World War I

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Politician, world-famed statesman, soldier, naturalist, philosopher and former Prime Minister of South Africa

The Influenza epidemic

The Influenza epidemic

19 January 2024

Sidney Percival Bunting

Sidney Percival Bunting

Communist intellectual and organiser, Sydney Bunting was instrumental in the formation and early development of the Comm...

SS Mendi

9 September 2019

The sinking of the SS Mendi was caused by the reckless action of the captain of the SS Darro. It remains the greatest wa...

Enoch Mgijima

3 September 2019

Leader of the Israelite sect involved in the Bulhoek massacre of 24 May 1921.

The Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War

The Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War

World War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent

World War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent

Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion

Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion

The Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.

The Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.

The World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born

The World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born

The Causes of World War I

The Causes of World War I

World War I

This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as  The Gre...