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PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… October 1890 and construction was completed on or before 10 April 1891. From 1902 to 1958 the building housed the …
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… Andries Dreyer was born on 10 January 1872 in Philadelphia, in the present day Western …
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… was completed. The car could ascend the mountain in under 10 minutes and carried 19 passengers and a conductor. …
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She grieved for 10 minuites then fled in fear. Fourteen hostel dwellers and …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… In the 1960s, raw ivory prices remained between $3 and $10 per pound. In 1975, the price reached $50 because ivory …
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… by the lower turn out of people. Not more than 10 000 out of an expected crowd of one million people came to …
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… a wage increase of 9 percent across the board and 10 percent for workers earning the minimum wage. During the …
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
… personalities. The ranking of the rest of the top 10 had yet to be decided. SABC3 intended to screen …
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… of Alabama, made the finding during the course of a 10-year long study into the origins of the virus. Researchers …
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… authority could have been stretched a little bit. In his 10-page statement Botha believed that true reconciliation …
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the most hazardous professions, this despite the enormous amounts invested in it and the resulting wealth…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir …
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now Western …
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… session of the AU was held in Durban, South Africa on July 10, 2002. Gallagher Estate in Midrand, South Africa, is …
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
… midnight on 26 April 1994.The national flag first flew on 10 May 1994 when Mandela was inaugurated as the president. …
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
… wages and better working conditions. For instance, on 10 January workers at A.J Keeler Transport went on strike and …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… 11- 12-0 From Natal 8-16-0 Local 1- 7-7 Total 5,269-10-7 Gandhi also informed Gokhale that the funds were banked … importance not only for India but for all…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… and in what ways? AAUD will bring together a cohort of 8-10 post-field work doctoral students exploring diversity in … be held at the University of…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… as the orchards were replaced with vineyards over the next 10 years. The cellars were opened to the public for the first … and adopted a zero tolerance…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… outside advisor, bringing the total number of partners to 10. A further 17 support staff allow us to take a proactive …
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… who demanded the recognition of their union, and a wage of 10 shillings a day, a wage that the Chamber of Mines refused … 4. Abolition of the contract system…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on Sunday 14 July 2013. The Programme will include a…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… Chapter 9 "To build solidarity - that was my task" Chapter 10 East - West Relations Chapter 11 Thank you for the …
PlaceMaitland
… the two locations. It now has a population of about 10 000 people, made up mostly of Black African and Coloured, …
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… dynamo was installed to help illuminate Table Bay Harbour, 10 years before the rest of Cape Town. The building dates …
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… Cato Manor, a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after …
EventWilhelmina Johanna (Wilma) Stockenström is born
… moved back to Cape Town with her husband, who passed away 10 years later. …
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 December 1976. …
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala was born on 8 January 1962 in Soweto, Johannesburg. He began his professional boxing career in 1980. Matlala’s first crack at a world…
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… by hanging in Pretoria Central Prison, was born on 10 July 1956 in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. Mahlangu left the …