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ArticleThe Western Front
… of British and Indian armies. Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 – 13 March 1915: Both British and Germans suffered heavy …
The War
… British army sent for reinforcements from Britain and on 10 January 1900 the new soldiers arrived in Cape Town with …
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… A bi-weekly publication, the first edition appeared on 10 September 1915, edited by Prof Jan Kamp. The first … with the paramilitary and pro-Nazi…
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… reunited when he was released from prison in 1989. In 1994 Ma Dixie became Eastern Cape`s First Lady when Oom Ray …
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… title (taken from a poem by Denis Brutus) was achieved in 1994, for he merely ends his book by remarking that ‘there is …
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
… up to investigate political atrocities between 1960 and 1994, denied amnesty to the former security policemen …
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… the way for the democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. This time the CP, PAC, Afrikaner Volksunie and the …
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… in South Africa, viz: the good society. Arguably, after 1994, this tradition somewhat waned, with social policy …
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high … ps://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/general-news/2015/2015-10…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high … ps://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/general-news/2015/2015-10…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… Chapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 Chapter 10 Problems of imprisonment Chapter 11 The escape Chapter 12 …
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… On 17 July 1894 a lengthy mass petition signed by 10 000 Indians was submitted to the Natal Government – the …
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
This is an engaging structure, with a high pitch roof, dormer windows and ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 March 1989. The Old Roodepoort Town School, consisting of …
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… October 1890 and construction was completed on or before 10 April 1891. From 1902 to 1958 the building housed the …
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… Andries Dreyer was born on 10 January 1872 in Philadelphia, in the present day Western …
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… was completed. The car could ascend the mountain in under 10 minutes and carried 19 passengers and a conductor. …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… In the 1960s, raw ivory prices remained between $3 and $10 per pound. In 1975, the price reached $50 because ivory …
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… by the lower turn out of people. Not more than 10 000 out of an expected crowd of one million people came to …
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… a wage increase of 9 percent across the board and 10 percent for workers earning the minimum wage. During the …
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
… personalities. The ranking of the rest of the top 10 had yet to be decided. SABC3 intended to screen …
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… of Alabama, made the finding during the course of a 10-year long study into the origins of the virus. Researchers …
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… authority could have been stretched a little bit. In his 10-page statement Botha believed that true reconciliation …
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the most hazardous professions, this despite the enormous amounts invested in it and the resulting wealth…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir …
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now Western …
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… session of the AU was held in Durban, South Africa on July 10, 2002. Gallagher Estate in Midrand, South Africa, is …
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
… wages and better working conditions. For instance, on 10 January workers at A.J Keeler Transport went on strike and …
EventBlack Wednesday, the banning of 19 Black Consciousness Movement Organisations
… into detention and held for five months under section 10 of the Internal Security Act in Modderbee Prison. Further, … the Terrorism Act. This move was done…