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EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high … ps://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/general-news/2015/2015-10…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high … ps://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/general-news/2015/2015-10…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from…
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… On 17 July 1894 a lengthy mass petition signed by 10 000 Indians was submitted to the Natal Government – the …
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
This is an engaging structure, with a high pitch roof, dormer windows and ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 March 1989. The Old Roodepoort Town School, consisting of …
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… October 1890 and construction was completed on or before 10 April 1891. From 1902 to 1958 the building housed the …
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… Andries Dreyer was born on 10 January 1872 in Philadelphia, in the present day Western … Africa , NASOU: Cape Town. vol. 4, pg. 87| Wallis, F. (2000) …
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… was completed. The car could ascend the mountain in under 10 minutes and carried 19 passengers and a conductor. …
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She grieved for 10 minuites then fled in fear. Fourteen hostel dwellers and …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… In the 1960s, raw ivory prices remained between $3 and $10 per pound. In 1975, the price reached $50 because ivory …
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… by the lower turn out of people. Not more than 10 000 out of an expected crowd of one million people came to …
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… a wage increase of 9 percent across the board and 10 percent for workers earning the minimum wage. During the …
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
… personalities. The ranking of the rest of the top 10 had yet to be decided. SABC3 intended to screen …
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… of Alabama, made the finding during the course of a 10-year long study into the origins of the virus. Researchers …
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… authority could have been stretched a little bit. In his 10-page statement Botha believed that true reconciliation …
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir …
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now Western … Africa, NASOU: Cape Town, vol. 3 pg…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… session of the AU was held in Durban, South Africa on July 10, 2002. Gallagher Estate in Midrand, South Africa, is …
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
… midnight on 26 April 1994.The national flag first flew on 10 May 1994 when Mandela was inaugurated as the president. …
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
… wages and better working conditions. For instance, on 10 January workers at A.J Keeler Transport went on strike and …
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation, 9 February 2012
… a new entity will be launched this year. We had announced 10 billion rand to be set aside by the Industrial Development … in the Rio plus 20 Summit in Brazil…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… proceeded to abolish Indian representation in this House, 10 representation which was made possible by that side of the House, 11 for this reason this side…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… and in what ways? AAUD will bring together a cohort of 8-10 post-field work doctoral students exploring diversity in … be held at the University of…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… as the orchards were replaced with vineyards over the next 10 years. The cellars were opened to the public for the first … and adopted a zero tolerance…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
International political processes leading to the "Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa" can be traced back to the year…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… firewood and working at the smithy. 1930 At the age of 11 Abrahams is exposed to books for the first time prompting …
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… is closely linked with the study of Apartheid in Grade 11 (Topic 5). In this section, learners should analyse the …
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… and archaeological research. 1. Have been around for 11 000 YEARS! 2. Name: San (referred to by the …
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… when arrested. He was detained in Port Elizabeth and on 11 September moved to Pretoria Central Prison, Transvaal (now …