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Mission Stations - N-S
Mission Stations - N NAAUWPOORT, also known as NAAUWPOORT JUNCTION, Cape: DGT NABILEYO, Flagstaff, Cape: No data available NABIS, Namibia: RM NAKEEKE,…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
South African History Online believes that history is made every day and to that effect we have compiled what we feel are the key historical events of 2013. We…
Mission Stations - M
MAASDORP, Stockenstrom, Cape: UC. Believed to have acted as an outstation only. MABAALSTAD, also known as EMMAUS, Transvaal: HM 1868 MABETSHA, Ngqeleni,…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and the Annual Surveys of the SAIRR. These…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
In the 1980s the National Party witnessed a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
1970 16 February, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of Communism Act, in May 1969, are acquitted. Three are…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps from animals to humans, according to a Washington-based study in May 2003. Some sources say…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure of 1930 The (Amendment) Bill is introduced by Minister of Interior as a result of recommendations of Select Committee…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909 1900 The East London Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refugees from war in the Transvaal and the…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial pieces of Apartheid legislation. It prohibited adultery, attempted…
Mission Stations - I-L
Mission Stations - I IBISI, Natal: FMA; WMMS ICQUIBIGHA, Cape: see IGQIBIGHA, Middledrift, Cape IDUTYWA, also known as IDUTYWA RESERVE, Cape: UFS 1880;…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
BATTISS, JUNOD, FRANZ and GROSSERT. 1958. The Art of Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter. BEINART, Julian. Undated. The Popular Art of Africa…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
1970 Early in 1970, the South African Communist Party (SACP) convenes a special meeting. Apart from members of the Central Committee, leading activists of…
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…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
January 1992: The IFP publishes its constitutional principles. 08 January 1992: The ANC gives it annual statement. 20 January 1992: 5 Working Groups are…
Mission Stations - A-F
Mission Stations - A ABBOTTSDALE, Cape: SPG pre-1858 ABERDEEN, Cape: DRCSA; SAfMS ADAMS, Natal: ABCFM 1835 ADAMSHOOP, OFS: Bn 1867 ADELAIDE, Cape: UFS…
ArticleBalfour Declaration
At the Imperial Conference in London in 1926, Hertzog (with support from Canada, Ireland and India) decided to form a committee to discuss and clarify the…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
Miriam Makeba: Activist on Two FrontsAbstract:Miriam Makeba is a Gramy award-winning singer. She is from Johannesburg and dedicated her life to fighting for…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
Legal instruments through legislation, resolutions, proclamations and ordinances played a key role in legitimizing systematic land dispossession and…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
While colonialism and slavery flourished in the 18th century, the foundations of modern democracy were also being established. It is important to consider the…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
On 17 March 1992, President Frederick Willem de Klerk announced the results of a referendum in which only white people were allowed to participate. The aim of…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s…
Mission Stations - T-Z
Mission Stations - T TABA MOSEGU, Transvaal: Bn 1880 TABASE, Umtata, Cape: Mor 1873; MorG 1914 TABLE MOUNTAIN, Pietermaritzburg, Natal: ABCFM c1851 …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1654-1899 1654 Slaves from India and South East Asia are introduced to the Cape. 1820 A number of Indians arrive in…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
1960 21 March, In a peaceful anti pass march led by the PAC at Sharpeville, the police open fire on the unarmed and peaceful crowd, killing 69 and wounding…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
In the early days of the Free State, citizenship was limited to the White population only. This became part of the constitution in 1854, and included those who…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
During Apartheid, starting from the late 1950s the South African Government attempted to divide South Africa into a number of separate states, called homelands…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
1885The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians. Its primary justification was that of…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
The ANC in exile issued its first January 8th statement in 1972, the founding date of the ANC. This statement outlined the organisation’s programme for the…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
Defiance Campaign mass meeting The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such…