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Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black people. The SANNC sent petitions and deputations, but …
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… The union was subsequently banned. The need for more cheap black labour after the Second World War led the South African …
EventCiskei is granted 'independence'
… Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted 'independence' by the South …
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
… farms, held in "trust" for some future allocation to the black population. The place selected for each person, … eyes and hair, a lovely smile that lights up…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… UCT students march towards the city centre giving the Black Power Salute to black people passing until the police stop them. 73 students …
PlaceLand Claims Court of South Africa, Randburg
… in terms of poverty and dispossession of land from Black South Africans. The main task of the Court in this … acquiring and transferring land from white…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… the youth, (iii) the trade unions, (iv) big business, (v) black business, (vi) agriculture, (vii) the religious … even thought that what might happen would…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
… exciting of these species include: the African Hoopoe; Black-Winged Stilt; African Purple Swamp Hen; Black-Headed Heron; Black-Crowned Night Heron; Sandwich…
PlaceNorthern Suburbs of Cape Town
… direction between Main Road and the Railway Line. The Black River also flows through Rondebosch , in a North … below Rosebank and Mowbray , the Liesbeek…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… for better opportunities and development rather than a black child. Many people including schoolchildren died … nation. For the first time in our history, we…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… Cars were only allowed to proceed if the driver gave the Black Power salute and hooted in support. Later that morning … group that marched towards the centre…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… or exclude others. The ANC has found ways, even in the face of the most daunting circumstances, to embrace diversity … has increased. Among the challenges…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… hut. The first extended piece of literature written by a black South African, Robert Grendon’s Paul Kruger’s Dream , … apartheid era recognised the…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… year, leaving their families at home. Unfortunately theses Black men were subjected to extremely unhealthy work … Natal. The women’s retaliation had a…
EventWinnie Mandela receives a 6 months' sentence
… Mandela (now Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), restricted to a Black township at Brandfort, Orange Free State, was sentenced …
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… the koppie alongside strike leader Mgcineni Noki, whose face was then half blown away by high-velocity bullets, and … the new structures around them. One,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… bring out in bold relief the enormity of the challenges we face. As the saying goes, one falling tree makes more noise … facilitating economic growth,…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… bring out in bold relief the enormity of the challenges we face. As the saying goes, one falling tree makes more noise … facilitating economic growth,…
PlaceOviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
The Oviston Nature Reserve lies is on the, Southern side of the Gariep Dam. The Reserve has an Area of 16 000 Hectares. This Dam, which is the largest Dam in…
PlaceBiedow Valley, Western Province
The beautiful, fertile Biedouw Valley that lies hemmed in by the Biedouw Mountains to the North and to the South, by the Tra-Tra Mountains, just 32 kilometers…
PlaceSibudu Cave, North Coast near Ballito (can be spelt Sibhudu)
… said Nicholson. The Sibudu Cave, a rock shelter in a cliff face, which was first occupied by modern humans at least 77 …
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… through pen and paper Jonathan Ansumana Project: The Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko Laura Wilson …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… Government further entrenched its stranglehold over the Black (African, Indian and Coloured) population with an ever … Government further entrenched its…
Archive2001 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2001
… this opportunity to pay tribute to all our people, both black and white, who, in the past year and before, made a … to contribute to the socio-economic…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… of a number of African "reserves" for the settlement of Black South Africans, which would serve as pools of migrant … and thereby formalised the separation…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… which emerged in the United States of America (USA) among Black American intellectuals such as Martin Delany and … Crummel, who drew similarities between…
Zulu Community
… Witwatersrand. Zulu workers organized some of the first Black labour unions in the country. For example, the Zulu … Towards the end of the 19th century…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… of people according to whether they were White, Coloured, Black, Indian or Asian. People would then be treated … Only a small percentage of South Africa was…
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… neck Mohamme, J. Soweto 24.8.76 Stabbed in the stomach, face sliced off Mohapi, Steven Soweto 58 18.2.77 Head … Tamsanqa M. Gugulethu 19 11.8.76 Shotgun…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… narrow interests of the old white elite and the emerging black elite. The enabling conditions of the new system were … of the old white corporate elite and…