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EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
On 31 July 1879, the first cable connection between South Africa and Europe, via Aden, was launched. It was laid by the British electrical engineer Charles…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On that day an estimated 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… graduation ceremony, July 1947 (Lembede family, Umbumbulu) 10-11. Lembede's gravesite, Croesus cemetery, Johannesburg …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… later became president of the ANC from 1917-1924. April 10, The SANC passes a resolution with regards to the changing …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… Act in 1959 , which provided for the establishment of 10 self-governing homelands or Bantustans. The Homelands were …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… killed. Prior to the killing of 34 mine workers, At least 10 more people died in other clashes in the region. The …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… the hall to contain the overflow of the approximately 10 000 people who attended the meeting. Loudspeakers and …
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… Responses of President Nelson Mandela’s Administration On 10 May 1994, the Government of National Unity was elected in … resources to combat HIV/AIDS. The…
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…
PlaceWitberg Wind Farm
… under a power purchase agreement for a period of 15 Years. The offtake capacity is expected to be 103MW. … and maintenance for the wind power project for a…
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…
Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
… his country's black majority. ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU : (10/16/84) It is saying that the world cares about oppression … of his role in the struggle…
PlaceBotswana
… Today 85% per cent is owned by Anglo American and 15 per cent by the Government of the Republic of Botswana … Batswana because it divided power equally…
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…
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 …
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 …
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… since birth, or had been staying lawfully in the area for 15 years, or had worked for the same employer for 10 years. Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… first Parliamentary elections in the kingdom were held in 1993. Opposition parties were, however, illegal and in 1995 …
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… hammered out by the alliance. COSATU's Special Congress in 1993 had adopted a proposed programme for the reconstruction …
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… Before 1993, the Eastern Cape was part of the Cape Province . Today … Before 1993, the Eastern Cape was part of the Cape Province. Today …
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 …
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…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… no British government. Between 1834 and 1840 about 15 000 Afrikaners left the Cape Colony permanently. They …
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
… a due consideration since my experience for the last 15 years has confirmed my opinion that a right not exercised …