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PlaceMaitland
… the two locations. It now has a population of about 10 000 people, made up mostly of Black African and Coloured, …
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… Cato Manor, a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after …
EventWilhelmina Johanna (Wilma) Stockenström is born
… moved back to Cape Town with her husband, who passed away 10 years later. …
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 December 1976. …
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala was born on 8 January 1962 in Soweto, Johannesburg. He began his professional boxing career in 1980. Matlala’s first crack at a world…
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… by hanging in Pretoria Central Prison, was born on 10 July 1956 in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. Mahlangu left the …
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, Masego was one of 10 722 South Africans who were taken to a German …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… of this, he had spent a year in detention at the age of 10, reportedly the country's youngest detainee. …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
The Supreme Court convicted former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock (dubbed 'Prime Evil') of six murders of Black anti-apartheid activists during his service as…
EventWits attains full university status
… Student numbers increased rapidly to 6 275 in 1963, 10 600 in 1975 and by 1985 there were 16 400 students. …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… national flag in the world. The flag was first flown on 10 May 1994, the day Nelson Mandela became president - two …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… leadership of Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi won 2 058 294 (10%) of the national votes, Freedom Front (FF) under the …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… of church named after him. His wife, Juana, died on 10 October 1872, and is buried with him. … Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10,…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… who demanded the recognition of their union, and a wage of 10 shillings a day, a wage that the Chamber of Mines refused … 4. Abolition of the contract system…
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
Established in 1894 to the west of central Johannesburg, Fietas (today known as Pageview) was once the city’s "Malay location" and home to a large Indian…
PlaceDal Josafat, Paarl
The name is of biblical origin, also spelled: "Dal Josafat or Dal Josaphat". Dal Josafat has an interesting and varied selection of Buildings dating from…
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… equality. Date: Saturday 18 October 2025 Time: 14:00 - 16:00 Venue: The Witness Office, 225 Hoosen Haffajee Street, …
PlacePrestwich Memorial and Garden
During excavations for a new residential block in Cape Town in 2003, old bones were uncovered! These were decided to be unmarked graves of slaves, dating from…
PlaceWagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
… major public transport systems. This ancient aqueduct dates back to the 1600's. This ancient structure was …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 25 October 1996
… The poem, in the form of a letter to Afrikanerdom, dates from the dark years of Apartheid: net die hoop dan, …
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation, 9 February 2012
… the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 09 Feb 2012 Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, … The year 2012 is also special because…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… Islamic cities and in the middle of urban Cairo, the site dates from the 10th century and reached its golden age in the …
The Bill of Rights
… it is established that the discrimination is fair. 10. Human dignity Everyone has inherent dignity and the right … section and the other provisions of the…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… regions, while the MPLA occupied 12 of the country’s 16 provinces by September, but had a precarious hold over … Cabinda A day before the announcement of…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Because they can't feel. They have lost their humanity." [10] For "coloureds" (people of mixed race), resistance … your documentation, the record...the…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… France in battalions, for their work was needed there. On 10 July 1917, the British Royal Family was visiting France. …
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… The Moorings No. 2 and 3, The Moorings No. 5 and 6 and 10. The Cell Block and Treadmill, remains part of the old …
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
… in World War 1 by providing labour. There were to be 10 000 people to serve in the South African Native Labour …
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… The Industrial Breakwater Prison was only a prison for 10 years. It then became a juvenile offenders institution and …
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 June 1983. …