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EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… Cato Manor, a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after …
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 December 1976. …
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… by hanging in Pretoria Central Prison, was born on 10 July 1956 in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. Mahlangu left the …
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, Masego was one of 10 722 South Africans who were taken to a German …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… of this, he had spent a year in detention at the age of 10, reportedly the country's youngest detainee. …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
The Supreme Court convicted former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock (dubbed 'Prime Evil') of six murders of Black anti-apartheid activists during his service as…
EventWits attains full university status
… Student numbers increased rapidly to 6 275 in 1963, 10 600 in 1975 and by 1985 there were 16 400 students. …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… national flag in the world. The flag was first flown on 10 May 1994, the day Nelson Mandela became president - two …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… leadership of Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi won 2 058 294 (10%) of the national votes, Freedom Front (FF) under the …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… of church named after him. His wife, Juana, died on 10 October 1872, and is buried with him. … Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10,…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
The name of Dr William Fehr should be familiar to many of those who have visited Castle Good Hope in Cape Town at least once during the last fifty years. Young…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… street. The 13 buses that arrived in the township at about 10 am were allowed to proceed to the Railway hostel, which … KwaZulu-Natal, continued violence and…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… deaths during the strike — 44 people in total were killed: 10 people before August 16 — on national television at 7pm. … to have gone on a “free for-all”…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I'Ons (85) dies
… He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by his wife, moved to the …
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… being caused by the expansion of the suburbs of Bulawayo (10 km distant), and the polluting discharge from the city’s …
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Below are a few extracts from the article (SHA's 1993 annual magazine) revealing some fascinating history …
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… the vicinity of the Liesbeeck and Salt Rivers" (Sleigh, D. 1993). The Khoi reaction to the dispossession of their lands … and fortified an area quickly and…
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
Established in 1894 to the west of central Johannesburg, Fietas (today known as Pageview) was once the city’s "Malay location" and home to a large Indian…
South African and World leaders
… De Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993. When the ANC won the elections in 1994, Mandela became … the virus from his mother. She died…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… the value of the rix dollar, it depreciated by more than 15 per cent. Race Relations: Attitudes and prejudices In line …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… program of doing three years of school in one. 1934 At 15 Abrahams is forced to leave school in order to work to …
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… to join together and form a band that can range from 15 and 40 people. THE CUSTOMS AND RELIGION OF THE SAN All …
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… C. H, (2005), An Economic History of South Africa, p.15) The first Khoi-Dutch War Rising tensions over loss of …
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… together in a group or band. This could be anything from 15 to 40 people. The band's territory is called the n!ore, …
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… South Africa wins the tournament, defeating New Zealand 15-12. Following South Africa's victory, Nelson Mandela, the …
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… turns sixteen unless she comes to fetch me before then. 15 April 1976 TO ZENI: I got the three pictures you sent via … when I enjoy the fond attentions of…
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… threats by African nations and the Soviet countries. On 15 May 1970, the IOC extended South Africa's ban, resulting …
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… was 4,32:1 whereas back in the 1890s it had been more like 10:1. Of the106 977 African females on the Witwatersrand in 1936, half those over 10 years old…
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … ‘Youth, Culture and…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… the bearers of Afrikaner culture in the home" (Callinicos; 1993:117). White women's organisations such as the Black Sash …