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ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
Abstract In 1994, South Africans were liberated from a system of apartheid which had controlled their lives for nearly fifty years. Twenty-one years later,…
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
In January 1995 an advertising campaign was launched to elicit public views on what should be in the Constitution. On 19 September the first consolidated draft…
PlaceSahlumbe
Sahlumbe, a Settlement along the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, established in the former Homeland of;…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
Bram Fischer, the former political activist was arrested in 1964 for being a member of the illegal organisation Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). He was…
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
English social worker and reformer Emily Hobhouse, renowned for her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and children during the Second…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
The Kingdom of Kongo was a large kingdom in the western part of central Africa. The name comes from the fact that the founders of the kingdom were KiKongo…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
1902 A Coloured people’s political organisation, African People’s Organisation (APO), previously known as the African Political Organisation is formed in Cape…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
1910 First general election that followed the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Only White males had the right to vote. 1915 Second general…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still…
June 17
The second day... was marked by uncontrollable fury and burning hostility...Police also assumed another attitude. They shot at random, and at anyone who would…
The Mountain Committee
A vast popular movement of resistance arose amongst the people in March 1960, and although meetings were illegal, they were held just the same and attended by…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
Together with civic organizations, the youth played an in important role in the struggle against apartheid in the Western Cape. The first youth congress named…
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
Issued by the Provisional Committee of the ANC Youth League in March 1944. PREAMBLE WHEREAS Africanism must be promoted i.e. Africans must struggle for …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… of South Africa from 1657 (first Hottentot War) until 1906 (Bambata's Rebellion) is the history of conquest. The …
Appeal for Action to stop Repression and Trial in South Africa: Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 8 October, 1963
I wish to express my deep gratitude for the privilege accorded to me to address this important body. It was with considerable reluctance that I applied for…
EventThe Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act commences
The Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 30 of 1956 came into effect, amending the 1951 Separate Representation of Voters Act No 46 of 1951 to…
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
123 White ministers and theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) family issued a statement in which apartheid in church…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
On 29 May 1976, the South African Electricity Supply Commission (ESKOM) announced its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France. These reactors…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
On 25 May 1996, two South Africans - Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, reached the summit of Mount Everest. This was the first official South African team to…
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
On 6 October 1902 the 3200km long railway line between Cape Town, South Africa and Beira in Mozambique was completed. The construction of the Beira Railway to…
EventNaledi High School is founded
Naledi High School, the site where historic anti-Bantu Education student uprisings were first felt, commemorated 50th anniversary on 8 June 2013. On 8 June…
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
The Victoria Falls Bridge was constructed in 1905 at the height of British penetration of Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The brainchild of Cecil Rhodes, the…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
On 13 September 1960, during the trial of David Beresford Pratt, two psychiatrists gave evidence about his mental condition. The case was heard at the Supreme…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
On 1 February 1963, a statement announcing the collapse of the Federation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (now Malawi) was made. In 1959, before the…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century (approximately1780 - 1850) was as follows: There were three groups of people: …
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate occasion to recall a little known but significant aspect of relations between India and South Africa…
PlaceCabo Verde
Cape Verde (or Cabo Verde as the nation now prefers to be called) is located on an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the West coast of Guinea-Bissau…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
The Mompati family Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Former President Thabo Mbeki and Madame Zanele Mbeki at home, Former President Kgalema Motlanthe and…