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EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… established, it ushered in a period in which the existing political trends grew in tempo, scope and force. The …
EventSt James Church massacre
… crimes for which amnesty was sought be shown to have a political motivation and that applicants make full disclosure …
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… Despite the fact that there was a growing fear that her political career would be tarnished by testimonies against …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began his political career as a lawyer after completing his studies at …
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… implemented the policy of apartheid. Following decades of political turmoil, South Africa became a democracy under the …
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… Pietersburg. The writer Peter Abrahims and artists and political activists such as Ernest Mancoba, also attended the …
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… outside Jamaica. He began to address the issues of social, political and economic equality for black people and set …
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… immediate consequence was a dispute over who would assume political authority. The UN Force Commander Lieutenant …
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… like the growing inequality among South Africans and political and economic instability in the region caused by a …
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
… with the publication of the; 'Indian Opinion'. Engaging in political activity and continuing to maintain the Phoenix …
PlaceCR Swart Building
… chairperson Kgotso Morapela, the province's other large political party, they supported the name change. “It is the …
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… methods of compromise and collaboration, took over Indian political leadership in 1945. A deputation led by the …
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Company, together with their socio-economic and religio-political problems until the present time. Many years ago, …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… it brought to an end almost two decades of African political inactivity, it gave rise to a generation of black … and their feelings of inferiority, and…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 93th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2005
… and the world. Three important moments will mark our political calendar this year. The first of these will be the … people, it remains still a people's…
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… Anton, telling him to give himself up. They did not hear a response. Heavily armed with automatic rifles and explosives, … made one last attempt at getting…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
n the sixties, discotheques and disc jockeys were unheard of. For us growing up in a youthful new era of popular culture and optimism, live bands and the music…
PlaceChad
… Chad was largely populated by a series of less centralised political and social groups [xlvi] . Groups of elders or a … a hierarchical power structure, the…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… is used “The Bantu must demand equal economic, social and political rights . . .” [9] . The term was therefore used to …
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… of nationalism was accompanied by the development of political organisations. …
The Black Face of Apartheid
… confrontational with the state. Older and more cautious political leaders feared that open militancy would undermine …
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… other liberation organizations and most of the NIC?s political involvement at the time was done under their …
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Act in April 1960, were forced to conduct their political activities underground. …
Say It out Loud - Protest against the Women’s Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931
… made by Ministers of the Crown and members of their political party. That in view of the constant whittling away … nor was he given any rights. Non-Europeans…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… of the Native problem. In dealing with the problem of that political representation of Africans in the Union, the Act … on such aspects of Native…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… outlook of the non-Europeans. ”¢ The Segregationist political organisations and efforts of the non-Europeans. ”¢ … [....] Let us turn now to the…
The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… historical and racial conditions there are very large political problems in the background which always press for … that progress has been. But although we…
Chapter 10
… last few chapters we have described the highest level of political development reached by the people, as expressed by … it has still a great deal of leeway…
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial …
EventVerwoerd's grandson joins ANC
… the people his grandfather made to suffer because of their political ideologies, while hoping that his contribution …