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Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… was confined to a particular district and was precluded from occupying an office in any trade union or political organisation. He was also prohibited from…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… apartheid law authorised the forced removal of Africans from “any area in the magisterial district of Johannesburg.” … This Act was specifically instituted…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… Cradle of Humankind - ( Gauteng ) This article uses images from the Wikipedia article "List of World Heritage Sites in … a million contracted workers passed…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… gold coins used to trade spices, silks and other luxuries from India. At the time there was a shortage of gold and … Sierra Leone and Elmina to protect their…
ArticleNdebele
… Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and adjacent areas and the Ndebele people of … groups that were the ancestors of the…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… prior attempts at requesting slaves for the settlement from the Heren XVII. On 28 March 1658, the Dutch merchantman, … of Cape slavery which prevented the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer … listen to those people who are trying to keep you away from school, who are saying this and this…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… Yet, in the same year, ANC leader Chris Hani, speaking from exile, warned: Existing statistics indicate that we are … to address the crisis. His successor,…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… National Party, opposed to the United Party, broke away from the NP. They formed the Reunited National Party or … the government. As a result of the mounting…
ArticleGrade 5 term 1 timeline: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… homes and had to give up their land Thousands of San died from diseases such as small pox 1917 The Lynton panel was removed from the Lynton farm in the…
Khoisan Identity
… an indigenous population of South Africa is at present far from resolved, and the wider question of Khoisan identity … years. However, with the arrival of…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… and how it affected people. What was apartheid? Translated from the Afrikaans meaning 'apartness', apartheid was the … In basic principles, apartheid did not…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… White settlement in the eastern Transvaal at Ohrigstad, from which a rival community soon broke away to found … was the family of Louis Johannes Nel, who had…
Conflict among civic organisations
… divisions was race. For instance, CAHAC drew its support from coloured civic organisations. 21 civic organisation … the WCCA in 1982. The WCCA represented…
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… and gather wild plants to survive. They also move around from place to place, following a nomadic way of life. The … section Social organisation The San…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… 1919 Mohamed Kathrada and his wife Hawa, immigrants from India, arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the … for civil disobedience. 1947 January,…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… by the Department of Education)). This excerpt from Van Riebeeck's diaries describes with surprising … remained the central question in South Africa to this…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… of people and destroying property. Some black people died from so-called black-on-black violence, and many others were … Sisulu, Kathrada, Mhlaba and…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
… West Africa. Some early Eastern Bantu speakers moved south from this homeland, along the edge of the Congo, to Angola … indicates that Nguni people had once…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… . Discrimination against Indians – Indians were excluded from receiving pensions according to this Act. South Africa … Council that emigration to Natal is…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… and anti-imperialist agenda draws inspiration from the broad Marxist-Leninist and Fanonian schools of … in order to undo the oppression which resulted…
Glossary: Transport through time
… in many places. Coral reef Hard ridge in warm seas, made from the skeletons of very small sea animals that can be also … puts the fuel alight to start an…
The Afrikaner Bond
… became an effective mobiliser of Afrikaner political power from its beginnings in 1880 to its dissolution in 1911. It … for the Afrikaners, as they were…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… as Freedom Day and people of all races to stay away from work to demonstrate support for freedom. The ANC does … the meeting. By this time, Dr Alfred Bitini…
ArticleDISA Archive
… particularly the struggle for freedom during the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994, … the selection of the content, and…
Zulu Community
… the first known inhabitants of the Durban area arrived from the north around 100,000 BC. Little is known of the … to the KwaZulu-Natal coast while searching…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently exported from the Western Cape to the Afrikaner Republics of the … are the descendents of slaves brought to…
Indian education in Natal
… was taken that an Inspector (Education) should be obtained from the Government of Madras, India. The School Board also … in town had been prevented by the 9…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… and the removal of White criminals entering the state from elsewhere." There were nine licensed Indian, traders in … Chinaman, a Coolie or any other Asiatic…
A growing urban African population
… by increased revenue following South Africa's departure from the Gold Standard, the JCC managed to provide … alternative housing for communities earmarked…