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EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
On 15 May 1993, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, won the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) world champion title. Matlala had been introduced to boxing at a young age…
EventThe Great Comet of 1901
… Innes was the first person to observe the comet using a 10-inch guiding telescope. Two other people, namely Mr. Lunt …
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… lovingly called, became involved in politics at the age of 10 after her grandfather was beaten by police. By 18, she was …
EventKenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies
… due to his dual ancestry was seen as a problem. He died on 10 June 2012. …
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… the Herero have violent intentions towards the Germans. 10 January, Late at night the trader Alex Niet arrives in … to 'collect' Herero from the desert is…
ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
… was right opposite the Star bioscope. There were about 10 stalls in a row and the fish market was open every day and … from Great Leaders Below is a list of…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… under the Riotous Assemblies Act. They are each on £ 10 bail. We have briefed Hansen for twenty guineas and the … scale in many branches of industry. Your…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 August 1979. The Old Durban Railway Station was Built in … site. An article which appeared in…
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
… age: African National Congress operational strategy, 1976-1986 by Howard Barrell …
PlaceGugulethu Township
… South African security forces on the morning of March 3rd, 1986. The Gugulethu Seven Memorial was built to commemorate … , [online], Available at www…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… shall be held as follows: Date: Monday 20 April 2015 Time: 10:00 Venue: Chief Albert Luthuli House, 54 Sauer Street, …
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… On 10 October 1825 Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paulus … ], [Accessed: 10 February 2017].|Siyabona Africa. A biographical history of … ],[ Accessed: 10…
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… figures are available for the division: 1865 census: 10,665 residents, of whom 3,517 were literate 1875 census: …
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
… South Africa. Their total birth weight was 24 lb 1 oz (10.9 kg), with individual birth weights ranging from 2 lb 6 …
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… Bafana Bafana record. Kick Off. Special ed. 1994-2004, p. 10. …
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
… On 10 November 1991, the South African cricket team, now better …
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… In 1976, a year after passing matric (now Grade 10), Kevin Curren accepted a scholarship from the University …
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. Cottam Grove is next to Essenwood and is …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former …
EventBritain invades the island of Madagascar, attempting to stop Vichy aid to the Axis Powers in the Indian Ocean.
… with the amphibious landing at the seaport of Mahajanga on 10 September. Full Allied control of the Island was achieved …
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… Steve had contemplated. The pair arrived in Cape Town by 10 am, and after resting at Jones’s home, Steve drove to meet …
71.The Group Areas Act
… £40,113,620 White-owned16,419 £113,879,100 Indian-owned 10,323£24,541,061 African and Coloured-owned 105 £90,000 It … total Indian population of the country,…
The National Arts Festival
In 1974, an inaugural festival titled the 1820 Settlers National Monument was opened as a memorial to the British immigrants in South Africa. They established…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… was captured and killed during the battle at Mome Gorge on 10 June, while Sigananda and his men surrendered. Bambatha …
ArticleSS Mendi
… that the South African Native Labour Contingent provide 10 000 men to work behind the front lines in France. The …
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… a system of numbers, using symbols for the number 1 and 10. Medicine and physician The ancient Egyptians had a great …
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… and D.I. Jones to M.V. Kobetsky, 11 June 1921 Document 10 Statement of South African Delegation to Comintern, 16 … Document 13 Letter from W.H. Andrews to…
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
… Community Hall, Benoni 18h00 FUNERAL SERVICE Saturday, 10 February 2007 Wattville Stadium, Benoni 09h00 The burial …
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… the SA government agreed to recruit more men, after the 10 000 troops that had already been sent overseas. …
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… for the poor and children. Under his leadership nearly 10 million South Africans are receiving state grants. …