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Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… depression, which started in 1929, had a serious effect on South African economic life. By 1930, industrial … the union was very active and aroused a…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… While today it might be filled with office workers on their lunch break and curious tourists feeding the … East India Company's refreshment station…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… these groups have been conceptualised. The first focusses on the formation of a South African nation used these four … systematic oppression enacted by the…
Sadecque Variava
… Early life and schooling Sadecque Variava was born on 8 July 1949 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern … students having to return to classes after going…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… Cricket Association and serving as its representative on the Natal Cricket Board of Control. He served as its … for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) in…
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hundred years ago, a group of Dutch … its headquarters in Batavia, but waged full…
PlaceNoordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula
… to the time of the earliest white settlers some time after Jan van Riebeck arrived in the Cape in 1652 , it is not … inhabitants were Khoi nomads and…
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
… Today, on our Freedom Day, we are also gathered here to unveil yet … of our people. This language is now extinct as no one lives who speaks it as his or her…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… Africa. The part of the route that some historians agree on is based on radiocarbon dates for sites along the way. Others argue … to occupy that area for…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… Picture of the Year Contest. 1960 Double page coverage on Sharpeville Funeral in Time Magazine. 1963 Worked as a … days. Magubane was made to stand for 5…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… in progress that will be added to over time. Please click on the contribute icon on this page if you would like to add … the Minister of the Interior by the…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now … of Old Cape Families) in 1882. De Villiers…
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… along with wild animals and other natural obstacles on the way to a developed society. This society was to be … wrote: "Africa ... is the unhistorical,…
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… adopted in San Francisco by the United Nations Conference on International Organisations. The preamble to the charter was based on a draft which South…
UCT Summer School 2020
… Summer School. Local and South African History MASSACRE ON THE FRONTIERS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD: 1780–1820 … – offer fascinating insights into the…
ArchiveCelebrating 25 years of Democracy and Freedom
… they made him break rocks, thinking they were breaking his spirit. Ha, Ha, Ha Little that they know they were preparing …
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… commandant, politician and scout Johannes Willem Viljoen (Jan) died in the Marico district, Western Transvaal. Together … Many people, as well as his…
ArchiveLegislation and race relations: a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations
… laws which affect race relations. Acts from 1909 to 1948 include among others those relating to political rights, … the African Reserves, housing and…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… those in the other are ordinary human beings, that each lives and laughs the same way, that each experiences joy or … before the advent of the Nationalist…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… became heavily restricted as German control grew and on 11 January 1904 the leader of the Herero, Samuel Maharero … Nama and Herero had claimed between 65…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing … Communism Act and proclaim 1 May as Freedom Day, calling on all…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Native Unrest
… both locally and in Britain have become hardened, while on the other hand the black man himself, under the guidance … War, salaries which never enabled them…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… situation in South Africa. The massacre took place on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, then the capital of Ciskei (an … President FW de Klerk. Prior to a planned…
Solitary confinement
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner … to the window. The window was right up; I had to stand on something - the…
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… into a series of wells by means of wooden and iron pipes. On top of the well a pump house would be built and equipped … According to local tradition, the…
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 May 1986. Geldenhys, began the Dutch Reformed Churches … of this land for recreational use…
EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Commander Jan van Riebeeck in 1652, upon establishing a maritime … outside walls to be protected by cross-fire…
EventWits attains full university status
… inauguration of the University was duly celebrated. Prof Jan Hofmeyr became the first principal. Construction on the new University buildings began at Milner…
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… symbol of the state is the Coat of arms. It is stamped on several of important documents which include: your birth … school and marriage certificates. It can…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… Witwatersrand University Press, 1994. Van Riebeeck, Jan. Journal of Jan van Riebeeck , Volumes 1 and 2. Cape Town, Balkema, 1952. …