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EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… months after the break-up of their first marriage of 10 years, and lasted only nine months. Burton died at 58 in …
EventThe Battle of Blood River
… under the leadership of Dingane the Zulu King. About 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
SuperSport United coach Pitso Mosimane was fined R50 000 at a Premier Soccer League (PSL) disciplinary hearing. This followed after his heated altercation with…
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… a strike because of a wage cut of 5 percent per shift. On 10 January 1922 White mine workers on the Rand gold mines …
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… did not work. So on 8 December 1880 between 8 000 and 10 000 Boers gathered at Paardekraal, near Krugersdorp. A …
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… in the Eastern Cape. She died in Wynberg, Cape Town, on 10 December 1920. The Department of Tourism in the Eastern …
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… role in South Africa’s liberation struggle and has, since 1994, been part of the ANC-led governing coalition through … lives’: This has been a major area of…
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… organisations. The constitutional assembly sat between May 1994 and October 1996 drafting and completing the new …
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… Millionaires and their Company, was ranked among the top 10 richest Businesses, on the Witwatersrand. It was this … and his family and friends, the huge…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… On 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day, a group of … and announced that a protest and fast would be held on 10 December 1998 to launch a new…
13. Wife lays bigamy charge
… 'Bourbon' about 17 years ago. I lived with him for about 10 1/2 years in Bourbon. I had five children by him, four … He sent me £2 first and subsequent to…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… with Nyerere at State House, Dar-es-Salaam, on August 10, 1963, were made by Professor Gwendolen M. Carter of Smith …
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… would be arranged. This step followed a joint meeting (10-11 January 1967) between Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and …
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… and Rorkes drift. During this battle, King Cetshwayo's 10 000 strong army was defeated and his military kraal …
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… these Acts included 7 years in prison for the offender, 10 lashes when the male was under 50. …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… was given 15 years and his companion, Mary was given 10 years. The two were convicted for events related to the 16 …
Indian Community in Lenasia
… in the town. Mr Bila Singh, the oldest of a family with 10 siblings, reports that he was paid a sum for his property … In his case, his father and his father…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… in South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994 and the birth of our new Constitution. Human Rights and …
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… end of apartheid and the country’s advent to democracy in 1994. Furthermore this event was the first in the history of …
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
… with Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act of 2008. 2.10 The NGC calls on member states of the African to … agreements that South Africa has entered into…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… Ohlange to photograph Mandela casting his historic vote in 1994. He was one of the few journalists that Mandela admired … attention to the details in the…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… into the Natal province after the end of Apartheid in 1994. The Province of Natal, which had existed between 1910 and 1994, was renamed KwaZulu-Natal. Just…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… of South Africa – the democratic constitution achieved in 1994 was a consequence of processes set in motion then: they … this in perspective. Developments in…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… June 26 is observed as South African Freedom Day, until 1994, when the date of the first democratic elections, 27 … education, labour exchanges and the…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… of National Unity (the democratic government since 1994) to help deal with violations of human rights during the …
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana's incorporation following major unrest
… On 14 March, 1994, the Transitional Executive Council (TEC) management …
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby's return to international games
… place after the first South African non-racial polls of 1994. …
Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 2013
… oppression and discrimination until the dawn of freedom in 1994, when it became a symbol of democracy, hope, peace, … OF ACTION Consolidating our democracy…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… oppression and discrimination until the dawn of freedom in 1994, when it became a symbol of democracy, hope, peace, … OF ACTION Consolidating our democracy…