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EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… in death squads and the ongoing violence in the rand and Natal ). The ANC concluded that these actions did …
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… Ernest Oppenheimer to exploit the gold fields of the East Rand, announced that it intended to transfer its main listing …
EventBotha found Guilty
… during the apartheid era. Botha was fined ten thousand rand and given a one year prison sentence, suspended for five …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… sentenced to ten years in prison for High Treason in the Rand Supreme Court for membership and furthering the aims of … Johanna Lourens, to four years for…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Joe Gqabi, Harare, 9 August 1981
… suffering most, to the things that were unknown. Peasants` Revolt Joe Gqabi took himself to the life of the peasants. In … to the bantustan system resulted…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… be possible. The epicentre of this thrust was in the East Rand sub-region accounting for 90% of all deaths in the PWV. … of vigilante activity in and around…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… was due to to follow in due course. During 1963 the West Rand Historical Society, relocated the Vlakfontein Monument …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… such as the Sharpeville massacre , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… Together with the Rand Daily Mail, the Daily Dispatch was one of the loudest … Together with the Rand Daily Mail, the Daily Dispatch was one of the loudest …
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… did make a lot of money from gold discoveries on the east rand. They also bought the farm Braamfontein. Melville … did make a lot of money from gold…
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
… the Transkei and Basutoland had united in common revolt. Under the pretence of joining the British in a police …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… once again becomes a British protectorate after a revolt against the Cape Colony. The country comes under the …
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… done with Zwide of the Ndwandwe Mzilikazi of the Ndebele revolt against Shaka and flee to the Transvaal Highveld with …
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… the Honorable Henry Hull to host lavish parties for the Rand Lords of the day, Emoyeni has recreated the grandeur of …
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… about the use of funds to fund government propaganda. The Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Express were the first to notice …
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… Party (IFP) ransacked the Phola Park squatter camp of East Rand leaving scores of people dead or injured. The attack …
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… The Rand Supreme Court sentences Jerry Richardson to death for …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the National Day of Safety and Security Vosloorus, 15 October 1994
… Day of Safety and Security. The people of the East Rand, and in particular Katlehong, Thokoza and Vosloorus, … sometimes been divided within themselves. Here…
PlaceKempton Park, town in Gauteng
… Kempton Park is a large town situated on the East Rand of Gauteng. Home to numerous shopping malls, Emperor’s …
EventStompie Seipei's murderer goes to jail
… The Rand Supreme Court sentences Jerry Richardson to death for …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… South Africa for London. August, World War I begins. Revolt by anti-war Afrikaner nationalists. John Tengo Jabavu … Leader: Clements Kadalie. ANC organises a…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… are joined by workers in protest. June 1976 © Rand Daily Mail This feature will trace the history of the … landscape. Witchcraft accusations were rife…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.3 Sep-Oct 1980
… by Eddie Nhlane, STAFFRIDER REVIEWS Exhibition: East Rand Black Artists by Andy Mason. STAFFRIDER PROFILE …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong and Thokoza. They were replaced …
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… of non-striking workers at Germiston Station, East Rand. The non-strikers were armed with pangas, knives and …
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… by the discovery of diamonds in Kimberley and gold on the Rand. Also, South Africa was a British colony at the time, …
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National Museum. The modest building of dung floors…
PlaceSudan
… there. This aroused Muslim opposition and led to the revolt of the Mahdī , who captured Khartoum in 1885 and …
PlaceEgypt
… with European and Ottoman rule led to a nationalist revolt in 1879. The British military occupied Egypt in 1882 …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… (For example, in 1926 white women were starting on two-rand a week, which was the same wage as black men in the … to justify the miserable wages paid mine…