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EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… Arts Festival has been staged every year, running for 10 days in June and July. It consists of a Main programme and …
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 June 1983. …
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… of 21 February 1917, when another ship, the SS Darro (10 0000 tons) travelling at full speed and emitting no …
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… 0n 10 February 1960, the African National Congress (ANC) …
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… for five years. Chief Luthuli was not deterred. On 10 December 1962, together with Martin Luther King he led a … biography', [online], Available at: stanford…
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… [Online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 10 February 2011] …
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… authors who lived before 1930. Visser passed away on the 10 June 1929 after suffering a heart attack. He was buried in … living [online] Available at: www…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… a reprieve was granted and his sentence was mitigated to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour, of which he served …
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… for Southampton. The voyage from Southampton took a mere 10 days, and continued on to Port Elizabeth East London, and …
EventNelson Mandela is free
… in various cities and townships. In Mdantsane, Ciskei, 10 people were killed when Ciskei soldiers used force against …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… announcement by President F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would be released from …
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… three groups' application against the law failed on the 10 July 1998. The anti-abortion groups were responding to an …
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 …
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…
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…
Exhibition Opening: Tales of History Retold
… inaugural international workshop in Culture & Technics (10-12 November). With thanks to the AVA, for collaborating on …
PlaceKimberley Airport
… transports approximately 170,000 passengers across around 10,000 flights through airlines South African Express and Airlink! The Airport is located…
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…
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 …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… 2016, Phone Interview. ↵ [xii] Klug 2016, Phone Interview, 10:20-10:35. ↵ [xiii] An Interview with Professor Heinz Klug, N.d. … Klug 2015. ↵ [xlvi] Klug 2016…
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…
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…