Archive Day

The PAC is formed

The Freedom Charter is adopted in Kliptown

SA artist Vincent Baloyi is born

Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt

WW2 veteran Job Masego dies

The Group Areas Act comes into effect

South Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea

Radical politician, journalist, teacher and co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC) branch in Cape Town, James Thaele passes away

Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane is buried in Morija

The Joint Declaration of Cooperation ("Three Doctors’ Pact") is signed

Graça Machel is born

South Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations

Jakes Gerwel is born

African National Congress Youth League is founded

Chris Hani is born

William Selborne Dies

Adolph Hitler Opens VW Plant In Germany

Italy invades Ethiopia

University of Pretoria is established

Enoch Mgijima dies

The Rand Revolt breaks out

South Africa observes Armistice Day

Bantu Women’s League protests against pass laws

Anti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born

Walter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born

SA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa

Belgium annexes the Congo Free State

Electrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams

World’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa

Rabbi Israel Abrahams is born

Alan Paton is born

Cecil John Rhodes (48) dies in Muizenberg

Kitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief

Battle of Vaalkrans begins

Winston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War

The second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out

South African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report

Hunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies

The Republic of Goshen is founded

Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War