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EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… place in 1921, with only 34 entrants. In 2008, more than 10 thousand athletes entered the race. In 1989, Sam …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 people in an aircraft many people believe was brought down …
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… their part in the event. The unfortunate event happened 10 years before the independence of the country from Britain … Available at www.africanhistory.about…
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…
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…
ANC statement on incident at Luthuli House, 29 February 2008
ANC Headquarters Luthuli House has been evacuated following an incident at the entrance to the building. The details of the incident are as follows: A man…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 March 1989. …
EventA group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
… At 20:10 on 23 June 1946 a group of White men attacked and …
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… young side takes Scotland apart at Murrayfield, winning 10-45. Two of the Springbok tries came from the 21 year old …
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… wood in 1920 and erected a monument, which was unveiled on 10 October 1926 by the widow of Gen. Louis Botha. Source: …
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… Born Judith Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938, Judith Mason is one of the most prolific …
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… for military training through Zeerust. He is sentenced to 10 years in prison which he serves on Robben Island, where he … depicting Zuma preparing to rape…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… land to be purchasable by Africans (Beinhart, 2001, 10). Ten years after the Natives Land Act was passed, the … person occupy land without the authority of a…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… translates as "a past master at doing mysterious things." [10] The Kamajoisia [11] were widely believed to possess … Africa Development 22, 3, 1997: 77 - 100…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… Reference, 2016, http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100405690. ? [xix] Peter D. … 22–25, 29; Vladislavic, “Staffrider An Essay,…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… Witwatersrand and the strickers were demanding a wage of 10 shillings per day (approximately 4 times what they were … certain cities. 500 delegates attended…
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… and a respectable altitude variance of 286 m, it only has 10 bends, corners and curves and none of them exceeds 30 …
Symposium: Memory in a time of freedom
… Claremont Histories will give a 10 minute presentation on Saturday 24th after 3pm. For an …
PlaceSacramento Cannon, Cape Recife
… PORTUGUESE TERRITORY OF MACAO, CHINA IN 1640 AND IS ONE OF 10 SALVAGED BY DAVID ALLEN AND GERRY VAN NIEKERK IN 1977 …
EventNelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”
… the following year he was charged with treason along with 10 other accused following the government’s discovery of …
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… under old NMC legislation on 7 December 1973. Reviewed 10 June 2016, Jilldutoit Port Elizabeth, South Africa This …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at 8 and 10 Whitlock Street. The Donkin Street complex forms a unique …
EventMpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time
… [Accessed on 12 October 2011] Molefe, A (September 10 2007). ‘Mpho celebrates her 21st on December 7’ from …
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
The Rand Daily Mail newspaper was closed in April 1985. The South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) made the announcement on 15 March 1985. SAAN, the…
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… On 10 March 1961, members of the Anti-apartheid Movement (AAM) …
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… members of the NLF and was imprisoned on Robben Island for 10 years. Upon his release, he did extensive work on language …
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… down the farm house of Edmund Middleton of Fouriesburg on 10 October 1992. The attack was part of an APLA military …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… largely boycotted the elections, with only an estimated 10 - 14 per cent of 'eligible' Black voters participating. …
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… On 10 January 1988, Mr Obed Amon Mwanza, a Zimbabwean, was …
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 then new South African banknotes. These came hardly a week after the latest currency…