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ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
… was right opposite the Star bioscope. There were about 10 stalls in a row and the fish market was open every day and … from Great Leaders Below is a list of…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… under the Riotous Assemblies Act. They are each on £ 10 bail. We have briefed Hansen for twenty guineas and the … scale in many branches of industry. Your…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 August 1979. The Old Durban Railway Station was Built in … site. An article which appeared in…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… one of the group’s safe houses in about April or May 1960, 10 according one of their number, Ben Turok, that the first … side in an acting capacity after…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… first blow from this repressive regime came in September 1962. The South African Congress of Democrats was declared an … could not easily venture into Soweto…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… shall be held as follows: Date: Monday 20 April 2015 Time: 10:00 Venue: Chief Albert Luthuli House, 54 Sauer Street, …
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… On 10 October 1825 Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paulus … ], [Accessed: 10 February 2017].|Siyabona Africa. A biographical history of … ],[ Accessed: 10…
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… figures are available for the division: 1865 census: 10,665 residents, of whom 3,517 were literate 1875 census: …
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
… South Africa. Their total birth weight was 24 lb 1 oz (10.9 kg), with individual birth weights ranging from 2 lb 6 …
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… Bafana Bafana record. Kick Off. Special ed. 1994-2004, p. 10. …
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
… On 10 November 1991, the South African cricket team, now better …
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… In 1976, a year after passing matric (now Grade 10), Kevin Curren accepted a scholarship from the University …
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. Cottam Grove is next to Essenwood and is …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former …
EventBritain invades the island of Madagascar, attempting to stop Vichy aid to the Axis Powers in the Indian Ocean.
… with the amphibious landing at the seaport of Mahajanga on 10 September. Full Allied control of the Island was achieved …
The National Arts Festival
In 1974, an inaugural festival titled the 1820 Settlers National Monument was opened as a memorial to the British immigrants in South Africa. They established…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… was captured and killed during the battle at Mome Gorge on 10 June, while Sigananda and his men surrendered. Bambatha …
ArticleSS Mendi
… that the South African Native Labour Contingent provide 10 000 men to work behind the front lines in France. The …
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… a system of numbers, using symbols for the number 1 and 10. Medicine and physician The ancient Egyptians had a great …
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… on the Invasion of Angola by South African Troops', 31/10/75. *Howard, J., Judgment, State versus Themba Harry Gwala … (London, New York, Ibadan: Oxford…
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
… Community Hall, Benoni 18h00 FUNERAL SERVICE Saturday, 10 February 2007 Wattville Stadium, Benoni 09h00 The burial …
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… the SA government agreed to recruit more men, after the 10 000 troops that had already been sent overseas. …
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… for the poor and children. Under his leadership nearly 10 million South Africans are receiving state grants. …
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… months after the break-up of their first marriage of 10 years, and lasted only nine months. Burton died at 58 in …
EventThe Battle of Blood River
… under the leadership of Dingane the Zulu King. About 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
SuperSport United coach Pitso Mosimane was fined R50 000 at a Premier Soccer League (PSL) disciplinary hearing. This followed after his heated altercation with…
EventCrime statistics released
… in the world excluding war zones. The figures reveal that 10 161 people were murdered in the first seven months of …
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… a strike because of a wage cut of 5 percent per shift. On 10 January 1922 White mine workers on the Rand gold mines …
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… did not work. So on 8 December 1880 between 8 000 and 10 000 Boers gathered at Paardekraal, near Krugersdorp. A …
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… in the Eastern Cape. She died in Wynberg, Cape Town, on 10 December 1920. The Department of Tourism in the Eastern …