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EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… 0n 10 February 1960, the African National Congress (ANC) …
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… for five years. Chief Luthuli was not deterred. On 10 December 1962, together with Martin Luther King he led a …
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… [Online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 10 February 2011] …
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… On 10 November 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second …
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… authors who lived before 1930. Visser passed away on the 10 June 1929 after suffering a heart attack. He was buried in … living [online] Available at: www…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… a reprieve was granted and his sentence was mitigated to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour, of which he served …
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… for Southampton. The voyage from Southampton took a mere 10 days, and continued on to Port Elizabeth East London, and …
EventNelson Mandela is free
… in various cities and townships. In Mdantsane, Ciskei, 10 people were killed when Ciskei soldiers used force against …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… announcement by President F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would be released from …
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… three groups' application against the law failed on the 10 July 1998. The anti-abortion groups were responding to an …
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… On 10 January 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first …
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… their wives and children remained in the countryside. 10 years after 1886, the Johannesburg town was already the … in South Africa, outstripping the growth…
PlaceReitz
… temporarily stayed there and was nearly captured on 10 July 1901. Reitz featured politically again when; in 1914 …
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… – 1899’ [online] Available at www.telkom.co.za [Accessed: 28 July 2011] Wallis F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse …
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On that day an estimated 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… graduation ceremony, July 1947 (Lembede family, Umbumbulu) 10-11. Lembede's gravesite, Croesus cemetery, Johannesburg …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… the SANC claimed to have braches in 25 districts. 1904 May 28, Martin Luthuli gives evidence to the South African Native … later became president of the ANC…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… Act in 1959 , which provided for the establishment of 10 self-governing homelands or Bantustans. The Homelands were …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… killed. Prior to the killing of 34 mine workers, At least 10 more people died in other clashes in the region. The …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… the hall to contain the overflow of the approximately 10 000 people who attended the meeting. Loudspeakers and …
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
An Invitation to a Gripping True StoryJoin us for an exclusive evening at Ike's Bookshop, Durban's beloved independent book haven, to celebrate the launch of…
PlaceGrootvaderbosch Farm, Heidelberg
… the Farm and mountain bike routes. The Historic homestead dates back to the early 1700's & is largely maintained in …
PlacePhalaborwa, Limpopo Province
Phalaborwa is a town in the Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa. Phalaborwa is the site of the 'Big Hole', the earth's largest man…
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
On 20 August 2019, the 36th anniversary of the founding of the United Democratic Front (UDF), the Rocklands Community Hall, located in Mitchell’s Plain,Cape…
PlaceoThongathi, previously Tongaat
The area was formally developed around 1848–1850 when land was granted to settlers for sugar cultivation. Derived from the Zulu word 'uThongathi', which…
PlaceKomatipoort
The original inhabitants of the region around Komatipoort were the Bushmen. Their paintings they have been discovered under rock ledges, that date back from a…
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of 1833…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… 2016, Phone Interview. ↵ [xii] Klug 2016, Phone Interview, 10:20-10:35. ↵ [xiii] An Interview with Professor Heinz Klug, N.d. … Klug 2015. ↵ [xlvi] Klug 2016…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… at two a.m. and was taken to Pretoria Central Prison. [10] She was forced to leave her three-year-old son behind … woman did not seem much better than her…
Document 37 - The Bill of Rights
… it is established that the discrimination is fair. 10. Human dignity Everyone has inherent dignity and the right … 4. Every citizen has the right to a…