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EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She grieved for 10 minuites then fled in fear. Fourteen hostel dwellers and …
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 …
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
… midnight on 26 April 1994.The national flag first flew on 10 May 1994 when Mandela was inaugurated as the president. …
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 …
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… Government : Mamadou Tandja was elected president on 22 December 1999, heading a coalition of the Mouvement …
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… Gaetsewe - 21 June 13 (Next Week Friday) Pixley ka Seme - 22 June 2013 (Next Week Saturday) Frances Baardt - 17 June …
PlaceGriqualand West
… on Knight Street – opened officially by Kobie Coetsee on 22 February 1991. The South African Police Services used the …
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… backwardness and ignorance today'. (Rive & Couzens,1991:9-10 & Walshe,1971:33) The call made by Seme was answered with … opposition, Sir de Villiers Graaf…
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…
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…
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…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… that these are defining characteristics of the ANC. 10. It is also proposed that discussion on these concepts … ensure equal access to opportunities. Counter…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… (i.e., "naÂtive") population is considered Christian and 28 percent pagan, according to the latest statistics … efforts to live under the giant screw of a…
47. The assault on Gandhi
… considered it a betrayal. He severely beat Gandhi on 10 February 1908. Below, Gandhi himself relates the story, … originally in the Gujarati section of…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… 1. The Populists (Narodniks) Russian Populism dates from the 1870s. It was a revolutionary movement that … was not yet convinced, Lenin visited Petrograd on…
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…
PlaceMaitland
… the two locations. It now has a population of about 10 000 people, made up mostly of Black African and Coloured, …
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…