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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,…
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 …
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…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… was Head’s twentieth letter to Kitchen. It was dated 16 October, 1969 and was about two and a half pages long. She … It is known that Head began the…
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 Dudu Pakwana and Mongezi Feza as his…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… or deportation. In 1900 it is extended to children (boys, 16 years and over, girls, 12 years and over) and becomes … defined as a white person. 3) Arms and…
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…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… Nana Kru and King Williams Town. Their settlement here dates back to the early 1500’s, where they formed “six dake … at the Missionary School in Sierra Leone…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 4 February 1974 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… that want to force changes on South Africa by means of extra-parliamentary actions, forces which out of frustration, … homeland's Legislative Assembly. Cf…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
… increased its representation in the House of Assembly by 16 seats - from 27 seats in 1938 to 43 in the 1943 election. … successor. All of this gave swart…
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 … of South Africans deem homosexuality as…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… America, Gavin Relly, and the ANC led by Oliver Tambo. 16 June, At the ANC's Kabwe Conference the NEC becomes is … village of Sabalele for the first time in…
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…
PlaceBonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
Bonnievale is a quiet Town in the Breede Valley of the Western Cape. Bonnievale is surrounded by the Langeberg Mountains. What makes Bonnievale so unique is…
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
The tight zig-zagging curves of Sani Pass make it, one of the most magnificent Mountain Passes in South Africa! It ascends through the sheer cliffs of the…
PlaceMoorreesburg
… becoming more prominent. One of the oldest wine estate dates back to 1696. According to the 2011 census, … production becoming more prominent. The oldest…
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 …
PlaceFramesby, Port Elizabeth
… Square, the centerpiece of which is the City Hall, which dates from 1858. In the square also stands a replica of the …
PlaceWellington, Western Cape
… of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo. Human occupation dates back to Stone Age groups like the Khoikhoi and the San …
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, … Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July…