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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…
PlaceElandsfontein Private Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Discover Elandsfontein and their rich fossil heritage on a guided Quad Bike Fossil Safari or 4WD Nature Drive. The dunes on Elandsfontein are the final…
PlaceRobberg Nature Reserve
Robberg Nature Reserve, situated 8 km south of Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, is not only a nature reserve, but also a National Monument. Rocks from this…
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 …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… its first seventy-eight years. The significance of these dates is as follows: ESKOM was started in 1923 by the … as they needed cheap electricity to function…
Report of the Joint Planning Council of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, November 8, 1951
… for freedom. Although we have suggested two alternative dates, the Joint Planning Council strongly favours the … the necessary code of discipline for these…
PlaceLydenburg, Mpumalanga
The Town of Lydenburg, in Mpumalanga Province, was founded in 1850 by the company of Voortrekker leader Andries Potgieter who had abandoned their first…
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 …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… How the mines got their Labour The Contract System Chapter 10 - How the mines got their Labour The Pass Laws Chapter 11 … Workers Chapter 15 - White Workers…
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…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… Communist Party (SACP). Walus, a Polish immigrant, on 10 April 1993 shot and killed Hani in the driveway of his …