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PlaceMalawi
… parts of Southern Africa. Between the 1st and 4th A.D, the Bantu people migrated to the region and they were followed by another wave of Bantu migration in…
EventChoirmaster and composer Kumalo dies
… who was a founder member and first secretary of the Bantu Social Centre in Beatrice Street, Durban (YMCA), died …
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… The Transkei leader, Gen. Bantu Holomisa , announced the unbanning of the African …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… other north. Archaeological evidence, however, shows that Bantu-speaking people were settled in the nearby Kei River …
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… of Communism Act. In 1955 the ANC started a boycott of Bantu Education and called for an alternative system. The …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… was when he quit his teaching post in protest against the Bantu Education Act of 1953 designed to drastically reduce …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… day the same riot squad threatened officials at the Bantu administration. 27 June, Further arson occurs on Langa …
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Hertzogian Segregation VERSUS The Cape Native Policy
… the Civilised Labour Policy the object is to eliminate the Bantu people out of all the industries, skilled and … understand why it has produced the happiest…
EventNyanga school Principal's office burnt
… Johannesburg, rose in protest against the oppressive new Bantu Education policy of Afrikaans as a teaching medium in …
EventJoint call for June 16 Stay away
… in the streets of Soweto while protesting against the Bantu Education system. The aim was to ensure that June 16 …
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
… tracing the development of regional 'native' later 'Bantu' policy, as well as the escalating organised resistance …
Theoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
… theatre; revolutionary theory; student revolts; Bantu education. In the words of the journals first editors, …
ArchiveA Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1973
… Foreign affairs; Group areas and hoiusing; Urban Bantu administration; Pass laws; General matters; African …
EventCommittee of Ten wants election of a new community board
… with limited powers, control being retained by the Bantu Administration Board. Source: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, …
EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… The Ciskei was established under the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 as an 'independent republic'. …
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
… weekly newspaper of the Chamber of Mines, Umteteli wa Bantu (The mouthpiece of the African people). Her passionate …
PlaceCiskei
… authority was subject to the Magistrate's Court. The Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 withdrew their remaining power, … to their people, but to the government…
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… The minister of Bantu Education, M.C. Botha, announced that the South African …
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… Eglin. Eglin demanded the resignation of the minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, and his …
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… National Congress was created in 1912 and a year later the Bantu Women’s league was created. In 1944, women were granted … within South Africa. From its…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… a unity resolution outlining the AAC position; Umteteli wa Bantu (The mouthpiece of the African people) beat them … the abolition of the Cape Native…
EventOliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.
… worked as a clerk and interpreter for the Department of Bantu Administration and Development. A devout Christian, his …
PlaceAiab, Stream in Namibia
… It is the most widespread language of those non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that contain ‘click’ …
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… Johannesburg, rose in protest against the oppressive new Bantu Education policy of Afrikaans as a teaching medium in …
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… served as the president of the Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in South Africa from 1947-1969. Lebowa was …
EventMandela confirms Kerzner's contribution to the ANC
… a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in …
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955
… Rural areas; Employment; Education - Numbers at school, Bantu education, Primary and secondary education for children …
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… held under the apartheid regime. In 1997, Meyer and Bantu Holomisa formed the United Democratic Movement (UDM), …
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… birthday and marriage to his first wife. The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. de Wet Nel, who …
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in …