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ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… settled by people who were later classified as Coloured. 1960s Boitokong and Hartebeesfontein are established in the 1960s and 1970s. Since they fall on the…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… economy and its and other states political futures. In the 1960s, countries across the globe were coming together to try … rarely brought up as one of those…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
… new maximum-security prison was established in the early 1960s. The living conditions were, particularly in the early …
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… soon changed in the post- Sharpeville period of the early 1960s, when the imprisonment of political detainees and …
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… overt political activity being suppressed throughout the 1960s, the NEUM also became dormant. Some of its influential …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… place in the Eastern Transkei in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The Pondo people revolted against the Bantu …
PlaceDiep River
… with effortless gardens and homes. Closer to the Main Road and the Railway Line lies the Industrial area, give … than many other suburbs, and, it has Martins…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… the system are the Buffalo River from the West -with its main tributary the Touws River, together forming the Groot River, which joins the main stream 85 km…
PlaceAdderley Street, Cape Town
… The 'Herengracht Street' was Cape Town 's main street, running from the foreshore to the foot of … shops make for some interesting shopping - these are the…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… them into bloody strikes, violence and rebellion. Their main enemy was the Chamber of Mines, a body of men who owned … in the world, while their black…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… elections held in the Union of South Africa in 1924. Their main opposition was the South African Party (SAP) , led by … freedom, including a prohibition on…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Party turned a blind eye. Instead, one of the party’s main concerns was to avoid discord between English and … in destructive behaviour. A wooden ticket…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… they considered to be their own territory. "Hy was die main ou of the outfit." Don Mattera was die main ou of the outfit, the bozza - the leader of the gang …
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… offers an excellent place to relax after a long Hike. The main attraction at Ai-Ais is the Spa Complex. The thermal … outdoor Pool. Visitors at Ai-Ais can…
EventThe Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… of the Pan African Congress (PAC). APLA was formed in the 1960s, after the banning of the PAC and other political …
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… students across the country are similar. However, the main demand has been more financial support from National …
Durban an Overview
… the port of Durban took over from Port Elizabeth as the main access point for trade goods destined for the southern …
The Court’s position in the justice system
… Coast Local Division and South-eastern Cape Division. The main task of the Constitutional Court Section 167(3) of the …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… British imperialism. 1878 9th Xhosa war ends and the two main Xhosa tribes are forced across the Kei River. 1884 …
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… the Zulu warriors could not be seen through the smoke. The main shortcoming of the Voortrekkers weapons was the lengthy …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… to read fantasy novels on my spare time, and play soccer. Main interest of study relate to the interactions of ethnic …
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… 128 Main Street, … Transvaal Agricultural Union in Pretoria on August 17. The main points contained in the proposals as reported in the …
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… is dedicated to fields of vegetables! The one-Restaurant main Road of Warden is seldom overly busy other than over … restored in anticipation of the Town's…
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… and went to school in Grahamstown. She met Oom Ray in the 1960s. The two made history when they exchanged wedding vows …
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
… as the neat political groupings of the 1950s and early 1960s revived from the 1980s onwards. The colloquium seeks to …
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… citizens. They returned home in that same year. In the 1960s Seretse Khama became leader of the Bechuanaland …
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… repression, to develop an external mission. By the mid-1960s the political and labour movements had been …
PlacePlumstead
… Plumstead, just South of Wynberg, divided into two by the Main Road and the Railway Line, could easily be mistaken for … household items rendered unnecessary…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… mine to AJ Knuckly for about 1000 pounds. This mine is the main producer of gold and silver. The Fairview Gold Mine , … Indians (523), Coloureds (841) and…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… from the crushing of mass political dissent in the early 1960s to the re-emergence of mass popular action during the … to the needs of the capitalist economy…