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EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… On 10 January 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first …
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… their wives and children remained in the countryside. 10 years after 1886, the Johannesburg town was already the …
PlaceReitz
… temporarily stayed there and was nearly captured on 10 July 1901. Reitz featured politically again when; in 1914 …
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
On 31 July 1879, the first cable connection between South Africa and Europe, via Aden, was launched. It was laid by the British electrical engineer Charles…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On that day an estimated 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… later became president of the ANC from 1917-1924. April 10, The SANC passes a resolution with regards to the changing …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… Act in 1959 , which provided for the establishment of 10 self-governing homelands or Bantustans. The Homelands were …
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… from Lonmin Mine go on strike demanding a wage increase. 10 August, Employees who turn up for duty report incidents of …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… killed. Prior to the killing of 34 mine workers, At least 10 more people died in other clashes in the region. The …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… the hall to contain the overflow of the approximately 10 000 people who attended the meeting. Loudspeakers and …
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… Responses of President Nelson Mandela’s Administration On 10 May 1994, the Government of National Unity was elected in … resources to combat HIV/AIDS. The…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… elected Treasurer and becomes editor of The International. 10 September, J.T Javabu dies at the age of 62 at the home of … To read extracts of the conference…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… organised a 'Defend Free Speech Convention', attracting 10 000 people to Market Square. The meeting proposed a … (Eastern Cape) left eleven dead, including…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas share capital. Volkskas in turn received a 10 per cent interest in UBS Holdings. The link-up enabled … But the relationship was a difficult one…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… and their registration. Arms and Ammunition Act, Act No 10 of 1907 (Transvaal), prohibits the issue of arms and … 2 of 1907 is suspended, Indians will…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
… in its recent history. And as we prepare to celebrate 10 years of democracy in South Africa next year, we stand … and rural development, South Africa has in…
ArchiveAcknowledgements by Howard Barrell
… age: African National Congress operational strategy, 1976-1986 by Howard Barrell …
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… Foundation. The Alexandra Arts Centre was established in 1986 in Alexandra, Johannesburg. Bill helped start FUBA …
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… after the CHAP team visits Winterveld, north of Pretoria. 1986 January, Asvat launches a campaign to save forty …
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… 1984. A second shelter was opened in the Western Cape in 1986 by RCCT (Anderson, 1988). Organisations like POWA and …
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… the country. The conflict broke out during the winter of 1986, at the height of the school boycott. It also marked …
Concluding Remarks
… a big lump of naivete and ignorant complacency... (1979: 10). Less than two years later, unfortunately, it was evident … of Emergency, feel secure, and the…
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…
Event5 bodies found: Kempton park killings
… woman, was found near the R21 on August 24. On September 10, the body of an unidentified woman was found near … Moselakgomo. Moselakgomo disappeared on…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
ANC Deputy President, Secretary General and Treasurer General will on Tuesday lead the movement`s election campaign in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free…
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. Initially the ball was hand operated but its mechanism …
PlaceGordonia Division
… (1970): White 16 323; Coloured 56 644; Asiatic 3; Bantu 10 447. Gordonia borders on South-West Africa and Botswana. …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… On 10 July 1964 MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé, leader of the … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘ This Day in African History: 10 July ’ from African History [online]…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… in 2005 and in 2009. *Another source gives the date as 10 December. …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… water cut-off in Tumahole left residents with less than 10% of water, which was not enough to cover their daily basic …