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PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… The beloved Irma Stern Museum shut its doors today (2025-10-31) after operating for more than half a century.... but … The beloved Irma Stern Museum shut its…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… - Chapter 9 A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief - Chapter 10 A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief - Chapter 11 A Working …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… thrombosis, and both his legs were amputated by 1938. On 10 August 1940, he died and was buried in the hills of …
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… they were eventually cornered and 13 of the mercenaries, 10 British and three Americans were captured. After a trial, …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… transition in the country. Zephania Mothopeng was born on 10 September 1913 in the Free State in the district of Vrede. …
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… 20 April 2010] Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Day 1-10 June 1996 (Victim: Father Michael Lapsley), (online), …
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… busiest port in Africa, The harbour is ranked in the top 10 in the world in terms of size and volume. Settled by the …
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… leaders. He was born near Oudtshoorn in the Karoo on 10 August 1783. The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for …
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…
PlaceSebokeng Township, Johannesburg
… each with there own complex problems. Like: '6, 10, 14' are the zones with severe, service backlogs. This is …
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… 1976, arrived in Lesotho in droves. By 1977 it was around 10-15 persons arriving daily. They were mainly the youth, some as young as 10 years. They were…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… organisation that would unify various African groups. [10] On 8 January 1912, first African nationalist movement … Historical Review 46, no. 1 (2014): 22-47…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventThembisile Chris Hani is killed
… On 10 April 1993, Thembisile Chris Hani was shot and killed as …
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… in Natal, returned to India in this time. Nevertheless, by 1897 the Indian population had surpassed the white population … labour force on the coast, though…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… in the prison, with the average complement being about 10. For this reason, the remaining cells were used for … 1939-1959 and (v) use as an apartheid prison,…