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ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… The main aim was to secure commercial and trade links with African societies and protect those links from other European … competitors. Europe established…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… increased from 16 400 in 1921 to 123 165 in 1949 and the African population from 29 022 to 109 543 during this period. … report. The Commission rejects the…
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… through joint projects with artists and academics. South African History Online has entered into a partnership with … photographic festival, will feature…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… history was a period of intense interaction among African communities and between the African communities and the Boers, the English colonies, the … as the…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… Act "Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African Native found himself, not actually a slave, but a … cash economy. The result was that…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as a … the Union of South Africa, their treatment after the South African War and numerous laws that…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… prostitution and illegal brewing in urban areas. The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General and … to General Barry Hertzogs efforts to influence…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… Native Affairs Act was yet another spin-off of the South African Native Affairs Commissions report of 1905. It paves … successful completion of the course…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 ……