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EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
During apartheid, the term "Coloured" was used to refer to group of people generally considered to be of mixed race origin. Coloured people, throughout the…
The people armed, 1984-1990
Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts to break up a demonstration…
Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald,
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas7 to James Ramsay…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. While pofadder means: 'Puff Adder'-(a type of snake). This town was named not for a…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
1920 The Housing Act is passed. This Act made funds available for the government to house the poor. “The resultant estates were required to be racially…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
The history of the struggle against racial oppression and exclusion in South Africa is inextricably intertwined with the struggle of workers against…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
The rounding of the Cape and the establishment of the trade route to the Far East had far reaching consequences not just for the Cape, but for Southern Africa…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) or Dutch East India Company came into being on 20 March 1602 and is seen as the first company that issued shares to…
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
On 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van Riebeeck set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed…
The trade union movement and the burden of the future by Monique Marks
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Progressive social movement organisations in South Africa, including…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal's first ministry as Prime Minister
On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir John Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who…
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
The Ueckermann family features prominently in the history of Heidelberg, Gauteng. Heinrich Julius Friedrich Christian Ueckermann (1827-1883) is widely regarded…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
Forty years ago, in the early hours of January 8th 1978, a 36-year old political philosopher was shot dead in his Durban home by ‘person or persons unknown’…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969 1960 March 16, The Boycott Movement, in London, is renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). Tennyson Makiwane, Vella…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions where students have to use sources to answer the question. The…
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
Burkina Faso: Echoes of Revolution Past Ernest Harsch discusses the enduring appeal and influence of the revered revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara. There is…
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
The name of the Observatory refers to W.J. Hussey and a good friend of his, R.P. Lamont. Hussey and Lamont were University students in engineering in Michigan,…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… militarist who had used martial law to crush the 1913 white miners strike and deport its leaders without …
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…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
This period began with the intensification of the anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit separately. After the onset of apartheid Black South Africans…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
Oppressed people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the great name of Abraham Lincoln. There was an issue involving…
“I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work in a time of mass joblessness by Hannah Dawson
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Why would young Black South African men refuse low wage jobs in a time…
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
On 18 January 2020, Peter “Terror” Mathebula South Africa’s first black world champion boxer died. Mathebula was born on 3 July 1952, in Transvaal (now Gauteng…
EventSA signs investment incentive agreement with the USA
The signing of the investment incentive agreement between South Africa and the US in 1993 ensured that the two countries would develop cordial relations. Since…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for incitement of Blacks to…
PlacePorterville
Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established a small colony on the Cape of Good…
PlaceJagersfontein
Jagersfontein is home to one of the oldest and largest, diamond Mine holes in the World. This Town is located South-West of Bloemfontein. A 50-carat diamond…
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate
Vergelegen Wine Estate is situated in an exclusive upmarket Area of Somerset West, about 50 km East of Cape Town. The Area was named after Lord Charles…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Serving the orders upon me at the union office was the first of a series of blunders on Swart's part. For many months the committee had been discussing what…