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EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… nation". Click here to read South African History Online's chronology of President Thabo Mbeki Click here to read …
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… since the mass meetings of the Congress Alliance in the 1950s. The initial aim of the UDF was to oppose the … and Victoria Mxenge was elected as secretary…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… Apartheid and demand better education. Click here for a chronology of the June 16 uprising in the Western Cape. …
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… have been forced to adopt a different way of life. In the 1950s, several thousand San people were still hunting large … several years living with the !Kung…
EventANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… against the Apartheid government Click here for a broader chronology of apartheid legislation. Click here to read a …
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… Commission (TRC). Click here to read Robert McBride's chronology Source: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en …
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… References: Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology , Pretoria: Lapa. Potgieter, D.J. et al. …
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
BiographySonja Schlesin
… in India throughout her life, teaching became her main focus. Her favourite subject was Latin and in her 22 …
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… eight months before she was banned, so she became the main breadwinner for the family. She managed to find a job in …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… to achieve national liberation developed during the 1950s – and this bond extended into the exile years and … bond built up in exile post 1950. From the…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… Resistance. References: http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/special-chrono/defiance-campaign.htm …
EventNational Party wins national elections
… at: africanhistory.about.com/ [Accessed 09 June 2010] Chronology of Important Events: South Africa Table of …
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventNP holds federal congress
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ArticleNational Party (NP)
… the National Party, and to lay down its principles. The main aim was to direct the people’s ambitions and beliefs … groups made the SAP's rule more difficult…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… trade unions. In the army only white people could serve main roles like being a soldier, Black people were given … 1960 Internal resistance against apartheid…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… The experiences of Sophiatown's community in the 1940s and 1950s have been captured for posterity by Can Themba , Bloke … of Sophiatown and the stiffening of…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… Resistance to the pass laws intensified during the 1950s, and various protests took place. These included … aftermath of World War II and continued growing…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… in the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in the 1950s. She was one of the organizers of the historic … contact with the ANC leadership in Botswana …
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
… violence. John Jacques William Aitchison was one of the main movers that led to the Joint Staff Association of the …
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… involving South Africa was also made. Click here to read a chronology on the UN and Apartheid Source: Fraser, R …