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Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
… in its recent history. And as we prepare to celebrate 10 years of democracy in South Africa next year, we stand … and rural development, South Africa has in…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas share capital. Volkskas in turn received a 10 per cent interest in UBS Holdings. The link-up enabled … But the relationship was a difficult one…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… won the presidential election against scant opposition on 11 May. General elections were organized in June and July …
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… Federation mass meeting. "Transvaal Women's Day", held on 11 March 1956. Men and women alike were still excited about … the anger of the African people right…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… 58,000 free Negroes. In 1920 the number of Negroes over 10 years of age was 520,000, and of these only 23% were … and 3,000 free Negroes. In 1920 the number…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… of South Africa 1870-1910, p.108 ) The Squatters Act (No: 11) 1887 The South African Republic (ZAR) government … area for 15 years, or had worked for the…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… the number of delegates from any branch shall not exceed 10; provided further that members of the National Executive … specific tasks and duties to such…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. Joyce (2000), Suid-Afrika in die 20ste eeu Kaapstad: Struik, p.107. …
EventBlack Wednesday, the banning of 19 Black Consciousness Movement Organisations
… into detention and held for five months under section 10 of the Internal Security Act in Modderbee Prison. Further, … the Terrorism Act. This move was done…
Event5 bodies found: Kempton park killings
… woman, was found near the R21 on August 24. On September 10, the body of an unidentified woman was found near … Moselakgomo. Moselakgomo disappeared on…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
The foundational Years of the University of Pretoria were welcomed with great turmoil. In 1889, the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) proposed that a…
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… only 17,500 guilders and it was bought a Year later for 11,600 guilders by Murdoch Morrison. The latter is noteworthy …
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… Earl of Caledon , Governor of the Cape Colony from 1807-11; annexed that part of the District lying North of the Berg …
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress - 25 November 1992. The strategic perspective of the ANC is the transfer of…
EventThe last Apollo Moon mission returns to Earth
… on the Moon since Neil Armstrong stepped out of Apollo 11 in July 1969. While astronaut's Eugene Cernan and Harrison …
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… a wonderful potential to bring us all together.... We have 11 different official languages but only one word for the …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… established 66 concentration camps for them, accommodating 11 500 people at the height of their existence. Mortality …
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… 7,553 were literate 1904 census: 30,398 residents, of whom 11,262 were literate. The Village of Oudtshoorn was …
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. Initially the ball was hand operated but its mechanism …
PlaceGordonia Division
… (1970): White 16 323; Coloured 56 644; Asiatic 3; Bantu 10 447. Gordonia borders on South-West Africa and Botswana. …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… On 10 July 1964 MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé, leader of the … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘ This Day in African History: 10 July ’ from African History [online]…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… in 2005 and in 2009. *Another source gives the date as 10 December. …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… water cut-off in Tumahole left residents with less than 10% of water, which was not enough to cover their daily basic …
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 …
The Indian People In South Africa: Facts: About The Ghetto Act
… receives wretchedly low wages, amounting to about £ 1. 10. 0. per week. Rural workers in Natal get as little as £ 3 … owned by Europeans was £ 477. 19. 9; by…
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…