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PlaceMatjiesfontein
… and the hotel turret was then used as a lookout post. Some 10 000 troops were camped around the village during this … died in 1920 and is buried in a little…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… and by 1852 Captain Jeffrey bought erf numbers 1,2,9 and 10 for a total of 79 British pounds. History aside, … do activity is a horse beach ride at…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… On 10 December 2013, South Africans and more than 90 world … News24, Thousands unite to say farewell to Madiba , 10 December 2013,Url number … 28 November…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the …
PlaceCora Terrace Houses (1,3,5,7,9,11), Port Elizabeth
… distance to St. George’s cricket stadium, and about a 10 minute drive to the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. It was …
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… van Schalkwyk leader of the New National Party was born on 10 November 1959. He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the …
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… official when Kaizer Daliwonga Matanzima announced on 10 April 1978 that Transkei would break all diplomatic ties. …
Commemorative Walk
… 30 November. Leaving Durban at 1.45 a.m. and returning at 10 p.m. will then do a short walk between Charlestown and …
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… assault and other “unnatural acts” and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with 9 years suspended. Eventually he …
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… KaNgwane is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its …
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… France in any way. A peace treaty was signed in Tangier on 10 September 1844 and came to be known as the Treaty of …
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… remarked on the extraordinary organisation of its markets. 10 The Mansa exercised strict fiscal sovereignty over the … Mali . Translated by G.D. Pickett…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… by his daughter, Zinzi Mandela in a rally in Soweto on 10 February 1985. Groote Schuur estate Cape Town. Source: … followed by another announcement at a…
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… from my book Inside Apartheid's prison covering one chapter of that phase of imprisonment. CHAPTER 16 John Vorster Square “That’s how it goes, my …
PlaceJohn Vorster Square Police Station or Johannesburg Central Police Station
… prime minister of the Republic of South Africa. It was a 10 storey, blue coloured cement building. Floors 9 and 10 were occupied by the Security Branch while…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
… such as Lovedale already accepted female students (see chapter 3) but the Seminary was the first all female boarding … for whites in Durban in 1878 (Vietzen,…
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at 8 and 10 Whitlock Street. Donkin Street in its entirety was …
ArchiveA Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman
… 1991 9. Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992 10. Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993 11. …
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
… iAfrika was also recognised as the national anthem. Since 10 October 1997, a shortened, combined version of Nkosi …
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… city in South Africa. The strike involved over 10,000 African municipal workers. Apart from a wage crisis, …
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
On 15 May 1993, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, won the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) world champion title. Matlala had been introduced to boxing at a young age…
EventThe Great Comet of 1901
… Innes was the first person to observe the comet using a 10-inch guiding telescope. Two other people, namely Mr. Lunt …
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… lovingly called, became involved in politics at the age of 10 after her grandfather was beaten by police. By 18, she was …
EventKenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies
… due to his dual ancestry was seen as a problem. He died on 10 June 2012. …
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… Kingdom, Russia, China, France and the United States) and 10 non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly for a two-year term, may refer a case to…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… (Dahomey). Most of these slaves are shipped to Batavia. 10 July, Van Riebeeck banishes Autsumao (Herry) to Robben … May, Nation-wide general strike. It is…
PlaceSt. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (also known as the: 'Parish of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt'
… period lasted ten years and costs amounted to £10 000 (£5000 being the original estimated cost). The … Current service times are as follows: Monday–Friday 1…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… according to Hindu or Moslem religious rites (see chapter 6). Protests by African women in Natal in the late … of economic and social change, is a basic…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… black person will eventually qualify in terms of section 10 because they will all be aliens, and as such, will only be … for the white, black, Coloured and…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… in Economics. 1934 August, Returns to South Africa. 1935 10 January, Bram called up to the Johannesburg Bar, thus … Following a defence application the court…