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EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
… On 10 June 1872 Jan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during …
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
… by South African Deputy President F.W. de Klerk on 10 May 1996. The move to withdraw from the GNU was prompted …
The 2014 Cape Agulhas Treasure Tracks
… A Heritage Day Race on the 24th September 2014 at 10:00. The race will start at De Heide Primary School and … - Maximum of 4 members per team with at least…
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… were marred by boycotts from other countries. A record of 10,563 athletes representing 169 nations gathered without a …
EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… occurred outside Hani’s house in Dawn Park, Boksburg on 10 April 1993. Hani couldn’t escape the scene as the murder …
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…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… by calcified sediment in an underground pool. The sediment dates to between 1.78 and 1.95 million years ago. Visit …
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… Day Protest in Cape Town’ from the Cape Times , 16 November [online] Available at sahistory.org.za [Accessed …
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
The foundational Years of the University of Pretoria were welcomed with great turmoil. In 1889, the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) proposed that a…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… and plans for the government’s socialist programmes. [10] Ruth was determined to present criticisms of the FRELIMO … migrant workers with Ruth in the…
EventMike Gatting's rebel cricket tour is curtailed
Negotiations between the National Sports Council (NSC) and the white South African Cricket Union (SACU) on the rebel cricket tour by Mike Gatting's England…
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…
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 …
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…
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 … Sierra Leone was first settled by…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… committee of the SACP national conference in Johannesburg. 16 December, Zindziswa was born to Nelson and Winnie … in Pretoria prison and then transferred to…
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 …
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…