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PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… permission for the establishment of a new congregation on 10 September 1855. The Farm 'Brakkefontein' had been bought …
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… orders and went ahead with the celebration, and addressed 10 000 supporters at Stagger, 150 km South of Nongoma, the …
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… was inaugurated as the President of South Africa on 10 May. It is important to note however, that "freedom" …
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… for many England fans when Mike Atherton batted for over 10 hours to save the Test in 1995. In 2003 it hosted the …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… worked together during the Defiance Campaign. 10 The Passive Resistance Campaign was not the only channel … of all their executive leaders including PR…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… members among dockworkers and organises a strike of 2000 workers, who saw their wages doubled. This success …
ArticleZulu
… by B.P. Mngadi for UNESCO's World Languages Report (2000): "The writing of Zulu was started by missionaries in …
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism
… by people with doctorate level qualifications including 11 Nobel Laureates. Despite the document's strong support for …
‘Something like an archive - Exploring memory through zine-making’ is a one day public workshop at Iyatsiba Lab facilitated by visual artist and educator, Scott Eric Williams.
It is aimed at anyone from 14 to 30 years old who would like to explore the media of zine-making, which is a DIY method for assembling a publication. Basic…
PlaceVirginia Airport, Durban
… City in the Province, and the Airport is approximately 10 km, North of the City. It serves light aircraft, air flips …
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… of the pasture and the presence of new-horn calves in 10 the herds. But while the Khoikhoi started competing with …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… To read extracts of the conference report click here . 10 February, Josiah Gumede, representing the ANC, James La …
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… Dutch Republic and England became engaged in a naval war (10 July 1652 to 5 April 1654). This meant that the completion …
ArticleIndian South Africans
… workers from the west and south coast of India. As only 7- 10% of these workers were Muslim, Sheikh Ahmad, the founding …
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… committee. Within a month, a monster petition bearing 10,000 signatures was presented to Lord Ripon, Colonial …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
… session on the Millennium Development Goals. In the year 2000 the international community committed itself to the …
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… announced that Mr Samuel Butcher had left a bequest of £2000 to St.Thomas, to be used for the Completion of the …
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… the 2-year period, HRC recorded injuries inflicted on 11 888 persons. However, it is suspected that this is a very … over the last 2 years, there were 49 ^…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… Military History Journal Vol 10 No 1 - June 1995 (incorporating Museum Review) SOLDIERS … General Louis Botha, said in the Union Parliament on 10 March 1917:…
Covert operations
… of South Africans. Phase 1 'Bomb the enemy' (12 June 1986-11 June 1987) The nature of repression during this period can … 'Creating good government' or…
EventFrance's war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… France in any way. A peace treaty was signed in Tangier on 10 September 1844 and came to be known as the Treaty of …
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… a new constitution. Only 3 per cent of the Afrikaners and 11 per cent of the white English-speakers endorsed the option … that “there may have been something…
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… and agreed upon between Fraser and Jacobs on or about 10 October, 2013. “In accordance with the agreement and the … to the ANC on May 30, 2014.” The law firm…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… from radio, performances, gatherings of more than 10 people were not allowed and prominent jazz musicians were … “Editing History?”, Economic and Political…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) as a UDF affiliate 10 December, the government withdraws all the preventative … Nonyamezelo Mxenge , is murdered…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… planes crashing into the World Trade Center in New York on 11 September 2001. The garden of sculptures lies below the …
PlaceRiverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban
… Africa in 1895. He was responsible for the construction of 11 other mosques, the establishment of 13 Madrassas and the …
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… defence of the Six in an attempt to avert their deaths. On 11 July 1988, fifteen hours before their scheduled hangings, … that scuttled apartheid , Jacana:…
PlaceZandspruit, Johannesburg
Twenty-five years ago, the informal settlement was once a piece of land with a few houses scattered around. Today over 30 000 people call Zandspruit home! …
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… power and privilege. It arrested or detained more than 11,000 people under emergency regulations. The ANC’s 48 years … one of the group’s safe houses in…