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ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… the country). Commenced: 19 June 1913. Repealed by section 1 of the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 … of Natives Act of 1936, in that it…
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… of public order” and was only released 721 days later on 2 December 1988. …
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
On 26 July 1909, the SS Waratah, with 211 passengers and crew departed from Durban bound for Cape Town, and disappeared without a trace. For 90 years the fate…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… The government discharged 2,221 trainees who had gone absent without leave in October …
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
Regular elections have been a feature of South Africa’s political landscape since the establishment of Union of South Africa in 1910. With the adoption of the…
References and links: Local History
Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria:…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… £3 tax per annum had to be paid, in addition to an annual £1 tax for males . This tax became operative around 1902. … Escombe piloted the Immigration…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… claims. By 8 December this number had increased to 986. 1 November, Petition is signed by HJ Morket and 100 others, … ‘Nativess’ from using the Johannesburg…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
On 3 October 1685 the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decided to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape for settlement. The Huguenots were French…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… travelled to Natal under a variety of land schemes. 2 March, Powers of the Cape Legislature to make laws for the … Wanterer . Not unexpectedly Byrne went…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Council holds its meeting without its banned members. June 2 , South African Communist Party member Moses Kotane is … National Congress (ANC) pledges their…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… in the aftermath of the incident; they were detained for 2-3 years. Sobukwe was not released until 1969. A state of … result of better leadership, however…
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
The National Theatre Organisation (NTO) was a state funded institution, which was founded to promote and produce Afrikaans and English theatre in South Africa…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… This Order can be awarded in three categories: Category 1 = Gold Category 2 = Silver Category 3 = Bronze. Symbolism/design elements … France to assist the…
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
Eighty thousand Blacks attended a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police during a demonstration in Langa on 21 March…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… leadership of Dr. Y.M. Dadoo and Dr. G.M. Naicker. Nearly 2,000 people courted imprisonment in the campaign in the next … because of the introduction of the…
ArticleNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
Introduction President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the new members of the National Executive, for the seventh administration, which includes all the parties…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… elected to head the ANC’s 2004 election campaign, dies. 2 July, George W. Bush awards Mandela the Presidential Medal … is recognised by the UN for its…
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… but not transportable. The name is of biblical origin , (1 Samuel 7:12) and means 'stone of help'. Also spelt … ru.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11090/34/2008…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… the constitution of a tricameral Parliament. Commenced: 1 August 1983 Repealed by the Constitution of Republic of … development and lessen dependence on…
PlaceLesotho
… join the main range in the North, forming a plateau from 2,700 to 3,200 metres, in elevation. This plateau is the … The Foothills, with elevations averaging…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… with SAP: Dobsonville, Transvaal. One member killed, 2 SAP members injured 09/09/77 SAP Security Branch (SB) … ANC official; shot dead 01/06/80 Economic: …
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… 1799 2 March, British government lands troops in Algoa Bay. … offices. The site is currently occupied by Woolworths. 1 October, William Dunn appointed…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… World of Can Themba. Braamfontein: Ravan Press Ltd, pp. 1-3. End Notes [i] Another source states that he was born in … ed. Essop Patel (Braamfontein: Ravan…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Cry, the Beloved Country Figure 1: Lionel Ngakane. Image source One of the most important … An Interview with Lionel Ngakane,…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
This list is listed in chronological order, listing mayors of Durban, starting from 1854 to date. George Cato (1854 - 56) Edward Snell and Savery Pinsent…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… from this commitment, the following was agreed upon: 1. The establishment of a working group to make … merely to organisations which were previously…
ArticleSharpeville
On 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and thereafter gather peacefully at police…
ArchiveNamibia Day 26th August
White, blue, red, green and black poster. Number 21 with a rifle across it. SWAPO poster marking 21 years of the armed struggle from 1966 - 1987. SWAPO logo.
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
Oral interview with Ms P Khosa, an art teacher who was residing at R740, Umlazi at the time and place of the interview. Please note that the times are for…