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EventFake versions of the new South African banknotes hit the streets
On 7 February 2005, reports were issued of the use of fake versions of the then new South African banknotes. These came hardly a week after the latest currency…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… Communist Party (SACP). Walus, a Polish immigrant, on 10 April 1993 shot and killed Hani in the driveway of his …
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
… for attaining the highest marks in her standard 8 (grade 10) examination at Hoër Volkskool. Weiss attained A Grades in … [Accessed: 18 September 2013]|…
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… the Highveld. The military force was made up of 5 000 men, 10,000 horses, and 14,000 tons of military stores, guns and …
EventRobert Koch announces the discovery of a rinderpest vaccine
… On 10 February 1897, Robert Koch, a German bacteriologist, …
EventNqwiliso cedes land to Cape Government
… were promised protection. On 30 September 1878, he sold 10 000 acres of land at Umzimvubu River mouth. Two British … ,[Online], available at www.portstjohns…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… at Struts Bay, Cape Town. The boycott raged on, and on 10 August a prefabricated building that was part of the …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 10.54 %, Freedom Front (FF) 2.2 %, Democratic Party (DP) 1.7 …
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… challenged by the murderous terrorist attack of September 11. We meet a day after the first anniversary of that fateful September 11. We have a collective…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… the wind, Hangberg became prime property in the early 2000's. In the City of Cape Town , in with the Development … population growth. Some one-bedroom…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… being caused by the expansion of the suburbs of Bulawayo (10 km distant), and the polluting discharge from the city’s … Currently the National Museums and…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… In 1981 when the Council's election took place only 10% of the Indian voters cast their votes. Women and labour …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… Natal, between the Zulu's and the Voortrekkers. About 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
ArticleThe Western Front
… of British and Indian armies. Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 – 13 March 1915: Both British and Germans suffered heavy …
PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
Elandslaagte was a mission station of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and was probably founded in about 1860. The 1875 census indicated that the…
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… and tension rose between Congolese ethnic groups. On 11 July, Katanga broke away from the Republic of Congo to …
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… They allegedly kidnapped Joan Horn (13), Odette Boucher (11), Anne-Marie Wapenaar (12), Yolande Wessels (12) and Fiona …
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… that he helped suppress the Boxer rebellion of 1900. On 11 June 1904, von Trotha arrived in Swakopmund to take charge …
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… for the conservation and exhibition of artworks. On 11 October 1989, Oliewenhuis Art Museum was officially opened …
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… French attacked Boer forces in and around Colesberg. On 11 January they managed to drag a 15-pounder Armstrong Gun to …
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… was granted political asylum in Zambia following the coup. 10 years later Obote was rushed from Zambia to a hospital in … South Africa, where he died of…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range
… 1950, the Devil's Tooth was considered unclimbable, but on 11 August 1950 E. Scholes, D. Bell and P. Campbell formed a …
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… 768 pounds and sundry creditors' claims of approximately 10 629 pounds 9 . People with a long history of economic … small grocer-shop owner, peddlar and…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… 768 pounds and sundry creditors' claims of approximately 10 629 pounds 9 . People with a long history of economic … small grocer-shop owner, peddlar and…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… Intelligence Service. Section 4, as substituted by Section 11 of the Finance Act, no. 101 of 1979, allows for the … at /sites/default/files/SAIRR Survey 1969…
ArchiveStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
… . Anant Singh Durban 11 February 2020 …
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… wife, Aletta Keijser, 6 October 1750. WCA, MOOC 8/7.11 Image source The formation of a uniform slave culture or … troops captured 326 of the marchers, 47…
PlaceCape West Coast Biosphere Reserve
… site was designated as a biosphere reserve in the Year 2000. New core areas consisting of the small Dassen and …
PlaceBlaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand
… A proposed boundary for the Reserve was also gazetted. In 2000, the Blaauwberg Conservation Area development and …
PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
… where the Nelson Mandela Museum opened in February 2000. All 18 Communities that fall under the Qunu Village …