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ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
… war' which stood at the centre of ANC strategy. This chapter examines the early development of the front, the … Alfred Nzo. Like the RC, it had two main…
BiographyFrancis Wilson
… labour system in South Africa. In 1971 he contributed a chapter titled Farming 1866 – 1966 to the Oxford History of …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… this Act were re-arrested at the end of the first 90 days. One thousand people were detained under this law over the … was defined as refusing employment…
Bambata Rebellion: Sigananda, one of the leaders of the rebellion, dies in the jail at Nkandla at midnight.
… Bambata Rebellion: Sigananda, one of the leaders of the rebellion, dies in the jail at …
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history …
George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, dies in Cape Town.
… George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, dies in Cape …
Charlotte Lange disappears after being picked up from her home by eight Whites and one Black in a combi.
… after being picked up from her home by eight Whites and one Black in a combi. …
A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people.
… near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people. …
Anglo-Boer War 2: The British execute J.W.G. Jansen and one Rautenbach in Vryburg by hanging, for horse theft.
… Anglo-Boer War 2: The British execute J.W.G. Jansen and one Rautenbach in Vryburg by hanging, for horse theft. …
The Prime Minister appoints fifty-six members to the President’s Council, comprising forty-one Whites, seven Coloureds, seven I
… members to the President’s Council, comprising forty-one Whites, seven Coloureds, seven I …
Marius Philip Olivier Burgers, one of the first full-time broadcasters of the ‘Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie’ (Afrikaans st
… Marius Philip Olivier Burgers, one of the first full-time broadcasters of the …
Ninety-one people are arrested in Egypt as part of a purge of opposition to President Anwar el-Sadat
… Ninety-one people are arrested in Egypt as part of a purge of …
Louise Behrens, SA novelist and one of the first Afrikaans journalists, is born in the Orange Free State.
… Louise Behrens, SA novelist and one of the first Afrikaans journalists, is born in the Orange …
An estimated 250,000 Rwandans fleeing the fighting cross the border into neighbouring Tanzania in one day alone.
… fighting cross the border into neighbouring Tanzania in one day alone. …
The government imposes a one-year ban on all outdoor meetings except sports meetings and funeral gatherings in cemeteries.
… The government imposes a one-year ban on all outdoor meetings except sports meetings …
The Republic of Venda Constitution Amendment Act No 4, having the effect of making Venda a one-party administration (s 24(1)),
… Amendment Act No 4, having the effect of making Venda a one-party administration (s 24(1)), …
George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, is born in Johannesburg.
… George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, is born in …
Harold Vane Baumgartner, SA cricket player in one test (1913/1914), is born in Henley-on-Thames, England.
… Harold Vane Baumgartner, SA cricket player in one test (1913/1914), is born in Henley-on-Thames, England. …
A freak storm, one of the worst in living memory, hits Johannesburg International Airport, damaging several passenger jets so b
… A freak storm, one of the worst in living memory, hits Johannesburg …
President Swart appoints a one-man commission, Mr Justice J.H. Snyman, to inquire into the riots in Paarl, CP.
… President Swart appoints a one-man commission, Mr Justice J.H. Snyman, to inquire into …
The United Nations General Assembly passes a draft Resolution, by eighty-seven votes to one (Portugal) and twelve abstentions,
… passes a draft Resolution, by eighty-seven votes to one (Portugal) and twelve abstentions, …
C.W.H. Kohler, first chairman of the KWV, dies in Vishoek, CP one day before his 90th birthday.
… Kohler, first chairman of the KWV, dies in Vishoek, CP one day before his 90th birthday. …
Chapter 3 - Gumede’s role in NNC and SANNC Politics, 1909 – 1919 ‘We pray that the people be allowed to live in peace in their own land’.
… 1 December 1919 . INTRODUCTION An important thrust of this chapter concerns the struggles within Black politics over … was well equipped for the challenge of…
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… It was announced that at least one-fifth of South Africa's military was infected with the … health review in July 1999, declared HIV/AIDS to be one of its…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… in the slums. For newcomers and old hands alike life was one long, bitter struggle. South Africa has always had … countries is there such a concentration of…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… of cigarette-makers in Cape Town. These workers had formed one of the most militant and well-organized trade unions in the Colony. They also formed one of…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old South African boy, was one of the first students to die. On June 16, 1976, more than … Fla. The student walkouts are planned…
ArchiveBen Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats by Marianne Thamm
… Ben Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats from Daily Maverick … 19-12-10-ben-turok-rebel-revolutionary…
Napoleon Bonaparte, newly returned from his disastrous expedition to Egypt, seizes power in France, making himself one of three
… to Egypt, seizes power in France, making himself one of three …
One hundred and twelve Peace Corps workers are detained and then expelled from Uganda by President Idi Amin Dada.
… One hundred and twelve Peace Corps workers are detained and …