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ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… spoke, which included Malaysian and Portuguese Creole [10] Afrikaans also originated from contact with French and … medium of instruction, was…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… Republic (Transvaal), representing the Vryheid district in 1897 and also Boer general during Anglo-Boer War 2 , Louis …
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
… sent to Robben Island. He cried - he was alive. He served 10 years of his sentence and in 1991 was released. Joe Slovo …
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… 2011. Subsequently, she was released on a non-cash bail on 10 May 2017. A year later in November 2018, Dr Nyanzi was …
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
… for the ANC, a position Kondoti held for 10 years, he was responsible for organising cells and …
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
… more difficult to find a family home in Johannesburg. Only 10 000 houses were available for rental by blacks, and these …
BiographySimon Gqubule
… private initiative which runs Saturday classes for Grades 10, 11 and 12 learners in Uitenhage. He focused mainly on … Available at: https://www.sowetanlive…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Salisbury Island, a small land outcrop in the bay. 1824 10 May, A small advance party under Henry Fynn arrived at … regarding Zululand were made in 1887,…
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… in Doornfontein.The first car appeared on the streets in 1897. …
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
… of South Africa". Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika was composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Methodist school teacher. It was …
Yarra Yarra, St Georges Street, Simonstown
… were erected, and a portion of the garden was laid out in 1897 in accordance with a design by JE Vixsebokse. It was …
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… establish the rate of infantile mortality, which stood at 10 deaths for every 1,000 births. During her time at … were set by his commitment to political…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… Israeli diplomacy, dies at 87' from The Facts of Israel , 02 November 2002 [online] Available at www.factsofisrael.com …
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… kaNdlela Ntuli. The Zululand was annexed to Natal in 1897. …
PlaceVictorian Manor-house, 59 Musgrave Road, Durban
… notable Buildings in Natal. The House was completed in 1897 and latter passed into the Ownership of the Brown family …
PlaceLittle Chelsea, 18 Windermere Road, Durban
… verandah was designed by architects Reid & Hurst in 1897 and was built for L Evans, for use as a shop, dining …
EventXhosa author Samuel Mqhayi dies
… originally written in Xhosa as a hymn by Enoch Sontonga in 1897. Sontonga also composed the music, while Mqhayi added …
EventThe Kingdom of Ashanti is formally annexed by Great Britain
… the Gold Coast became part of the Gold Coast management in 1897. Led by Osei Tutu together with his chief priest, …
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, is born
… Europe performing. One of the highlights was the 1897 Jubilee at the London Royal Albert Hall where she …
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid activist Professor William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… and went to Bulawayo after this incident when Robert was 10 years old. In Bulawayo, Mugabe’s father remarried and … Midlands provinces, 30 years on, African…
PlaceThe Roman Catholic Church, Polokwane
… Building began in 1895, and the church was completed in 1897. Prior to completion occasional services were held by …
BiographySonja Schlesin
… who was given a gift of £50 and Schlesin, who was given £10. Gandhi wrote of Schlesin, “Miss Schlesin --- taxed …
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… formal appointment as Chief in a restoration ceremony on 10 th June 2010. Van Wyk is currently working towards …
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… shoved into a detention cell, large enough for at least 10 prisoners. There was one filthy toilet in one corner with …
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… for South Africa and Governor of the Cape Province in 1897. His efforts to gain political rights for the …
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… on the land and its entire people. It was composed in 1897 and was initially meant to be a school anthem. A …
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… last President of the Free State, who bought the land in 1897, and settled here in 1905, after his return from Europe. …
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… times vindictive support of Zuma against his prosecutors. [10] Zuma’s image continued to be widely celebrated following … as well as with security forces…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… in March 1961, after being on trial for five years. On 10 May 1963 Mosie was amongst the first to be detained under …