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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 …
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… from radio, performances, gatherings of more than 10 people were not allowed and prominent jazz musicians were … Masekela performing at the Zimbabwe…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… to 9 months imprisonment and 3 years suspension. He risked 10 years in prison. 17 December, Walter Sisulu is served with … solitary confinement again, this…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) as a UDF affiliate 10 December, the government withdraws all the preventative … Committee (NECC) is formed in…
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 … Razverstka and War Communism.”…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… February, At an African National Congress (ANC) meeting of 10 000 people, at Newtown Market Square, Dr James Sebe Moroka … of the CPSA also speaks at this…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… is launched in King’s Park Stadium, Durban. 1986 5 December, armed Inkhata vigilantes and men in Kwa Zulu …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… the press, commerce and industry in Frankfurt in February 1986: Dire necessity dictates that the free enterprise system …
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… member of the Federation of South African Women. [10] As an activist, she did more than just boycott the beer … in Dictionary of African Biography, 2012, p…
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 …
Chapter Four - The Years with the CPSA: 1925 - 1935
… non-European Trade Union Federation with a membership of 10 000. Although a separate federation of trade unions … (SAGWU) with Gomas as part-time secretary…
EventBlack Wednesday, the banning of 19 Black Consciousness Movement Organisations
… into detention and held for five months under section 10 of the Internal Security Act in Modderbee Prison. Further, … the Terrorism Act. This move was done…
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…
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 …
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, Masego was one of 10 722 South Africans who were taken to a German … REWARD , from The South African Military History…