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PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
The double-storey building which, together with the adjacent St George's Cathedral, was designed by Herbert Baker, replaced the original school which was…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
Martin Luther King, Junior, an African-American clergyman who orchestrated social change through non-violent methods was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta,…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in South Africa Conditions in Rustenburg point to deprivation throughout the segregation and…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
Within the old South Africa, 10 homelands were created. The 'separate development' policies (Apartheid) of H.F. Verwoerd resulted in the 'awarding' of 'self…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice and action…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
ENEMIES DEPEND UPON EACH OTHER to sustain their wars and, if neither is a clear-cut winner in that process, no less so if they make peace. This was so on…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial pieces of Apartheid legislation. It prohibited adultery, attempted…
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… leadership again during the historic mineworkers strike of 1946 under the revolutionary leadership of JB Marks, Thabo … waged by our workers during the mine…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… against the foreign conquest. The 40th anniversary of the 1946 passive resistance campaign and the 25th anniversary of … workers, as black workers and as…
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… was born in Verulam, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in 1946. He spent most of his adult life in Mpumalanga township, …
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions",…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact Government in which the push for independence from Britain…
References and links: Local History
Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria:…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… and the present lighthouse was rebuilt near the site after 1946. The first eight street lamps were lit in Durban. This …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
ABSTRACT Heinz Klug is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. Klug believed that…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
Introduction European interest in Zimbabwe can be traced to the 18th century. This began with the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1858, who befriended…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
This article was written by Meghan Knapp and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract The African National…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… people) and Kwesimnyama (for Coloured people). Around 1946 the government built small four roomed houses in an area …
PlaceNiger
… of the Tuareg had been broken. Through the reforms of 1946, France’s African subjects, were in theory granted full …
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
A message from Dr. Y. M. Dadoo to the Indian people Brothers and Sisters The struggle against apartheid and for Freedom has entered a newdecisive phase…
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya was born on 7 January 1991 to her parents Dorus and Jacob Semenya. She was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village near Polokwane. As a child,…
BiographyDulcie Howes
"Nothing Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
Dr Stella Nyanzi was born in Masaka District, Buganda Kingdom in Uganda on 16 June 1974. Also known as Nnalongo (which means mother of twins), she is a medical…
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu was born on 28 February 1969 in KwaMashu, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She was the fifth daughter born to Sonnyboy Nkwana and…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
1928 December 26, Derrick John McBride, Robert McBride's father, is born in his parent's home in Rockey Street, Johannesburg. He is the darkest complexioned…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The emergence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the adoption…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… of the Congress Youth League," Inkundla ya Bantu, May 1946 The history of modern times is the history of … A. M. LEMBEDE, "National Units," Ilanga lase Natal…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) amalgamated.[1…
ArchiveTried for treason
Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition on the Treason Trial of 1956-1961 opening on 27th February 1996 at the Museum Africa, Johannesburg. …
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 as a reaction to inequalities and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a…