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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 …
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, Masego was one of 10 722 South Africans who were taken to a German …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… of this, he had spent a year in detention at the age of 10, reportedly the country's youngest detainee. …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
The Supreme Court convicted former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock (dubbed 'Prime Evil') of six murders of Black anti-apartheid activists during his service as…
EventWits attains full university status
… Student numbers increased rapidly to 6 275 in 1963, 10 600 in 1975 and by 1985 there were 16 400 students. … [obnline] Available at: www.wits.ac.za …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… national flag in the world. The flag was first flown on 10 May 1994, the day Nelson Mandela became president - two …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… of church named after him. His wife, Juana, died on 10 October 1872, and is buried with him. … Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10,…
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…
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…
PlaceDal Josafat, Paarl
The name is of biblical origin, also spelled: "Dal Josafat or Dal Josaphat". Dal Josafat has an interesting and varied selection of Buildings dating from…
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
For over three decades, the remarkable story of Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Special Operations Unit has remained largely untold. Formed under the direct command of ANC…
PlacePrestwich Memorial and Garden
During excavations for a new residential block in Cape Town in 2003, old bones were uncovered! These were decided to be unmarked graves of slaves, dating from…
PlaceWagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
… major public transport systems. This ancient aqueduct dates back to the 1600's. This ancient structure was …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 25 October 1996
… The poem, in the form of a letter to Afrikanerdom, dates from the dark years of Apartheid: net die hoop dan, …
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… Islamic cities and in the middle of urban Cairo, the site dates from the 10th century and reached its golden age in the …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …