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EventThe lengthy trial of Gandar and Pogrund ends
… trial of Laurence Gandar and Benjamin Pogrund, of the Rand Daily Mail, on charges under the Prisons Act, ends with …
ArchiveMinutes of the National Conference of the Black Sash held in Port Elizabeth
… Pass Laws, Influx Control, boycotts, unrest, closure of Rand Daily Mail, prisons, pensions, marriage laws, U.I.F., …
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… armed struggle to topple apartheid. We remember the Pondo revolt in 1960 at Ngquza. And they (Pondos) gave us Oliver …
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… as governor and was instrumental in the suppression of the revolt of the Wahehe people in 1896. On attaining the rank of …
EventJustice Coetzee refuses to lift banishment on four Black newspapers
… In the Rand Supreme Court, Justice Coetzee, refused to lift the …
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… 1983 July, Asvat comes into conflict with the West Rand Administration Board (WRAB) when he rehouses homeless … the campaign was successful in convincing the…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… Transvaal. From April, for example, there was an open mass revolt under way in the Marico district. Meanwhile the same … unskilled workers: "This may result…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… The armed wing was established in 1966 and an armed revolt immediately began. It succeeded SWAPO’s first army, …
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… and farm-workers in the areas as well as, in the Lebowa revolt of 1986. To summarize, SAYCO had brought together …
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… officer and two children, were killed in the eastern Rand township of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which …
EventSir James Liege Hulett dies in Durban, South Africa
… Sir Hulett founded Tongaat Hulett Sugar, a multi-billion rand JSE Security Exchange, listed company. He also had a …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… 100 years since Yusuf Dadoo was born in Krugersdorp, West Rand on 5 September. Today, he like many activists of the …
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… the Main gold reef in 1886. The first payable gold on the Rand was extracted by the Strubens on this site. It was … the Main gold reef in 1886. The first…
EventJudas Mahlangu, South African graphic artist, is born
… African graphic artist, was born in Brakpan, on the East Rand (now Gauteng). In 1982 Mahlangu started working at the …
EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
… Pound sterling, the Rhodesian Dollar and the South African Rand at different stages. The Kwacha is divided into hundred …
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… pre-election fighting in Thokoza township on the East Rand, just two weeks before South Africans went to the polls …
PlaceGermiston
… In 1921, the world's largest gold refinery known as the ' Rand Refinery ' was established here. After that, Germiston … Metropolitan Municipality which…
ArchiveA study of the theoretical aspects of ANC mobilisational methods in the Eastern Cape Townships of Cradock and Port Alfred, 1980-1988
… Artium in National Strategy in the Faculty of Arts at the Rand Afrikaans University.This dissertation investigates …
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… before it is too late, before we are caught in a bloody revolt which would necessarily polarise along racial lines …
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… may, I fear, ultimately lead to bloodshed and even open revolt by the oppressed people - a situation which we have …
PlacePhillipton
… war of 1850-53 the Khoi residents of Philipton rose in revolt, leading to the destruction of the settlement. Thomas …
EventANC's Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… country, with specific reference to KwaZulu-Natal and the Rand where things were getting out of hand. On the very same …
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… down a landmark decision in the case Rikhoto v. East Rand Administration Board (ERAB), granting him the right to …
EventANC’s Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… country, with specific reference to KwaZulu-Natal and the Rand where things were getting out of hand. On the very same …
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… was the first mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metro on the East Rand before he was posted to Uganda. He was tried in the …
EventTwenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.
… from South Africa’s Chamber of Mines. The Ingersoll-Rand rescue drill was kept at Witbank, Mpumalanaga. This kind …
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
… strike of black journalists ends. Six days later, in the Rand Supreme Court, Justice Coetzee, refused to lift the …
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… In 1928 the CPSA called for Black majority rule. The Rand Rebellion 1922 During the post WW1 period the Chamber of … Witwatersrand areas reacted strongly and…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… In 1928 the CPSA called for Black majority rule. The Rand Rebellion 1922 During the post WW1 period the Chamber of … Witwatersrand areas reacted strongly and…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… activities that had engulfed KwaZulu-Natal and the Rand, were due to the government's inability of putting …