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ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani on 10 April 1993. Mandela was under pressure and he had to keep … Party (NP) received 20.39 %, …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… the most pronounced, arose in the Western Cape between 2005-2006. Many units of the Koeberg nuclear plant shut down … pressure on ESKOM’s capacity as…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… Gauteng and North West provinces. This movement probably dates to the mid 16th century, predating the lifespan of … life. Another kind of stonewalled…
PlaceSudan
… There is evidence of human habitation which dates back tens of thousands of Years. From the end of the … the distraction of long-running civil wars (1955–72;…
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… had beaten a world-class 24-man field in epic surf with 10 to 13 metre faces at Half Moon Bay. The 32 year-old … started his charge to victory in style by…
Iliso Labantu Photo Group
… the Cape Town area, who have been working together since 2005. The group has recently been invited to exhibit work at …
References and links: Transport through time
… ‘ Wright Brothers First Flight (1903) ’, (Video file), 22 June, [online], Available at …
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… local river in Pretoria, the Apies River. [viii] On 21 May 2005 thousands of protesters, who were predominantly White, … to be changed. [xv] Notwithstanding…
Allister Starke
… Weston College in Mooi River, Kwa Zulu Natal. From 2003-2005 I travelled by public transport from RSA to Europe and …
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… storm called ‘‘The Great Gale of 1865’’, saw more than 10 shipwrecks off of Cape Town alone in one night. These sea …
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… were demanding a minimum wage of R30 a week. A day later 10 January 1973 another strike broke out at A.J. Keeler … workers at J.H. Akitt & Company also…
BiographyChief Justice Raymond Zondo
… will be submitted to the President in three parts. On the 10 March, in accordance with Section 174(3) of the …
Marc Shoul
… Publication, 1999; Finalist, Mondi Magazine Awards, 2005. He attended a workshop at the Vevey School of …
Kutlwano Moagi
… a photography learnership at the MArket Photo Workshop in 2005 and currently working and living in Joburg. HAs been …
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… South Africa, Bram was called to the Johannesburg Bar on 10 January 1935. Initially briefs were slow to arrive. When …
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… Transvaal team into four victories, namely the first Super-10 (later the Super-12), the Currie Cup, the Lion Cup, and … in the final at Ellis Park stadium…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… Stepping Stones. It was also decided to commission up to 10 choreographers to present a new work, aside from the … young choreographers and established SA…
Doing Oral History
… originated during the Oral History Workshop held from 20-22 February 2007 in Durban. The workshop was an initiative of … Roosboom or Enhlonhlweni as it I…
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
… On the evening of 10 November 1993, Winnie Mandela and her bodyguard, John … released by police investigations. References: Carin, J. 22 November 1993…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar. 10 December, The City Council of Leeds in Britain names the … Doctor of Letters from the Australian…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… At the end of his stellar career, Chakela had written 22 plays and directed more than 100 productions. He spent the …
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… of Zululand began after the ultimatum had expired on 10 January 1879. Instead of fragmenting the Zulu as Shepstone … the Zulu to their king's cause. Note:…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… prophet, Enoch Mgijima at Ntabalanga. The slaughter takes 10 minutes and costs 190 lives. Mgizima and his two brothers … ownership and occupation of land of…
PlaceChad
… a limited conflict between the two countries followed in 2005 [vii] . Later this limited engagement would expand to a … in the area is estimated to have…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… Empire made use of at the time, runs 13 days behind. The dates used in this article follow the latter calendar, which dates the February Revolution from 23…
ANC NWC Media Briefing, 21 June 2010
… National Working Committee (NWC) media briefing, tomorrow, 22 June 2010. The briefing will take place as follows: Tuesday, 22 June 2010 ANC Luthuli House …
EventFake versions of the new South African banknotes hit the streets
… On 7 February 2005, reports were issued of the use of fake versions of the …
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… moment the whole nation had been waiting for and the next 10-month period of run-up to the elections was now being … examines the actual course of…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… to South Africa and continued with her singing career. In 2005, Makeba announced her retirement from the mainstream … 76, Singer and Activist, Dies' from the…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… beef to the troops. 1815 Main Street is laid out. 1820 10 April, Arrival of the Chapman in Algoa Bay, which brings … edition of the Port Elizabeth Advertiser…