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EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… Cup team between 1919 and 1931.[vii] He also has a record 10 wins and 11 loses.[viii] Raymond passed away on 30 January …
EventThe Choice of Termination Act is enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
From February 1 1997, the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act was enacted by the Parliament of South Africa, granting unrestricted access to abortion to any…
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… with future party activities. The meeting concluded at 10 p.m. Chairman: Secretary: …
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… with combined yearly net sales in the region of 10 billion US dollars. With interests ranging from tobacco …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… States intervention, Gen Raoul Cedras agreed to resign on 10 October 1994, paving the way for Aristid's return. After a …
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… our member in, but all in vain, until he was released on £10 bail after a week before the magistrate. …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… - Chapter 9 The Final Prize: The Freedom Charter - Chapter 10 The Final Prize: “Bantu Education or the Street” - Chapter …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Whites-only referendum 17 June, Boipatong massacre 1993 10 April, Assassination of Chris Hani 25 June, AWB invasion …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… book of poetry Inside , was published by Raven Press. 1986 Black Mamba Rising poems by Alfred Qabula was published … in Afrika (2001) and Stranger Shores:…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… On 10 February 1884, Bishop Jolivet purchased a plot in … declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. This once vibrant, now…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
… and the Bantustan mode of governance. He died in exile in 1986 and reburied at the Great Place of Bumbane outside …
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… Fiat. Activists had life-and-death worries as well. In 1986, South African jets bombed a refugee camp near Lusaka, … the uprising from afar. A Los Angeles…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… Native Townships. The forced removals began on February 10, 1955, and continued until the mid-1960's when most of the … as: "Ndofaya". The forced removals…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… there together with 177 from the UK and 142 from the FRG. 10 March, Proclamation No 4: Gave the President power to make … in some districts under…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… later on realise my perfect innocence.’ On the morning of 10 February, Gandhi went to his office, where a group of … provincial boundaries. Gandhi was again…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… members undergoing training in Odessa in the Soviet Union. 10 In 1965, he says, the ANC had between 800 and 1,000 people … 25th anniversary of MK, Dawn ,…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… George Mashamba, who had been a political prisoner for 10 years on Robben Island. [v] They have four children – …
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… Point, lies in fact right where the two Suburbs meet, just 10 minutes from the City Centre of Cape Town. Actually the …
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… the over-simplification of complexity: A marketing ploy? 10. Re-imagining the Humanities in Post-Apartheid / …
PlaceFreedom Park
The site of Freedom Park was carefully chosen, a 52 hectare undeveloped hill overlooking the city of Pretoria. It was here that the nation’s heroes would be…
PlaceGod’s Window
A famous vantage point on the Drakensberg escarpment God's Window stands at an altitude of 1,829m/6,000ft extending northward over the Blyde River Canyon,…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… in all industrial centres controlled by the Organisation. 10. Consideration of Schools in arrears not provided for the …
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
… formal state control of the press at bay. The events of 10 June 1977 stand as one of the few instances during the …
EventThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic (AIDS) is causing increasing concern in the United States
… was found in 180 patients in 15 states across America. On 10 December 1981, the BBC reported that concerns about the …
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… device consisting of a tin container, approximately 10 inches high and 5 inches in diameter, fitted with steel …
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… permission for the establishment of a new congregation on 10 September 1855. The Farm 'Brakkefontein' had been bought …
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… orders and went ahead with the celebration, and addressed 10 000 supporters at Stagger, 150 km South of Nongoma, the …
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… was inaugurated as the President of South Africa on 10 May. It is important to note however, that "freedom" …
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… for many England fans when Mike Atherton batted for over 10 hours to save the Test in 1995. In 2003 it hosted the …
PlaceChantelle, Akasia- a Suburb of Pretoria
… of the City Of Tshwane Municipality. There are only about 10% Native Afrikaans speaking persons, left. Of the entire … of the City Of Tshwane Municipality…