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Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
June 18, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Amandla! Magazine — A defining feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive…
Colonial history of Polokwane
When the Voortrekkers arrived in the region, they set up settlements in various locations. One of the earliest settlements, in 1836, was in the Zoutpansberg,…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
On 12 June 2005, Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI died in a hospital in Polokwane, Limpopo Province. Rain Queen Modjadji VI is a direct descendent of one of the…
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ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909 1900 The East London Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refugees from war in the Transvaal and the…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The Mozambique Liberation Front, popularly known by its Portuguese acronym, FRELIMO (Frente…
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
Thirty years after the first Treason trial in 1956, 16 members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) were accused of treason in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. Though the Act’s stated purpose was to…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
1946 Passive Resistance Campaign Introduction ↵ An acute labour shortage forced White settlers in Natal to plead to the Indian Government to send its…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
1919 Formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). 1924 Introduction of Industrial Conciliation Act. 1941 Formation of…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
1968 December SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. 1969 July 1 SASO…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
In this period early African political organisations were formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the African National Congress. 1866 …
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
1968 December, SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. 1969 1 July, SASO…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
1862 The first documented football matches in South Africa are played in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (between White civil servants and soldiers). 1879 …
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
1825 Mzilikazi's arrival in Transvaal region. 1836 Andries Potgieter's arrives in the area north of the Vaal. 1837 Mzilikazi defeated by the…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
South Africa, Johannesburg, Poert Mzwakhe Mbuli, UDF concert 1989 The State of Emergency's continued bannings and repression only led to reveal the fact that…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) in 1945. Its…
Polokwane the Segregated city
Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics Forced removals in the…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
1859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
Causes of the French Revolution Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past…
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Minister in the Presidency responsible for youth affairs, Essop Pahad, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Premier of…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
1904 6 January, The settler Frau Sonnenberg tells German soldiers stationed at the Waterberg, including the Sergeant in charge, Sergeant Rademacher, that…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
Photograph of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the southern and south…
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
After the Goldstone Commission's first disclosure of the complicity of elements of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in violence in South Africa on 16…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
In September and October 1977, the apartheid government stiffened its resolve to end the nationwide student unrest that broke out in Soweto in June 1976…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
The first treason trial in South African history post apartheid regime is under way amid high security at the Pretoria High Court, with a group of alleged…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
… in two takes. On the latter version Steve does the spoken intro: “Into each life a little rain must fall”, and at the …
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
In the early days of the Free State, citizenship was limited to the White population only. This became part of the constitution in 1854, and included those who…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
Indian immigration into Natal brought with it strained relations and severe problems and conflicts between the White colonists and the new arrivals. Within a…