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EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… place in 1921, with only 34 entrants. In 2008, more than 10 thousand athletes entered the race. In 1989, Sam …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 people in an aircraft many people believe was brought down …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… the Rivonia life imprisonments, the Soweto Uprising, June 26 and the SASOL attack, when Umkhonto we Sizwe set racist … that today - this week, set between…
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… the Rivonia life imprisonments, the Soweto Uprising, June 26 and the SASOL attack, when Umkhonto we Sizwe set racist … that today - this week, set between…
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…
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… an own building for a school or a clinic. Today more than 26,000 people live in Masiphumelele. There is still no police …
PlaceJohn Vorster Square Police Station or Johannesburg Central Police Station
… prime minister of the Republic of South Africa. It was a 10 storey, blue coloured cement building. Floors 9 and 10 were occupied by the Security Branch while…
ANC statement on incident at Luthuli House, 29 February 2008
ANC Headquarters Luthuli House has been evacuated following an incident at the entrance to the building. The details of the incident are as follows: A man…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 March 1989. …
EventA group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
… At 20:10 on 23 June 1946 a group of White men attacked and …
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… young side takes Scotland apart at Murrayfield, winning 10-45. Two of the Springbok tries came from the 21 year old …
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… wood in 1920 and erected a monument, which was unveiled on 10 October 1926 by the widow of Gen. Louis Botha. Source: …
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… Born Judith Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938, Judith Mason is one of the most prolific …
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… does one see ugly, that is, really ugly women' (1901: 26; translated). On the eve of the Anglo-Boer War, in his … but we demand to be treated with respect '…
The Legal Veneer
… period well beyond this. The longest period on record is 26 years. Current application of banning of persons under ISA … Section 56(l)(a) and is punishable…
PlaceSt. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (also known as the: 'Parish of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt'
… period lasted ten years and costs amounted to £10 000 (£5000 being the original estimated cost). The … Current service times are as follows: Monday–Friday 1…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… Witwatersrand and the strickers were demanding a wage of 10 shillings per day (approximately 4 times what they were … certain cities. 500 delegates attended…
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… and a respectable altitude variance of 286 m, it only has 10 bends, corners and curves and none of them exceeds 30 …
Symposium: Memory in a time of freedom
… Claremont Histories will give a 10 minute presentation on Saturday 24th after 3pm. For an …
PlaceSacramento Cannon, Cape Recife
… PORTUGUESE TERRITORY OF MACAO, CHINA IN 1640 AND IS ONE OF 10 SALVAGED BY DAVID ALLEN AND GERRY VAN NIEKERK IN 1977 …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… How the mines got their Labour The Contract System Chapter 10 - How the mines got their Labour The Pass Laws Chapter 11 …
EventNelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”
… the following year he was charged with treason along with 10 other accused following the government’s discovery of …
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… under old NMC legislation on 7 December 1973. Reviewed 10 June 2016, Jilldutoit Port Elizabeth, South Africa This …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at 8 and 10 Whitlock Street. The Donkin Street complex forms a unique …
EventMpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time
… [Accessed on 12 October 2011] Molefe, A (September 10 2007). ‘Mpho celebrates her 21st on December 7’ from …
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
The Rand Daily Mail newspaper was closed in April 1985. The South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) made the announcement on 15 March 1985. SAAN, the…
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… On 10 March 1961, members of the Anti-apartheid Movement (AAM) …
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… members of the NLF and was imprisoned on Robben Island for 10 years. Upon his release, he did extensive work on language …
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… down the farm house of Edmund Middleton of Fouriesburg on 10 October 1992. The attack was part of an APLA military …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… largely boycotted the elections, with only an estimated 10 - 14 per cent of 'eligible' Black voters participating. …