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EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… enjoying a rare visit to the mountains. Within seconds a 10-year-old girl was dead and three other children seriously …
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… were set free. Beihl was a Stanford graduate, completing a 10-month course of study as a Fullbright exchange scholar at …
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… station as a banned person. In 1971, she represented 10 members of the Unity Movement who were charged under the …
PlaceCuylerville
… the first of the settler ships to anchor in Algoa Bay on 10 April 1820. William Low, one of Bailie's servants, did not …
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… is famously known as a co-creator of King Kong (2005). On 10 February 1932 he died of pneumonia while he was working on …
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
The Willoughby Memorial Fountain...was, on March 10th, 1901, unveiled by the Hon. John See, M.L.A., State Minister for Defence. The Fountain was erected by…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… instance he could be taken to the Magistrate and fined 10 shillings or serve punishment with hard labour for seven … however took a "mild view" and fined the…
PlaceKings Park Stadium, Durban
The Stadium is a Home for Sharks Rugby team. It is also open for external hire through the Stadium's manager. 10am till 4pm, Monday to Friday 10am till 12:30…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a week in … legitimate demands of the workers for…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… It is known that Head began the correspondence “on 10 October 1960 to introduce herself and seek support.” … [xxxii] Everyday Matters, page 106 ↵ [xxxiii]…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… their full potential under the oppression of apartheid. [10] In 1964, the Blue Notes were invited to the Antibes … The Booktrader), 9. ↵ [2] Ibid. ↵ [3] Ibid…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… defined as a white person. 3) Arms and Ammunition Act, No 10 of 1907 , Transvaal prohibits issue of licences to Indians … Repatriates to receive bonuses of …
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… that it was against traditional African culture.” [10] They wanted the film to go further than homosexual and … ↵ [10] Aramide A. Tinubu, “Interview:…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… village of Sabalele for the first time in thirty years. 10 April, Hani is shot dead in front of his house in Dawn …
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… reading his book ,Things Fall Apart, at the tender age of 10, made her realize that people who look like her could … and experiences of a Zimbabwean girl…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
… democratic President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 10 May 1994.. He replaced the outgoing National Party leader …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann," 26 December 1922 Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa, … Document 16 - Letter from Clements…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… During Apartheid, a black man employed continuously for 10 years at the same urban location could claim that place as … contracts for employment, so the…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… people had to be turned away as the show was sold out by 10 February. By early April, 37 performances had been made to …
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… Assembly and in the Senate. It was signed into law on 10 December 1996. The objective in this process was to ensure …
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… Africa and Angola, which took place in 1981. An estimated 10,000 guerrillas lost their lives and SWAPO was reduced to …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… had claimed between 65,000-80,000 Herero lives and around 10,000 Nama lives, almost completely annihilating both …
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… and Land Act increased the amount of land to just over 10% of South Africa. Labour During the same period the …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… leadership of Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi won 2 058 294 (10%) of the national votes, Freedom Front (FF) under the …
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… this work. It highlights our best and brightest. What do 10 December 1961 , 1984 and 1993 have in common? 1961 - …
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On that day an estimated 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… 1918, South Africa had a well developed railway network of 10 000 miles, making it easier for the epidemic to penetrate …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… and put on trial under the Suppression of Communism Act 10 November, Armed police disrupt a prayer meeting organised …
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
… and dwellings of Jews took place in the early hours of 10 November 1938, and was hailed in the Nazi press as a … to the source, triggered the attack of…