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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 … , [online], Available at www.joburg…
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 …
Indian Community in Lenasia
… in the town. Mr Bila Singh, the oldest of a family with 10 siblings, reports that he was paid a sum for his property … In his case, his father and his father…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… Millionaires and their Company, was ranked among the top 10 richest Businesses, on the Witwatersrand. It was this … and his family and friends, the huge…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… On 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day, a group of … and announced that a protest and fast would be held on 10 December 1998 to launch a new…
13. Wife lays bigamy charge
… 'Bourbon' about 17 years ago. I lived with him for about 10 1/2 years in Bourbon. I had five children by him, four … He sent me £2 first and subsequent to…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… with Nyerere at State House, Dar-es-Salaam, on August 10, 1963, were made by Professor Gwendolen M. Carter of Smith …
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… would be arranged. This step followed a joint meeting (10-11 January 1967) between Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and …
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… removal from office. References: Business Day, Thursday 10 March 1994 …
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… and Rorkes drift. During this battle, King Cetshwayo's 10 000 strong army was defeated and his military kraal …
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… these Acts included 7 years in prison for the offender, 10 lashes when the male was under 50. …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… was given 15 years and his companion, Mary was given 10 years. The two were convicted for events related to the 16 …
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… of 1915 to 1925 and the Vaalharts scheme of 1933 to 1938. [10] The Water Act, No. 54 of 1956 was implemented eight years … Africa”, Water History, 2017 (Vol…
PlaceKwaDukuza
… Surveyor General of Natal, Dr William Stanger, on the 10 February 1873. Stanger Village was granted Township status …
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 …
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 …
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…
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… 4 to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993'. Judgment was delivered by the full Court. …
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…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… meaning of the transition is the Interim Constitution of 1993, which took effect at the time of the first democratic … by the outgoing apartheid-era…
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 …