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Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… their wives and children remained in the countryside. 10 years after 1886, the Johannesburg town was already the …
PlaceReitz
… temporarily stayed there and was nearly captured on 10 July 1901. Reitz featured politically again when; in 1914 …
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
On 31 July 1879, the first cable connection between South Africa and Europe, via Aden, was launched. It was laid by the British electrical engineer Charles…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On that day an estimated 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… graduation ceremony, July 1947 (Lembede family, Umbumbulu) 10-11. Lembede's gravesite, Croesus cemetery, Johannesburg …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… later became president of the ANC from 1917-1924. April 10, The SANC passes a resolution with regards to the changing …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… Act in 1959 , which provided for the establishment of 10 self-governing homelands or Bantustans. The Homelands were …
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… from Lonmin Mine go on strike demanding a wage increase. 10 August, Employees who turn up for duty report incidents of …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… killed. Prior to the killing of 34 mine workers, At least 10 more people died in other clashes in the region. The …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… the hall to contain the overflow of the approximately 10 000 people who attended the meeting. Loudspeakers and …
Challenge to the church: A Theological Comment on the Political Crisis in South Africa | The Kairos Document, 1985
… will be published later. 25 September 1985 Johannesburg CHAPTER ONE The Moment of Truth The time has come. The moment … mince our words. The situation is too…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
… in its recent history. And as we prepare to celebrate 10 years of democracy in South Africa next year, we stand … and rural development, South Africa has in…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… 2016, Phone Interview. ↵ [xii] Klug 2016, Phone Interview, 10:20-10:35. ↵ [xiii] An Interview with Professor Heinz Klug, N.d. … Klug 2015. ↵ [xlvi] Klug 2016…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… and languages from Malawi, Swaziland and Mozambique. [10] Therefore, Fanakalo is utilized ‘as a contact language in … 26. ↵ [9] Mesthrie, “The Origins of…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… Responses of President Nelson Mandela’s Administration On 10 May 1994, the Government of National Unity was elected in … resources to combat HIV/AIDS. The…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… elected Treasurer and becomes editor of The International. 10 September, J.T Javabu dies at the age of 62 at the home of … To read extracts of the conference…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… organised a 'Defend Free Speech Convention', attracting 10 000 people to Market Square. The meeting proposed a … (Eastern Cape) left eleven dead, including…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas share capital. Volkskas in turn received a 10 per cent interest in UBS Holdings. The link-up enabled … But the relationship was a difficult one…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… and their registration. Arms and Ammunition Act, Act No 10 of 1907 (Transvaal), prohibits the issue of arms and … 2 of 1907 is suspended, Indians will…
52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… remember that the last struggle was, as it were, the third chapter in the story of satyagraha . When the first chapter came to a close, we, at any rate I,…
EventBlack Wednesday, the banning of 19 Black Consciousness Movement Organisations
… into detention and held for five months under section 10 of the Internal Security Act in Modderbee Prison. Further, … the Terrorism Act. This move was done…
Event5 bodies found: Kempton park killings
… woman, was found near the R21 on August 24. On September 10, the body of an unidentified woman was found near … Moselakgomo. Moselakgomo disappeared on…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
ANC Deputy President, Secretary General and Treasurer General will on Tuesday lead the movement`s election campaign in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free…
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. Initially the ball was hand operated but its mechanism …
PlaceGordonia Division
… (1970): White 16 323; Coloured 56 644; Asiatic 3; Bantu 10 447. Gordonia borders on South-West Africa and Botswana. …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… On 10 July 1964 MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé, leader of the … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘ This Day in African History: 10 July ’ from African History [online]…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… in 2005 and in 2009. *Another source gives the date as 10 December. …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… water cut-off in Tumahole left residents with less than 10% of water, which was not enough to cover their daily basic …
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… and environmental sustainability. The summit is held every 10 years, so the one held in Johannesburg was a review and a …
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… and was unveiled by the widow of General Louis Botha on 10 October 1926. 146 000 Whites volunteered for service in …