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ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
1971 11 March, A resolution is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student Wages Commission. David Hemson, Halton Cheadle, David…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the first democratic elections the South African Students Organisation …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
1906 11 September, A mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg in connection with the agitation at present going on in the…
Bibliographical Data
In the preparation of the introductory essays in this volume, heavy reliance has been placed on the documents collected by the editors and the interviews conÂ…
Chapter 5: The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
5.1 The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence It would be an oversight to discuss vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
Introduction This year, 2009, the people of South Africa celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Harare Declaration, a significant document adopted by an OAU…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
On 25 May 1996, two South Africans - Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, reached the summit of Mount Everest. This was the first official South African team to…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the struggle continues and grows more intense, 23 August 1984
Next week is another confrontation with the Botha constitution. Thousands of millions of people around the world, including the Security Council of the United…
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in District 6 in Cape Town. While incarcerated on Robben Island as a political prisoner between 1964 and 1971, he completed…
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
On 9 April 2003, a 62-year-old South African man was treated at a Pretoria hospital as a possible Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) case. The man arrived…
EventKenyan independence hero Bildad Kaggia dies after a long illness
Bildad Mwaganu Kaggia was a nationalist and a freedom fighter. Kaggia joined the Kenyan army when the Second World War broke out and was deployed in London as…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Nationalist Government attacks on the union continued. Schoeman refused to gazette the agreement for the clothing industry, which contained the award of the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The Basotho THE NEXT PART of our history revolves round Moshoeshoe, chief of the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 1: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
Who are the hunter gatherers of Southern Africa? You may be under the impression that there are no more hunter gatherers living today. But there are! All over…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After…
Chapter 9
New Methods of Struggle Having defined its tasks and formulated its programme, having turned from the role of passivity to that of active leadership, the…
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux…
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
World Press Freedom Day is observed on 3 May. This day was the culmination of a UNESCO seminar held in Windhoek, Namibia from 29 April 1991 to the 3 May 1991…
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
The prevalent violence in kwaZulu-Natal began with widespread interference during the voter registration process preceding the local government elections…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
The South African government is divided into three parts: the Executive (the Cabinet), the Legislature (Parliament), and Judiciary (the courts). The Executive…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
1910 First general election that followed the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Only White males had the right to vote. 1915 Second general…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
When? The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s (see timeline) and the origin of Aids and HIV has puzzled scientists ever…
ArticleWorld War I
This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as The Great War. The main belligerent European…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished the Black resistance…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area Prehistory of Southern Africa Lying just below the escarpment, Nelspruit is the capital of a region with important…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Gomas died on the morning of Wednesday 25 April 1979 two weeks…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin One of the immediate effects of the split over Sir Raza Ali's…