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ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first Europeans set foot…
ArchiveThe struggle for land and housing in the East London Metropolitan Area: Report presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1993
… The Struggle for Land and Housing in the East London Metropolitan Area: Report … Black Sash National Conference on 3 April 1993 discussing housing,…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… have been selected to gain a deeper understanding of South African History. These key turning points in South African … greater volume. Journalists who…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… The South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) was formed in … common voters roll. The SACPO also collaborated with the African National Congress …
BiographyJohannes (Joe) Modise
… Johannes Modise, or Joe, as he is known to family, friends and comrades, was born in Doornfontein, … was as a driver for various companies. Modise joined the…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… partnership project Abstract The Federation of South African Women founded in 1954 and was a federation of … maternity homes, childcare, universal education,…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… unions merged to form one trade union called South African Trades and Labour Council (SATLC), popularly known as … Co-ordinating Committee led to the…
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
… of Parliament for Vasco from 1953 to 1961. The De Villiers family moved to Caledon and after his first year of schooling … in 1979. In April 1979 De Villiers…
Thambi Naidoo and his Family - The Story of Thambi Naidoo, a lieutenant of Gandhi in the Satyagraha in South Africa, and of his family which sacrificed for five generations in the struggle for a free South Africa by E.S. Reddy
… of Gandhi in the Satyagraha in South Africa, and of his family which sacrificed for five generations in the struggle … a free South Africa by E. S. Reddy…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… Paper On The Group Areas Act And Its Effects On The Indian People Of Natal, May … the non-white population of the country. As far as the African people are…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… of land in the reserves. Even before the formation of the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU), miners engaged in a series … than many detribalised and partly…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… one of his deputy presidents. 1990 January, Eight veteran African National Congress (ANC) leaders, together with the … Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) and the…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… Following the wave of independence which swept the African continent in the 1960s, integration schemes became an … economic growth and development in…
BiographyHendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
… in London Steyn was recognised as the authority on South African affairs by virtue of his mature experience, sound … doctorate for her untiring work in…
ArchiveHousing Crisis in Soweto with particular reference to the increase in rentals: Conference Paper presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1978
… Housing Crisis in Soweto with particular reference to the … rentals, Bantu Affairs Administration Act, lack of housing, qualifications for housing,…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… House of Commons despite petitions and protests from the African majority. 1910 31 May, The Union of South Africa is … This marks the political…
BiographyVirginia Engel
… were arrested and imprisoned or transferred to rural areas. As a young High School student she participated in … against teachers. She joined the National…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) … Roos as spokesperson for a group that included the South African Coloured People’s…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… his sympathy towards the Afrikaner nation after the South African War. The Verwoerd family settled in Wynberg, Cape Town for ten years, after … and strikes…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… in a period of dramatic opposition to apartheid – the African National Congress (ANC) and its military wing … making some concessions to urban Blacks, in the…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 2014
… The South African general elections: 2014 …
BiographyPeter Becker
… the syllabus of white primary schools. Fluent in several African languages himself, it was during these years of … of others. During school holidays he set…
ArchiveMinutes: Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg, 26 February 1976
… Minutes: Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg, 26 February 1976 …
Sir Benjamin D’Urban, Cape Governor (1834-1837), is born in Suffolk, England.
… Sir Benjamin D’Urban, Cape Governor (1834-1837), is born in Suffolk, England. …
Richard Victor Selope Thema
… British troops stationed in Pietersburg during the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2) . After the declaration of … became an important medium for the…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working people from what was regarded as a … the slaves and Mulattos – San Martino…
ArchiveSoccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries, 1960s
… Soccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries. … Soccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries,…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… South Africa. Various types of armed resistance spread to urban parts of the country when more organised political … the Sharpeville incident, a meeting…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… who participated in the Defiance Campaign formed the South African People's Congress. The following year, the South African People's Congress met with the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… In this period early African political organisations were formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the African National Congress. 1866 The…