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EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
At a meeting held in Ulundi, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi warns that the deals struck between the African National Congress …
EventUnited Democratic Front member Pearl Tshabalala assassinated
Ms Pearl Tshabalala, a prominent businesswoman and member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Clermont, Durban, who had resisted moves to incorporate…
EventThe South African government is to grant self-government to KaNgwane
The South African government was to grant self-government to KaNgwane. This move was seen as confirmation that it had finally abandoned its land deal with…
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
Prior to 1870, the Damara people occupied most of central Namibia, but large numbers were displaced or killed in clashes. When the first Europeans visited…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… whites-only legislative assembly, and leaders of the 10 homelands. SWAPO is excluded from the gathering. 1977 The … and 11 administrative districts based on…
Chapter 1: Introduction
… it was believed that since the Government had created the homelands, it was its duty to protect it when needed. It was …
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
Eugene Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… Act sets up the 'reserves' (later called 'bantustans' and 'homelands') and effectively zones Africans to 13% of the …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… Xuma is elected with 13 others to draft a response to the homelands proposal. 28 January: The Bantu World publishes …
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… for supporting the apartheid policy of self-governing homelands. This constituted one of several attacks unveiled …
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… regional bodies representing black people outside the homelands; the appointment of a prime minister; that … the idea of an election among black people…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… foundation laid by cde Matthews Phosa to integrate the old homelands into a single united province and the initiatives …
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… the minerals that go to enrich a few. The system of “bantu homelands” stood at the centre of a migrant labour system …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in Mitchells Plain…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
Delegates from twenty groups (SA government, 'homeland' governments, political parties, political organisations and non-governmental organisations) agreed,…
Statement by Denis Goldberg, ANC at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
… must be taken to include the pseudo-independent pseudo-homelands or Bantustans. Our estimates are that well over 100 …
Chapter X - Final word
… millions still left after the shuffling off to the homelands. There is talk of considering their relation to the …
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago,…
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
Francisco de Almeida served as the viceroy to the Portuguese State of India from 1505 to 1509. Upon his successor taking over he sailed back to his homeland…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
On 23 January 1962, Dr Hendrik Verwoerd announced his plan to grant independence to the Transkei, a homeland proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, Verwoerd…
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
Themba Sono was forced to resign as president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) before he was expelled from the organisation during the second…
EventTurkish newspapers criticise of ANC leader Nelson Mandela for refusing to accept Turkey’s peace award
On 14 May 1992, Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress, was subjected to harsh criticism and utterances verging on libel, due to the position…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… a volkstaat could be established. The collapse of the homelands Meanwhile, civil unrest was spreading throughout …
"What I would do if I were Prime Minister" by Albert Luthuli, 5 February 1962, Chicago
… and we are supposed to be satisfied with these so-called "homelands" forever. It is in these areas where we are …
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
Contents 1910-1950 Apartheid ideology and implementation from 1950 Conclusion 1910-1950 By 1950, the population of New Brighton had grown from 3,650 in…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
Black university students had tried for many years to make progress through the multiracial and liberal National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In…
PlaceKweneng, District of Botswana
Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to Christianity…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations (UN) on 7 November 1945. South Africa was one of the original 51 founding members of the UN from its…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could never have imagined where it would lead…