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Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… But their spirit remains with the people.” Meanwhile, civil servants and teachers flocked to the ANC. The …
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… overwhelming support from mostly Whites organisations. The Civil Rights League (CRL) collected 100 001 signatures on a …
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… broke up the gathering. The situation began to resemble a civil war, and the government declared martial law – this on …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… that the responsibility for the slide towards bloody civil war lay squarely with the regime" . In the six or so … University Press: Bloomington.|ANC official…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… 1950), by an Athlone School Committee. This earlier history has mostly been ignored in subsequent decades, in … founded its famous Shakespeare seasons. The…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye Centre The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to locate … The 1973 strikes marked a decisive…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
… the gallows. As had happened elsewhere throughout human history, some from among the oppressed were hired to wield … a people not after its own image, but a…
PlaceDiepsloot, Johannesburg
Diepsloot is a densely populated township in the North of Johannesburg, South Africa. Diepsloot, loosely translated as "deep ditch" from the Afrikaans, is one…
PlaceNazareth House, Durban
The official reopening of Nazareth House in Durban took place on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Members of the public had been invited to tour the facility and meet…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army'
The newly appointed British High Commissioner for Southern Africa delivers to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army, handover offenders. Frere who was…
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 12 February 2015
… The year 2015 marks 60 years of a historic moment in our history, when South Africans from all walks of life adopted … assisted with implementing the `Back…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015
… The year 2015 marks 60 years of a historic moment in our history, when South Africans from all walks of life adopted … assisted with implementing the `Back…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… in 2000. Destination Biafra is set in the background of Civil War in Nigeria (sometimes called the Biafran War) while … an example. This article forms part…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… 1. The year 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked … the Programme of Action provides an…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… returned to print at a critical moment in South African history, when many have turned their attention once again to …
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… Anon, (n.d.), ‘What happened on July 15’from Dates In History [online] Available at …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… leader Robert Sobukwe is released,’ from South African History Online, [online] Available at www.sahistory.org.za , …
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
… was declared the richest strike in South Africa's history. According to reports, no shares soared as rapidly as …
Imijondolo
… the images, which addresses the contemporary local history of the Inanda. By 1985, when Imijondolo was …
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Liquor Act, which was passed on 23 … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999) Southern African Political History…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… and the events that followed please visit our 'Cato Manor history feature'. *Please note that some sources claim that … [Accessed 10 June 2009]| Ulwazi Cato…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… thousands into political activity. Sources: South African History Online timelines. 1950s. Website: sahistory.org.za …
EventBhekisani Manyoni, artist, is born in Greytown
… 2010] Rankin, E.D (1989) Images of Wood: aspects of the history of sculpture in 20th-century South Africa, …
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… [Accessed: 23 June 2011] South African History Online, ‘The Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984’ …
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… we Sizwe - The campaign abroad,’from South African History Online, [online] Available at …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventKaunda announces nationalisation of Copper mines
… the Zambian economy. Click here to read the economic history of Zambia. Click here to read Zambia's economic …
EventA South African spy is released from jail
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Odile Harrington, a South African …
PlaceReitz
… annual rainfall of about 686mm. In its earliest recorded history, the site on which the town of Reitz developed was on …
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… some of the harshest experiences of modern colonial history - first at the hands of the Germany then from South … History World, "History of Namibia" , …