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PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. Cottam Grove is next to Essenwood and is …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former …
EventBritain invades the island of Madagascar, attempting to stop Vichy aid to the Axis Powers in the Indian Ocean.
… with the amphibious landing at the seaport of Mahajanga on 10 September. Full Allied control of the Island was achieved …
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… the armed rebellion against the Union Government in 1914-15, including Gen CR de Wet, who served out his sentence …
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… in 1976 under the Terrorism Act and was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 26 June 1979. Even after their … No. 2 [online]. Available at www.disa.ukzn.ac…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… in the rebellion were tried in Uitenhage landdros court on 15 December 1815. One of the rebels was reprieved by Lord … Geni Slagtersnek Rebellie/Rebellion 15…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… might have caused the disappearance of the SS Waratah. On 15 July 2009, the most popular theory, supported by research …
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… armored train. The train was ambushed by the Boers and on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured and imprisoned in a … [online] Available at: …
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
Political cartoonist Zapiro's work is as important as ever following the Charlie Hebdo killings. His life and role in society is discussed. Cartoonist…
The National Arts Festival
In 1974, an inaugural festival titled the 1820 Settlers National Monument was opened as a memorial to the British immigrants in South Africa. They established…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… was captured and killed during the battle at Mome Gorge on 10 June, while Sigananda and his men surrendered. Bambatha …
ArticleSS Mendi
… that the South African Native Labour Contingent provide 10 000 men to work behind the front lines in France. The …
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… a system of numbers, using symbols for the number 1 and 10. Medicine and physician The ancient Egyptians had a great …
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
… Community Hall, Benoni 18h00 FUNERAL SERVICE Saturday, 10 February 2007 Wattville Stadium, Benoni 09h00 The burial …
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… the SA government agreed to recruit more men, after the 10 000 troops that had already been sent overseas. …
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… for the poor and children. Under his leadership nearly 10 million South Africans are receiving state grants. …
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… months after the break-up of their first marriage of 10 years, and lasted only nine months. Burton died at 58 in …
EventThe Battle of Blood River
… under the leadership of Dingane the Zulu King. About 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
SuperSport United coach Pitso Mosimane was fined R50 000 at a Premier Soccer League (PSL) disciplinary hearing. This followed after his heated altercation with…
EventCrime statistics released
… in the world excluding war zones. The figures reveal that 10 161 people were murdered in the first seven months of …
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… a strike because of a wage cut of 5 percent per shift. On 10 January 1922 White mine workers on the Rand gold mines …
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… did not work. So on 8 December 1880 between 8 000 and 10 000 Boers gathered at Paardekraal, near Krugersdorp. A …
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… in the Eastern Cape. She died in Wynberg, Cape Town, on 10 December 1920. The Department of Tourism in the Eastern …
PlaceClairwood Hospital, Durban
Clairwood Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Durban South, KwaZulu Natal. Hospital services include a…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… standing obediently on the periphery of white clergymen. 10 Many of these "after" images also evoked respect for the … whose discipline was developing…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… Millionaires and their Company, was ranked among the top 10 richest Businesses, on the Witwatersrand. It was this … and his family and friends, the huge…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… demonstration which took place on 16 June. On that day 15 000 children converged on Orlando West Junior Secondary … 12-year old Hector Pieterson and Hastings…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - 1. The linguistic classification of Kora
… the obvious connection was later put forward by Maingard, [10] and with Rainer Vossen’s presentation [11] of a set of … the re-discovery of a few elderly…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… Shona and Ndebele Ethics and Aesthetics (monograph). [10] Mugo is a recipient of numerous honors, including: … to disregard African culture and think it…