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Right to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central and East Africa. On…
SASO till SASCO
1968 December SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. …
Sharpeville Timeline
16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) conference, Chief Albert Luthuli declared that 1960 would be the "Year of…
South African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more…
South African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
1902 31 May, The Peace Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Anglo-Boer War that began in 1899. The Treaty is signed between Boer and British…
South African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
The IEC announced that a record 48 political parties have successfully registered to contest the 2019 general elections. Most have been…
South African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation struggle. However, some of these…
South Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The…
South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
1952The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime, which in the following years…
Student Politics: SASO till SANSCO
1968 December, SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. …
Student Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
As part of the governmental process for transformation of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in Post-Apartheid South Africa,…
Student protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
2009 February 2009, the University of Limpopo in Limpopo Province experienced student protests concerning accommodation, National…
Sudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir…
The Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the implementation of new land laws in the Orange…
The History of Education: 1658 to present
± 1000 BCE (Pre-colonial) Late Stone Age people (San/Tsam//Xam) teach their children how to hunt and gather food, skin animals, prepare…