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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 …
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,…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… African and Indian Congresses in the stay-at-home on June 26, 1950, in protest against apartheid, and then to the … society. South Africa Freedom Day E. S…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… it has already been done by somebody else.’ (Knape, 25-26) He was not afraid to speak him mind, which tended to get … London, and Paris before arriving in…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… who demanded the recognition of their union, and a wage of 10 shillings a day, a wage that the Chamber of Mines refused … 4. Abolition of the contract system…
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
Established in 1894 to the west of central Johannesburg, Fietas (today known as Pageview) was once the city’s "Malay location" and home to a large Indian…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… that these are defining characteristics of the ANC. 10. It is also proposed that discussion on these concepts … emancipation, including targeted skills…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… JCC) opened a beerhall in Western Native Township (WNT) in 1939. Sensing that their illicit beer trade would be …
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Dayal Sannyasi: A Public Worker of South Africa (Etawah, 1939); G. H. Calpin, A.I. Kajee: His Work for the South …
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… sentence, for workers to break their contracts and abscond.10 It was the effects of these devices to secure the … mine wages had increased by a sixpence…
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… Richard. “Obituary: Dr. Hastings Banda,” Independent 26 November 1997. “Hastings Banda,” Economist, November 27, …
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
Durban - It is understandable that while meandering through Van Reenen’s pass, negotiating its dangerous terrain, a traveller is likely to miss a most superbly…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… Resort of St. James was located on False Bay , some 26 km South of Cape Town , the Suburb derived its name from …
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… "plotters". Tshwete died while still holding office on 26 April 2002. …
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… African Conference held at Pietermaritzburg on 25 and 26 March 1961. This conference was attended by 1,500 …
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … ‘Youth, Culture and…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… had a third member, Ben Ngubane of the IFP. Plenary (10 delegates per party) Negotiating Forum (4 delegates … for the Demarcation of provinces…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back
… Scheepers, president of the union, opened it promptly at 10 a.m. and speakers from various organisations, including … the further order he issued against me…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Because they can't feel. They have lost their humanity." [10] For "coloureds" (people of mixed race), resistance … South Africans Imaged on Film and TV,"…
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 …