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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 …
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… and in what ways? AAUD will bring together a cohort of 8-10 post-field work doctoral students exploring diversity in … be held at the University of…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… as the orchards were replaced with vineyards over the next 10 years. The cellars were opened to the public for the first … and adopted a zero tolerance…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… outside advisor, bringing the total number of partners to 10. A further 17 support staff allow us to take a proactive …
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
International political processes leading to the "Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa" can be traced back to the year…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… the memory of the late Prof Robert Shell (13.02.1949 – 03.02.2015) who first reviewed the article for publication in … p.7. ↩ [vi]Ibid, p.7. ↩ [vii]Ibid, p.8…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… their movements. After the first democratic elections of 1994, President Mandela proclaimed 21 March a public holiday … where he signed the country’s…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… mid 1980s to the eve of the first democratic elections in 1994 Kwa-Zulu Natal experienced internecine violence between … for a Democratic South Africa …
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… five Africans – still lived on white owned land. But since 1994, there has been a tragic rerun of earlier struggles over access to land. A dramatic…
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
… has been alarmingly similar to that which preceded the 1994 Rwandan genocide, raising fears that something similar … happening in Burundi is completely…
ArchiveA History of Botsotso by Allan Horwitz
… poetry performance group. The Jesters had come together in 1994 and consisted in its initial stages of Siphiwe ka … first practical initiative in this vein…
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…
Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
… his country's black majority. ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU : (10/16/84) It is saying that the world cares about oppression … years later, Nelson Mandela was freed…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… English, isiXhosa Premier : Helen Zille (6 of May 2007 -10 of May 2015) the 8th Premier and current leader is: Alan Winde (2019-) First premier (1994):…
PlaceMajuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
… first to have been officially opened in South Africa after 1994. Construction started in 1983 and the first of its six … first to have been officially opened…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… 6315/60 Michael Kenneth Shuldham Hathorn Emergency Regs 30.03.60 Errol, Rowley and I were then marched through more … statements. The day passed slowly. We…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… segregation in a ‘non-racial’ manner.” (Christopher, 1994: 36) Bram Fischer returns to South African and begins … in the new South Africa, is born in…
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…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… Chapter 9 "To build solidarity - that was my task" Chapter 10 East - West Relations Chapter 11 Thank you for the …
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 …