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ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… of land to be added to the African reserves under the 1913 Land Act. It also establishes the South African Native …
South African Constitution 1996
The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in this country. The…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
At a GFWBF meeting in Pietermaritzburg in April, metalworkers from two factories called for the establishment of a union. Two months later, the Metal and…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The years between 1930 and the 1940s were ones of profound…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
Charles Robberts Swart was born on a farm in the Winburg district of the Orange Free State (OFS) on 5 December 1894. Part of his childhood was spent in a…
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
George Aubrey Faulkner (1881 - 1930) was in his day a dominating figure in South African cricket, one of the games' finest all around players, and a legendary…
Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT)
PACT was founded in Pretoria on 3rd January 1963 with P.P.B Breytenbach as the first director. It was founded under the same principle as the Cape Performing…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
Mass mobilization of the 1950s culminated in the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960. Soon thereafter the apartheid government banned the African National…
“Dockers and solidarity activism: from the Durban Strikes to choke points in today’s global economy” by Peter Cole
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban Strikes were one of the pivotal moments in the…
The Indian People In South Africa: Facts: About The Ghetto Act
… The police opened fire on some of them, and many died. In 1913, the struggle came to a head over the question of the £ … or another. These are some of them:…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
A. NATIONAL LEADERSHP OF THE BLACK PEOPLES CONVENTION First National Executive Committee: Interim Committee Mashwabada Mayatula - President Mthuli …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two organisations are inextricably linked…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
Walter Sisulu celebrates his 90th birthday. One of the godfathers of the fight for equality in South Africa, he has fought long and hard against racism and…
PlaceNoupoort
Noupoort is a town in the Eastern Karoo region of South Africa. With the start of the Railways in Noupoort nearly all the personnel were English speaking and…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
Newlands hosted its first test match in March 1889, only five years after test cricket was first played at Lords. Not even a Country at the time, South Africa…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
The Property was purchased in 1940 by a Dutch diamond trader known as Messias, who had a House erected upon it. During WWII Italian prisoners of war were used…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 9 October 1940. She attended Inanda Seminary Secondary School, a boarding school for black South…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
< Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… African National Congress (ANC) Bantu Womens League in 1913, women have been active in other organisations, … attempted to get women to carry passes as…
Rietvlei
The village of Rietvlei was renamed Vergenoegd in June 1911. By Franco Frescura
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
The Bambatha Rebellion claimed the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial government £740,000. Some of the Zulu died fighting on the side…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
1940 Born in Cape Town. 1960s Graduates from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the…
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
… by the mass-based passive resistance campaigns of 1907 and 1913. Although these campaigns are known as "passive" …
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… by the mass-based passive resistance campaigns of 1907 and 1913. Although these campaigns are known as "passive" …
Angelo John Kalmeyer
Born: 1973, Cape Town. Has worked on newspapers and is presently working as a freelance photographer.
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists and organisations alike. On 19 October 1977 the Black Consciousness…
PlaceNairobi National Museum, East Africa
The history of the institution dates back in 1910 when a Museum was established in Nairobi by the then East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society …
PlaceNatures Valley, Garden Route
Nature's Valley, and the surrounding Coastline, was occupied by Old Stone Age or Paleolithic, 1 Million Years ago. Paleolithic man lived in the Area in caves…
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
Emily Chinea became the first woman in the Free State and South Africa to be officially executed after being found guilty of murdering her husband. The Star of…