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PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
Established in 1894 to the west of central Johannesburg, Fietas (today known as Pageview) was once the city’s "Malay location" and home to a large Indian…
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…
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):…
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…
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…
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … ‘Youth, Culture and…
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…
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… with the principle of Democratic Transformation, in 1994 . In its early days Stanger served as a business hub for …
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
… image of Nelson Mandela after he cast his vote in the 1994 election. Trying to take over the mantle from Bra Juda …
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… in Southern Africa: Vol. II Solidarity and Assistance 1970-1994, (Stockholm), p.468 Benjamin Pogrund, (2004), 'Ray …
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Working Committee (NWC) until his death in September 1994. In 2004, Thomas Nkobi posthumously awarded the Order of … [Accessed 12 October 2010]| The New York…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… many name changes have occurred within the Country since 1994, Vryburg, which means ' Free Fort ' in Afrikaans, has …
The Bill of Rights
… it is established that the discrimination is fair. 10. Human dignity Everyone has inherent dignity and the right … ethnic or social origin, sex, religion…
EventBafana Bafana legend Philemon Raul Masinga dies
… Cosmos and Mamelodi Sundowns before moving overseas in 1994. He also played for international teams:Leeds United in …
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… UN after it broke a ceasefire agreement. On 20 November 1994 the Lusaka Accord was signed by both parties in an … 7 November, 1993, which was then received…
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,"…
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 …
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
… in World War 1 by providing labour. There were to be 10 000 people to serve in the South African Native Labour …
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… The Industrial Breakwater Prison was only a prison for 10 years. It then became a juvenile offenders institution and …
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… Geocities [online] Available at www.oocities.org[Accessed: 10 June 2011] Anon, (n.d.), ‘1. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF …
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 …
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] …
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… On 10 November 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second …
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 …