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EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… South Africans were systematically dispossessed of their land access via the 1913 Land Act. Later, under apartheid (after 1948) the division …
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
President Nelson Mandela earned worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103,…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… party built on “the philosophy of Ubuntu”, ADeC believes land expropriation should be funded with reparations from the … structures, the reintroduction of…
ArticleRock Art
… across the sky, which when captured, is brought to the land requiring rain, it is then cut so that its blood can "rain" over the land. Kaggen, the mantis, it…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… for the broken Africans to stabilise themselves on the land permanently as agrarians, as agriculturists, as a …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… should be allowed. Asiatics could no longer acquire land through companies though they were still able to acquire land through nominees. A register was to…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education The transition from apartheid to democracy, from White…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… bullets, Africans fought grimly in defence of their land and their national independence. The armed struggle was … government schemes that interfered with…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… the Zulu were gradually stripped of most of their arable land. There was widespread poverty, made worse by a series of … and resentment. White farmers…
PlaceSwakopmund, Namibia
… of this deadly coastline also earned it the moniker “The Land God Made in Anger” by indigenous San people. Other …
PlaceHarrismith, Free State
… in the Republic of South Africa proving important land trade routes. The town is situated midway between Durban …
PlacePrincess Vlei Conservation Area
… Princess Vlei become known as: ' Claremont Beach' or 'Gala Land'- This is when a special event, usually hosted by a …
PlaceLaingsburg, Karoo
… integral to the History and Heritage of South Africa, a land of so many Cultures and Customs. Laingsburg, initially …
Document 46 - D. Tloome, “The Origin and Development of Non-European Trade Unions”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 27 February 1953, Viewpoints and Perspectives. L 1,21 February 1953
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 46 - D. Tloome, "The Origin and Development of…
The Appeal Court hands down a landmark decision in the case Rikhoto v. East Rand Administration Board (ERAB)
The Appeal Court hands down a landmark decision in the case Rikhoto v. East Rand Administration Board (ERAB) granting him the right to permanent urban status…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… Anti-Apartheid Committee, ANC Constitution Committee, ANC Land Commission, CODESA, comparative law, constitutional law … the ANC Constitution Committee and…
From 2-9 August, police find seventy-five unidentified bodies of residents in the East Rand area.
SAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail at the end of April.
Eleven residents are killed in a night attack on Mandela View squatter camp, Katlehong, East Rand.
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… delivery protest, protest against undemocratic laws or land distribution has become integral part of the society, … Campaign, Operation Khanyisa, Abahlali…
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",…
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today 20-23 September 2011 The 100th anniversary of the African National…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
Introduction This year, 2009, the people of South Africa celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Harare Declaration, a significant document adopted by an OAU…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
Key facts and history of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview: Burkina Faso's poor economic outlook and…
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert 24/3/98, Johannesburg Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by…
EventEdgar Wallace (56), author and newspaper editor in South Africa, dies in Hollywood.
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London in 1875. His mother, unmarried and struggling to make a living, gave him up for adoption when he was nine…
Joint statement by ANC Commission on Religious Affairs and SACC, 18 September 2009
Leaders representing the Commission for Religious Affairs (CRA) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met at Chief Albert Luthuli House in…
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
Todd Tozama Matshikiza was born to a musical family in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on 7 March 1921. He obtained music and teaching diplomas and took up a…
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) imminent, thousands of Black men and women were left stranded in Johannesburg. The mines…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
Jack Penn, a well known plastic and reconstructive surgeon, was born on 14 August 1909 in Cape Town. Penn later moved with his family to Johannesburg, where he…