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EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
… trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all …
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 …
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…
XIII - The Courts
… congested and waterlogged. In an unprecedented move on 11 June, following international protest, the Minister of … explanation, Mdluli was arrested on 18…
The Polly Street Era
… which offered art training were closed to black students.)(10) In establishing artists on a viable professional basis it … paintings than any real place or…
PlaceThulamela Local Municipality
… Thulamela Municipality was established in the Year 2000 in terms of the provision of the Local Government … very strong links with the Middle and Far East…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
PlaceLouw House Museum, Sutherland
… displays, to see here! NP van Wyk Louw, born on 11 June 1906 in Sutherland, was an Afrikaans-language poet, … interesting displays, to see. NP van Wyk Louw,…
PlaceKaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga
… based in Nelspruit. Today it is a Township which homes 11 814 families. The young people of KaNyamazane are thriving …
PlaceMajuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
… This 4 110 megawatt Station, constructed at a cost of R 11.9 Billion, is one of the five biggest Power Stations in … This 4 110 megawatt station, constructed…
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…
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…