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Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… and environmental sustainability. The summit is held every 10 years, so the one held in Johannesburg was a review and a …
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… and was unveiled by the widow of General Louis Botha on 10 October 1926. 146 000 Whites volunteered for service in …
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
… note that the registration forms must be submitted by (10 March 2014), as we have a limited number of seats. …
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… St, on 24/9/61 5. The destruction of a power line on the 9/10/61. The NCL has taken this action, as there is no longer …
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…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… Barolong Boo Ratshidi requested British protection. On the 22 May 1884, in Mafikeng, Chief Montshiwa signed a treaty …
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 February 1968. Baker's design for Stonehouse was completed …
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… 1879 - British troops establish their camp at Isandlwana 22 January 1879 - Cetshwayo's men defeat British troops 23 …
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… THE GREAT ILLUSION First of all 22 percent of the whites did not even bother to vote which is …
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… Military History Journal Vol 10 No 1 - June 1995 (incorporating Museum Review) SOLDIERS … General Louis Botha, said in the Union Parliament on 10 March 1917:…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… Sciences Research Council and served in that capacity for 10 years. She is currently CEO of Evidence Based Solutions, …
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… December 2017 Texas 8 December 2017 Matthew Mole / Majozi 10 December 2017 Mango Groove 23 December 2017 Goldfish and … January 2018 Fokofpolisiekar 21…
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
… Author : Chris Ledochowski This book is the culmination of 10 years of documenting life in the Cape Flats African and …
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… houses, known as the "Sterley cottages", are located at no.10 and no.12 Castle Hill, across the road. These are single …
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Policy of Apartheid of the Government of South Africa (Special Committee Against Apartheid) expressed very serious…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… in the future. South Africa signed this treaty on 10 July 1991, and was subjected to a safeguard check by the … Available at: www.historylearningsite.co.uk …
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… ANC and MK leaders. The Rivonia Trial followed, in which 10 ANC leaders were tried for sabotage. MK was classified as …
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… were to receive free books and stationary at a cost of R4, 10 per child per year. Many Black people were opposed to …
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… Winnie waited outside the local telephone booth between 10 am and 4 pm waiting for calls from friends and relations. …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… the ANC and the SA government. These territories had about 10 million inhabitants. It was agreed in the deliberations …
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… Johannesburg and Krugersdorp. One source gives the date as 10 January, the numbers killed as 6 and injured as 18. The … of Race Relations', p. 377.| The New…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… Available at: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-10-09/news/9510090199_1_coup-nia-probing. [Accessed 19 …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… of Afrikaans in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC). Thus, on 10 November 1919, the Cape Synod decided that Afrikaans could …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… the passing of the of Reinstatement of Former King Act No. 10 of 1994, whose Section 2 (1) stated that "upon the …