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Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… 1970 Early in 1970, the South African Communist Party (SACP) convenes a special meeting. … of armed actions inside the country. June, The South African…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… and people for slavery from countries, such as Africa. African countries became dependent on colonizing “mother” … trans-Saharan trade routes between Songhay…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… of Civil Engineering from 1910, initially at the South African College, the forerunner of UCT, until his death in … asked us all to wear academic gowns – yes…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… employers. TUCSA had long paid lip service to the ideal of African unions registered under the same legislation as … for this line. Buoyed by a mandate in…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer, musician, and arranger that became known … messages, instill courage, and inspire hope among the African…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… 100 meters final at the Olympic Games in 1908. The South African Reg Walker is the athlete on the right At the … a representative team to the Games in London…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… South Africa in 1924. Their main opposition was the South African Party (SAP) , led by General Jan Smuts , who had been … Pact Government had to work on…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… 1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK … Indian Congress he was introduced to members of the South African Communist Party…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… labor 1922 Army quells miners' strike, killing 214 1941 African workers formed the African Mine Workers Union 1943 In order to stave off the growing unrest…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… 1902 A Coloured people’s political organisation, African People’s Organisation (APO) , previously known as the African Political Organisation is formed in…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… begun to forge differences between the experience of African and white women. African men were no longer part of the traditional homestead … both town and…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… tribes. In an attempt to divide and conquer, the South African government, which ruled the country, claimed that … These minerals were part of the motivation…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… the many years of revolution, 1966 – 1990. The South African government also believed that by holding onto … Angola would be kept further away from South…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… the Cape Colony . 26 February, Mahatma Gandhi supports the African Peoples Organisations resolution to declare the day … newspaper Imvo Zabantsundu (Black…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… Art Gallery Museum Africa Pretoria Art Museum South African National Gallery (SANG) Slave Lodge The Owl House … Wits School of Arts (WSOA) THEATRES AND…
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… or Boerejode (plural) is the term used to identify South African Jews who have acculturated themselves to the … [i] . The identity group differentiates…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… While Abdullah Ibrahim is by no means the only South African musician to use jazz for political goals, the … ‘international’ performance styles, and only a…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Africa’s White community in the 1950s, Gilder followed the African National Congress into exile in 1976. He aided the … officer. Key Words Barry Gilder,…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… affairs remained important throughout apartheid. The South African government needed to rely on the external community for certain products and as a market…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… dwellers, bubblegum music of the 80's, and Imibongo (African praise poetry). Great South African music legends such as Miriam Makeba and Brenda Fassie ……
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… Mann, like Kier Hardie before him, criticized the South African Labour Party (SALP) for its neglect of African workers, and urged the white labour movement…
ArticleList of parties 2009 Elections
… African National Congress Democratic Alliance Congress of the … Democrats United Democratic Movement Freedom Front Plus African Christian Democratic Party…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… Historians argue that the rushed imperial conquest of the African continent by the European powers started with King … on the causes and results of European…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… University Albert Luthuli's place in the history of South African liberation movements derives primarily from his two crowning achievements: President of the…
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… boys to school at Matsieng in Lesotho. They held South African passports and visited family from time to time or … at Maseru bridge or elsewhere in Lesotho…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… the Boipatong Massacre of 17 June 1992 would result in the African National Congress calling off multilateral … ANC did not intervene. Furthermore, the…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… States (US) economic blockade – expended in support of African liberation struggles. Cuba supported the armed … with provisional governments and independent…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… from the colonies. These changes included taking land from African people and giving it to the growing number of … or crops as was the practice before…
Address at the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 12 October 2000
… of the role and place of the institution of traditional African government in our democracy. Many of our country's … was possible. I am convinced that we…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… the status quo of white supremacy as well as control the African labour needed for rapid industrial development … by Africans. The lack of infrastructure in…