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ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… Dutch Republic and England became engaged in a naval war (10 July 1652 to 5 April 1654). This meant that the completion …
ArticleIndian South Africans
… calculation based strictly on records shows over 16 300 slaves from the Indian subcontinent having been … workers from the west and south coast of India. As…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… committee. Within a month, a monster petition bearing 10,000 signatures was presented to Lord Ripon, Colonial …
PlaceeThekwini Municipality
EThekwini Municipality is a Category A Municipality found in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is one of four coastal metropolitan Municipalities…
PlaceVredendal, Western Cape
… fruit depots. Part of the original Vredendal farm, which dates back to 1748, the now modern town lies on the banks of …
PlaceBats Cave Trail, East London
The trail is 3 km long with a moderate/difficult status. It is suitable for children, from 6 years old. The Bat’s Cave Trail is the most popular walk in the…
PlaceKaapsche Hoop, Mpumalanga- Barberton Valley
This Area, lies within the South African mist-belt. On average it receives more than 1 000 mm of rain per Year. The vegetation is mainly grassland, with…
PlaceVirginia Airport, Durban
… City in the Province, and the Airport is approximately 10 km, North of the City. It serves light aircraft, air flips …
EventFrance's war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… France in any way. A peace treaty was signed in Tangier on 10 September 1844 and came to be known as the Treaty of …
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency, 18 June 2002
… aspect of our governance is not reduced to an optional extra. As before, the Presidency has to discharge its … Chief Executive Officer of the GCIS, Mr Joel…
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… it will resume between July 24 and August 4, and August 10 and 11. …
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… and agreed upon between Fraser and Jacobs on or about 10 October, 2013. “In accordance with the agreement and the … to the ANC on May 30, 2014.” The law firm…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… initial registration fee of ten shillings and six pence (10/6) payable by each affiliating organisation for the first … Convention, and shall present a…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… coup d'etat of the Provincial Government (Medvedev, 1979) [10] . His selling point of this overthrow was advancing that … and stateless society which was…
Indian Slaves in South Africa: Notes for monograph, 26 June 1995
… turn, complained that he had lost more than 4,000 of the 10,000 slaves he had bought from Bengal; and Dutch officials … 227 (including Trancquebar-…
PlaceZandspruit, Johannesburg
Twenty-five years ago, the informal settlement was once a piece of land with a few houses scattered around. Today over 30 000 people call Zandspruit home! …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… Foods became the first large employer to declare 1 May and 16 June as paid holidays. Following this, many other … at Western Deep Levels. The next day Anglo…
Chronology
… , Inauguration of Campaign for Right and Justice December 16 , ANC conference adopts Africans' Claims (including "Bill … of joint ANC-AAC committee December…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 September 1982. The Muizenberg Battle site flanks the home …
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… The beloved Irma Stern Museum shut its doors today (2025-10-31) after operating for more than half a century.... but … The beloved Irma Stern Museum shut its…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… - Chapter 9 A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief - Chapter 10 A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief - Chapter 11 A Working …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… thrombosis, and both his legs were amputated by 1938. On 10 August 1940, he died and was buried in the hills of …
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… they were eventually cornered and 13 of the mercenaries, 10 British and three Americans were captured. After a trial, … remaining captured mercenaries were…
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. … The Road to Democracy in South…
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 … ,[online], Available at: www.ancestry24.com …
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 … [Accessed: 20 September 2013]|Newburger,…