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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…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… of this, he had spent a year in detention at the age of 10, reportedly the country's youngest detainee. …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
The Supreme Court convicted former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock (dubbed 'Prime Evil') of six murders of Black anti-apartheid activists during his service as…
EventWits attains full university status
… Student numbers increased rapidly to 6 275 in 1963, 10 600 in 1975 and by 1985 there were 16 400 students. …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… national flag in the world. The flag was first flown on 10 May 1994, the day Nelson Mandela became president - two …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… leadership of Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi won 2 058 294 (10%) of the national votes, Freedom Front (FF) under the …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… of church named after him. His wife, Juana, died on 10 October 1872, and is buried with him. … Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10,…
The Bill of Rights
… it is established that the discrimination is fair. 10. Human dignity Everyone has inherent dignity and the right … ethnic or social origin, sex, religion…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… moment the whole nation had been waiting for and the next 10-month period of run-up to the elections was now being … examines the actual course of…
PlaceGroenendal Wilderness Area
… River), with the Groendal Dam in its centre. It lies about 10 km from Uitenhage, which is about 30 minutes drive from … established wilderness area in the…
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
… or do not desire to join any existing organisation. After 10 months of vigorous campaigning against the C.A.C. and for … as to their full participation in…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… of the national state of emergency imposed on 12 June 1986, which had resulted in the detention of thousands of … was a steady increase in the number of…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… France in battalions, for their work was needed there. On 10 July 1917, the British Royal Family was visiting France. …
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… The Moorings No. 2 and 3, The Moorings No. 5 and 6 and 10. The Cell Block and Treadmill, remains part of the old …
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
… in World War 1 by providing labour. There were to be 10 000 people to serve in the South African Native Labour …
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… The Industrial Breakwater Prison was only a prison for 10 years. It then became a juvenile offenders institution and …
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… Geocities [online] Available at www.oocities.org[Accessed: 10 June 2011] Anon, (n.d.), ‘1. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF …
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… Arts Festival has been staged every year, running for 10 days in June and July. It consists of a Main programme and …
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 June 1983. …
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… of 21 February 1917, when another ship, the SS Darro (10 0000 tons) travelling at full speed and emitting no …
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… 0n 10 February 1960, the African National Congress (ANC) …
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… for five years. Chief Luthuli was not deterred. On 10 December 1962, together with Martin Luther King he led a …
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… [Online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 10 February 2011] …
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… On 10 November 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second …
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… authors who lived before 1930. Visser passed away on the 10 June 1929 after suffering a heart attack. He was buried in … living [online] Available at: www…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… a reprieve was granted and his sentence was mitigated to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour, of which he served …
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… for Southampton. The voyage from Southampton took a mere 10 days, and continued on to Port Elizabeth East London, and …
EventNelson Mandela is free
… in various cities and townships. In Mdantsane, Ciskei, 10 people were killed when Ciskei soldiers used force against …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… announcement by President F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would be released from … of prison [Online]. Available at:…
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… three groups' application against the law failed on the 10 July 1998. The anti-abortion groups were responding to an …