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Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 Albert Christopher promises return of Old Guard …
ArchiveTowards racial justice: will there be a change of heart?
This is the 31st lecture delivered by Alan Paton at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the South African Institute of Race Relations on July 3, 1979 in which…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
Anyone who travels over the vast expanse of South Africa is immediately struck by the great variations in its landscape and the differing contexts and…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
1972 October and December - Strikes at the Durban docks October 1972 - when new wages for dockworkers were not implemented, stevedores in Cape Town and…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
The uprising of 1976-77 marked a watershed in political relations between the apartheid state and the dominated social groups. Henceforth, a combination of…
PlacePella
In the mid-1880s a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French Missionaries who at first had absolutely no idea what they were…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
INFIGHTING within the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is far from over as two factions in the party battle with each other over the legitimacy of this weekend’s…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
Note: All definitions are acquired through Google’s online English Dictionary. Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism…
EventSoweto students begin protest against the compulsory use of Afrikaans
Pupils at Naledi High School vented their anger by burning out a police car and damaging three other vehicles. The first indication of African unrest at Soweto…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
The African National Congress (ANC) sent a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
George Bizos Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg 16 February 1998, 9.30am-12.15pm Bizos: I see you’ve…
EventBomb explodes at Johannesburg synagogue
A limpet mine exploded outside the Temple of Israel synagogue in central Johannesburg, the mother 'shul' of the Johannesburg Jewish Reform Congregation. The…
EventStudent Wages Commission meet
The first meeting of the Student Wages Commission was held at the Bolton Hall, Durban. Beforehand, thousands of pamphlets announcing the meeting and explaining…
EventBafana Bafana lose to Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final
The South African national football team Bafana Bafana, under tutelage of the hastily appointed caretaker coach Jomo Sono, lost 2-0 against their Egyptian…
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
On 26 January 1905 miner Frederick Wells extracted a large diamond from the Cullinan mine, a few kilometres outside Pretoria in South Africa's mineral-rich…
EventA fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others
More than 50 teenage boys died when their dormitory caught fire in a secondary school near Nairobi, Kenya. The raging fire is reported to have spread quickly…
Damon – The Malabar Slave (Historic Alleys)
Read this characterization of a Slave from Malabar (Walks & Sketches – Robert Semple) – He is in all respects the best of the household slaves. Without the…
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
It’s early winter in Cape Town, cold and gray, when I take the 1044 train from Newlands station on a Saturday afternoon to meet the photographer Omar Badsha at…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
Paper On The Group Areas Act And Its Effects On The Indian People Of Natal, May 195649 A: HISTORY AND AIMS OF THE ACT 1. The Group Areas Act enacted by…
PlaceSteenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
Steenbras Nature Reserve includes: The well-known Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools Hiking Trail. These are very popular destinations for abseiling,…
EventGary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles
Gary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles. Player, from South Africa, was the first non…
PlaceCullinan
Cullinan is roughly 45km to the north-east of Pretoria. Cullinan boasts a rich History of more than 100 Years. Cullinan became famous with the discovery of the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
In 1884, at the Berlin Conference, the European powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under…
PlaceAlbertinia, Mossel Bay- The Garden Route
Village some 50 km West of Mossel Bay. It was laid out in 1900 on the farm Grootfontein and became a Municipality in 1920. The name is derived from the surname…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 9: Law, justice and society
Report of the Legal Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content includes: Statement by the Members of the Commission; The…
Commemorating fifty years since District Six was declared for whites only
Start time: Thursday, February 11 at 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM in UTC+02 50 years ago, it was decreed that District Six should be home to whites only. All…
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
Dr. Beyers Naude, former Director of the Christian Institute, defied an order to appear before the parliamentary Schlebusch Commission. The reason for his…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region between the third and…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
1928 December 26, Derrick John McBride, Robert McBride's father, is born in his parent's home in Rockey Street, Johannesburg. He is the darkest complexioned…