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ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… water scheme and continue alleviating poor whites. In 1913 Kakamas officially became a state work colony. [18] In …
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
The Union Defence Force was created in 1912 and served as the South African Army. It was renamed as the South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in power since the transition to democracy in April 1994. The organisation…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… ALEXANDER SIMONS Ray Simons, born Rachel Alexandrowich in 1913 in Latvia, became active in the underground Latvian …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… to the discussions between General Smuts and Mr. Gandhi in 1913 which ended in the Smuts-Gandhi Agreement. At that time … a protest against these…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, 20 December 1983, Fourth party congress-Cabinet reshuffle-Relations with South Africa-MNRM actions, Keesing_s Record of World Events, Vol 29, December 1983
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
Formed in 1928 by Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, this was a union of women factory workers that transcended barriers of colour and class. In the late 1920s and…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South African artists of all races’. The first iteration of Art South…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
In 1917 ordinary workers and rank and file soldiers overthrew the Tsarist autocracy that had been in power in Russia since the late 1400s. This became known as…
Mission Stations - M
MAASDORP, Stockenstrom, Cape: UC. Believed to have acted as an outstation only. MABAALSTAD, also known as EMMAUS, Transvaal: HM 1868 MABETSHA, Ngqeleni,…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, SAAF blasts ANC, Pretoria News, 23 May 1983
ArchiveInterview with Ruth Mompati, by Julian Marshall, BBC Radio 'Focus on Africa', 23 May 1983
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. Though the Act’s stated purpose was to…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… to discuss the conditions caused by the Native Land Act of 1913 and to chart a way forward. Also in the agenda of the …
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940. His father was Ismail Jacobs, a tailor. His paternal grandfather was Manan Jamie…
BiographyJohn Collins
John L Collins was born on the 23 March 1905 in Hawkhurst in Kent, England. He was the youngest child on the four children born to Arthur Collins, a master…
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
Jennifer Schreiner (known as Jenny) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956 to G.D.L. Deneys and Else Schreiner. Else and Deneys were…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… the fledgling Union government in 1914. Although the 1913 Natives' Land Act was already beginning to undermine the …
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
1850 The Nederduitsch Hervormde Church (Nederduitsch Reformed Church) establishes a congregation in Rustenburg. 16 November, A Hervormde congregation is…
PlaceDutywa, Eastern Cape
… was laid out in 1884 and was made a municipality in 1913, formerly part of the Transkei bantustan. It is the …
Chapter 2
… forward from the tribal organisations. The following year (1913) the disastrous Native Land Act turned the eyes of the … with Dutch Feudalism. What did…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
Former South African Prime Minister and State President, Balthazar John Vorster was born in in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
Marcus Garvey's name is synonymous with Pan-Africanism and the Rastafari Movement. He was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1887, and as a young man developed a…
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
The Phoenix Settlement comprised of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. It was on this Settlement that Gandhi started his journey of…
BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
His Majesty, King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II was born on 2 May 1938, in the Village of Salang in the Mountain District of Mokhotlong in the…
BiographyJennifer Davis
Jennifer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1933. She grew up in what she described as a Jewish middle-class household where her pediatrician father was…
BiographyDavid Livingstone
David Livingstone was born on 19 March, 1813 in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was a committed Protestant Sunday school teacher and probably…
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary schooling in the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Essay Questions
… increased electricity production from 1.9 billion kWh in 1913 to 48 billion kWh in 1940. [7] However, despite the …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… satisfy both white communities (Afrikaans and English). 1913 The Land Act establishes 'reserves' (later called …