendam, and was proclaimed a separate district on 23 April 1811. Over the next 66 years…
PlaceFraserburg
The division of Fraserburg was originally part of the district of Worcester and was proclaimed a separate division on 12 December 1853. In about January 1890…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
The Roodepoort Town School was established in the 1890s and its premises, including a School Building and a Hall, were opened on 8 October 1913. In 1914 the…
EventThe Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade the Republic of Biafra
Nigeria was created by the British without consideration of the country’s ethnic diversity. It has never truly integrated as one country. It served the British…
EventSouth African man walks from England to France through Channel Tunnel
A 38 year old South African man, Lance Dyer, was arrested by French police on 09 October 2005 after he walked through the Channel Tunnel between Folkenstone in…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
The South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster wished the new Mozambique government well. Voster however, warned that South Africa will have to act in self…
EventANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education
African National Congress (ANC) launches mass boycott of Ba ntu Education. Bantu education referred to the administration of education for blacks under the…
EventColoureds are removed from the voters roll
The South African parliament, which was dominated by the Afrikaner nationalist majority, embarked on a series of campaigns to remove Coloured people from the…
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
South Africa was recognised as a republic and pursued a political course in which Blacks, Coloureds and Indians were denied the right to parliamentary…
EventGovernment admits responsibility for Mdluli’s death
The South African government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph Mdluli (50), on 19 March 1976 and…
EventA Whites-only referendum in SWA gives a support on Black majority.
A White-only referendum in South West Africa /Namibia gave an overwhelming support for plans for Black majority rule in the country. Out of the total White…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
On 19 June 1975, South Africa signed a multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage. This treaty was drawn up in Brussels, to ensure…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
Phola Park, East Rand: As township warfare spreads, a woman grieves over her husbands death, following a night attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She…
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
Carter Ebrahim, Minister of Education and Culture for the mixed race community, announced that 454 out of a total of over 900 schools were going to be closed…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
Action started on 27 February developed into a countrywide truck drivers' strike on 1 March. The strike involved over 35,000 workers, who were demanding a wage…
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…
EventThe Sunday Times political journalist is suspended
The senior political writer of the Sunday Times, Ranjeni Munusamy, was suspended by the newspaper after her admission that she passed a story on spy…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
South African soccer team Bafana Bafana played against the German national soccer team in an international friendly match, in Dusseldorf in Germany. The game…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
The South African Reserve Bank was established in terms of the Currency and Banking Act, 1920 (Act No. 31 of 1920) in Parliament.This came into being after a…
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). In 1919 the organisation…
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
Born in 1869 at Porbandar, Gujarat, India, the internationally prominent Indian campaigner, Mohandas Gandhi, led the 1906 Satyagraha Passive Resistance…
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
The action that culminated with the Boers shelling Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop on 16 February 1900 can be traced in part by Rhodesian fears that the…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir John Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
King Cetshwayo was born to Mpande, who was King Shaka’s half brother in 1826. His father declared him his successor very early on in life, which was unusual…
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
On 27 April 1994, South Africa introduced a new national flag, at the same time the country held its first democratic elections in which African National…
EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
In a last attempt at negotiations with the Israelites, the Native Affairs Commission (NAC) went once more to Ntabelanga near Queenstown, Eastern Cape. The…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
On 25 December 1918, Anwar al-Sadat was born at Tala District. al-Sadat was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy in Cairo. During the 1952 revolution which…
9. In search of better employment
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Robert E. Somasundram was unhappy as a teacher…
PlaceCradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg
The Cradle of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Gauteng…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
The government proceeded with the introduction of apartheid laws in the 1950s. An example of this was the hated pass law. This forced Black people to carry…