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EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… transition in the country. Zephania Mothopeng was born on 10 September 1913 in the Free State in the district of Vrede. …
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… 20 April 2010] Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Day 1-10 June 1996 (Victim: Father Michael Lapsley), (online), …
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… busiest port in Africa, The harbour is ranked in the top 10 in the world in terms of size and volume. Settled by the …
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… leaders. He was born near Oudtshoorn in the Karoo on 10 August 1783. The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for …
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… enjoying a rare visit to the mountains. Within seconds a 10-year-old girl was dead and three other children seriously …
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… were set free. Beihl was a Stanford graduate, completing a 10-month course of study as a Fullbright exchange scholar at …
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… station as a banned person. In 1971, she represented 10 members of the Unity Movement who were charged under the …
PlaceCuylerville
… the first of the settler ships to anchor in Algoa Bay on 10 April 1820. William Low, one of Bailie's servants, did not …
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… is famously known as a co-creator of King Kong (2005). On 10 February 1932 he died of pneumonia while he was working on …
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
The Willoughby Memorial Fountain...was, on March 10th, 1901, unveiled by the Hon. John See, M.L.A., State Minister for Defence. The Fountain was erected by…
PlaceXamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… permission for the establishment of a new congregation on 10 September 1855. The Farm 'Brakkefontein' had been bought …
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… suit and within a brief time the suburb, named Parktown on 10 March 1893, had become the preferred residence of … through to the civic decision-making…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… [1] Edgar. The Making of an African Communist”, p.10. [2] Ibid., p.11. 29 December - 2 January [1929] (28 … Communist Party of South Africa organises a…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… instance he could be taken to the Magistrate and fined 10 shillings or serve punishment with hard labour for seven … however took a "mild view" and fined the…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a week in … legitimate demands of the workers for…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… their full potential under the oppression of apartheid. [10] In 1964, the Blue Notes were invited to the Antibes … The Booktrader), 9. ↵ [2] Ibid. ↵ [3] Ibid…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… defined as a white person. 3) Arms and Ammunition Act, No 10 of 1907 , Transvaal prohibits issue of licences to Indians … Repatriates to receive bonuses of …
PlaceKings Park Stadium, Durban
The Stadium is a Home for Sharks Rugby team. It is also open for external hire through the Stadium's manager. 10am till 4pm, Monday to Friday 10am till 12:30…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… that it was against traditional African culture.” [10] They wanted the film to go further than homosexual and … ↵ [10] Aramide A. Tinubu, “Interview:…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… reading his book ,Things Fall Apart, at the tender age of 10, made her realize that people who look like her could … and experiences of a Zimbabwean girl…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
… democratic President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 10 May 1994.. He replaced the outgoing National Party leader …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann," 26 December 1922 Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa, … Document 16 - Letter from Clements…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… During Apartheid, a black man employed continuously for 10 years at the same urban location could claim that place as … contracts for employment, so the…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… people had to be turned away as the show was sold out by 10 February. By early April, 37 performances had been made to …
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… Assembly and in the Senate. It was signed into law on 10 December 1996. The objective in this process was to ensure …
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… Africa and Angola, which took place in 1981. An estimated 10,000 guerrillas lost their lives and SWAPO was reduced to …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… had claimed between 65,000-80,000 Herero lives and around 10,000 Nama lives, almost completely annihilating both …
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… and Land Act increased the amount of land to just over 10% of South Africa. Labour During the same period the …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… leadership of Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi won 2 058 294 (10%) of the national votes, Freedom Front (FF) under the …