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EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
… communities Koornhof declared that “ the resettlement of black people is resorted to in order to ensure their national …
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… attack came at the height of anti-Government rioting in Black communities. "We see these upheavals as the result of a …
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic …
EventLaurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
… by the apartheid government's attempt to forcibly remove black people from Cator Manor, an area inhabited by both …
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… began in protest against slave-like labour conditions for Black workers on potato farms. In areas like Bethal in …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… to address a group protesting against forced removals of Black people in Johannesburg and the Minister served him with …
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
… particularly significant, as Errol Tobias was the first black player to start a test match in South Africa during …
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… to be involved in covert action aimed at undermining Black opposition groups and provoking violence. The Goldstone …
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… Congress launched his hymn into prominence as an anthem of Black struggle against oppression. Because of vandalisation …
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… at the South African memorial on the site. The names of Black members of the South African Labour Corps who died at …
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… reacted with anger to the reforms by Mr. de Klerk. One black was killed in the town of Klerksdorp and the United …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… Developed areas were allocated to White people while Black, Coloured and Indian people were removed to areas …
PlaceCato Manor Heritage Centre, Durban
… for its dramatic History of forced removals. Through large black and white prints, the Cato Manor Heritage Centre …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - List of Abbreviations
… National Congress AWB Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging BEE Black Economic Empowerment CCB Civil Co-operation Bureau GDP …
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… Island. Ngoyi and Henry Fazzie joined Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) in 1984, soon after their …
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… Acronyms BAWU, Black and Allied Workers Union COSAS , Congress of South …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… to the Khoikhoi, San, imported slaves and Africans. [5] Black people were viewed as suitable slaves and these ideas …
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… The title "askari" was used to refer to the predominantly black police officers who had participated in one of the …
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… Africa, the White labour aristocracy in particular. THE "BLACK REPUBLIC" SLOGAN OF THE STALINISTS This, likewise, was … of a century of their miserable…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 89th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2001
… Conference next year. Accordingly, one of the tasks we face as a movement is to ensure that we implement the … this negative phenomenon is largely…
Say It out Loud - Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
… world all that he held most dear. He did not look at his black comrade askance for he knew, and he discovered beneath the black skin and the crinkly hair…
PlaceDrakensberg Mountain Range, Lesotho
… in sunset, or dark grey and rent by lightening, or velvet black and filled with stars that seem close enough to touch – … tree, the green metallic glint of…
PlaceKaroo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape
… in sunset, or dark grey and rent by lightening, or velvet black and filled with stars that seem close enough to touch – … tree, the green metallic glint of…
PlaceGauteng Province
The Area of Gauteng Province is small; stretching from Pretoria in the North to Vereeniging in the South. Gauteng in Sotho means: 'for place of gold'…
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… in human society”¦ “It was a place in which to be born black was to inherit a lifelong curse. It was a place in … Economy; * to implement programmes to…
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… of the South African Rugby Union, Nkohla was a legend of black rugby in the Eastern Cape. In 2004, Nkohla received …
EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
… of 1950. The four groups were White, Coloured, Indian and Black. Using these categories, the apartheid government …
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
… legacy. Winnie was pivotal in the formation of the Black Women’s Federation in December 1975. The federation …
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
… when a video made by four white students, depicting black workers at the university being forced to take part in …
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… It was the first newspaper to address the issues of Black people at the time. Its demise was caused partly by its …