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ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
RIVONIA: THE STORY OF ACCUSED NO.11, by Bob Hepple On 11 July 1963, I was one of seven men arrested at the Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, near Johannesburg…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought to Natal between 1860 and 1911 to develop the sugar industry in this…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
1919 The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) is formed in Cape Town after World War I, with a membership of 24. The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU)…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) conference in Johannesburg. Boesak…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
1919 Formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). 1924 Introduction of Industrial Conciliation Act. 1941 Formation of…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… and Makgatho. It published weekly in English in Pretoria. 1913 The Land Act of 1913 is passed. The Act is yet another piece of legislation …
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
Aliens in South Africa, 1860-1914
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
The period after the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African Congress (PAC), especially after the…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
South Africa’s Radical Tradition: A documentary history, Volume two 1943 – 1964. Edited by Alison Drew.Part oneHarry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation!…
Migrant Labour in Southern Africa: 1910-1970’s
ArticleCape Town Women’s Food Committee c.1946 -1953
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
When the First World War broke out in August 1914, the British Government called upon the dominions in the British Empire to come to its assistance. The South…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
Background Before P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a process for constitutional reforms. A commission headed by…
Speeches and Public Statements: Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
A collection of speeches and public statements that relate to the Rivonia Trial. These are text files and transcriptions from various sources, some were…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in January 1973, the government and employers were shocked, and they responded mainly by giving in…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… (SAIC - 1919). During the Gandhi campaigns of 1908 and 1913 a large section of the Indian community demonstrated its …
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… IN HIS COUNTRY, SOUTH AFRICA. I was born on the 1st June, 1913 in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, Natal, South … women worked. ............... My…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
ALBERTI, Ludwig. 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape Town: AA Balkema. ALEXANDER, James…
The Battle of Square Hill
Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… Greenacre (1909 - 10 ) FC Hollander (1910 - 13) W Holmes (1913 - 15) JH Nicolson (1915 - 18) T Burman (1918 - 20) T …
Delegates in attendance at the SANNC Founding Conference in 1912
The topic is under development. To conduct your research follow the links to SAHO features and external sites relating to content in and around the topic that…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… Panama Railroad Company and used as a cruise ship, and in 1913 she was sold to the Royal Mail Line who renamed her the …
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… by Seme appears on the Natal newspaper ILanga Lase Natal . 1913 Seme establishes the South African Native Farmers …