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ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… and the Coloured African People's Organisation. In 1946 the CPSA and the African Mine Workers Union organised …
Speech of Deputy President Mr. Thabo Mbeki at the National Assembly on the Occasion of the Debate on the Budget Vote of the Deputy President: Cape Town, 17 May 1996
Speech of reply by President Nelson Mandela at the dinner hosted by the lord mayor of London after receiving the freedom of the city of London London, 10 July 1996
Up to this date 5 483 187ha have been bought in terms of the Development Trust and Land Act of 1936 at a cost of R1,27bn for th
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… for a student strike and the removal of the headmaster. 1946 After the Lovedale strike in 1945 there are at least …
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… people, the first modern call for universal human rights. 1946/47 Strikes by African mineworkers were crushed. 1948 …
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
AbstractThis article traces the major segregation laws in South Africa that acted as precedent for the 1954 Native Resettlement Act. This apartheid law…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… As the so-called 'Pegging Act' was due to expire in March, 1946, Prime Minister J.C. Smuts realised that something would … Land Tenure and Indian…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… assembly in London at the Westminster Central Hall in 1946. Nearly 2000 delegates from 51 countries were present … Cbc digital archives (1946) ‘First UN…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
Professor Stanislaus (Stan) Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni was born on 13 September 1933 in Natal, (now kwaZulu-Natal). He studied at some of the best…
BiographyShapurji Jivanji Randeria
Shapurji Jivanji Randeria was born at Rander in the Surat district in India in 1880. He arrived in South Africa in 1900. He had passed the senior book-keeping…
BiographyMark Shinners
Mark Shinners grew up in Attridgeville in Pretoria. He became involved in politics as a teenager and joined the Pan Africanist Congress(PAC). This was shortly…
BiographyJeremiah Moraka
Jeremiah Moraka, a counsellor to Makwena Matlala, was banished from his residence in Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane,…
BiographySolomon David Lion
Solomon David Lion’s father, Edward Lion, was expelled from Basutoland to the Union after his religious sect was banned. The Sechaba-sa-Batung community…
BiographyNosipho Dastile
Nosipho Dastile was born in 1938 in Uitenhage, a town in the Eastern Cape. After finishing school, she worked as a community activist as well as a volunteer…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
Arthur Elias Letele was born in Lesotho in 1916, but grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State. After completing secondary school in the Eastern Cape, he studied…
'Mad Cow' Imported meat a shock for South Africa 1996 - 1999
Africa's ailing state - owned airlines need to unite 1996 - 1998
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, A soldier for South Africa’s political revolution
Sugar industry gets R46m shot in the arm 1992 - 1996
Achmat Dangor, novelist, poet, activist, 1948-2020 by Yunus Momoniat
ArchiveEastern Cape Rugby Football Club Images from 1942 - 1952
ArchiveWinter Rose Rugby Football Club Images from 1900 - 1986
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… citizenship on the inhabitants of the territories, the 1946 French constitution provided for decentralization of …
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
In 1893 the first 'locations' were established under the Kruger government - essentially non-white' areas. Three existed at the time, namely the 'Coolie…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
1932 Born in Vrededorp, South Africa. Matriculates from Western Native Township High School. 1954 Worked as a photojournalist for Drum Magazine, South…
The Story of PR Panther, the gold man of Indian politics in South Africa: Introduction - By Riashnee Pather
… of women during the Passive Resistance Campaign of 1946 -1948. I also touch on the 1960's when I look at Mavis …
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… However, after the dissolution of the League of Nations in 1946, South Africa refused to renew its trusteeship agreement …
Summary notes of a meeting between Minister Silvino da Luz, Foreign Minister of Cape Verde and Messrs D W Auret and J Marx of the Department of Foreign Affairs: Praia, Cape Verde, 24 February 1986
Notes from a diplomatic meeting between the Foreign Minister of Cape Verde and representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs. The release of Captain…