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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…
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 …
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on Sunday 14 July 2013. The Programme will include a…
PlaceMaitland
… the two locations. It now has a population of about 10 000 people, made up mostly of Black African and Coloured, …
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… dynamo was installed to help illuminate Table Bay Harbour, 10 years before the rest of Cape Town. The building dates …
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… Cato Manor, a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after …
EventWilhelmina Johanna (Wilma) Stockenström is born
… moved back to Cape Town with her husband, who passed away 10 years later. …
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 December 1976. …
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala was born on 8 January 1962 in Soweto, Johannesburg. He began his professional boxing career in 1980. Matlala’s first crack at a world…
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,…
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…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… of the People, held in Kliptown near Johannesburg, from 25-26 June 1955. The administrative groundwork of the … Estimates of the number of women delegates…
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,"…
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…
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…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) as a UDF affiliate 10 December, the government withdraws all the preventative … petrol bombed, and his nephew is…
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…
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 …