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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’.
… inland Africans in Natal. 179 The division was aggrevated by personal differences between Gumede and Dube. Fortunately … Square to listen to the Congress…
The South African War
… the regional economy. Although an initial attempt was made by some mine owners and the ZAR government to find common … had a minimal effect upon Johannesburg…
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… 1976, a group of people with Mosima Sexwale are taken by two cars a Fiat and a Soviet-origin vehicle to Dar es … Lukhele that he has people he would like to…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… the Freedom Front (FF) - The parties represented by these delegations record the following agreement: 1. The … 3. They agree that their negotiations shall be…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… stations. This material was researched and prepared by Franco Frescura to be published in book form. SAHO has … in the local built environment as early as…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… The Company had been granted a monopoly to trade with Asia by the government of the Netherlands. Jan van Riebeeck … Hope and are now almost extinct. The…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National … and growth of working class consciousness as evidenced by the…
ArticleTransport on land
… kinds of transportation that use wheels. Some are drawn by animals, like wagons and carriages, and others are drawn by people, like the rickshaw. Cycles also…
The Politics of non-Collaboration: The Campaign to Boycott the Tricameral Elections
… was one of the most important campaigns waged by South Africa’s liberation movements in the 1980s. For … union and urban residency rights for Africans put…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… the ANC at the end of the decade were largely influenced by a desire for a more aggressive stance towards an … Resolutions Committee and E.T Mofutsanyana is…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… Africa attempted to compel piecemeal reforms introduced by the apartheid government but the ANC refused to accept … to try and convince the ANC to accept…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… and governance legislation.W. J. du Plessis notes that “By the time of the advent of the new South Africa, about 17 … Corner of the Waterberg District (No: 8…
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… of history, theory and criticism of art and architecture by: promoting research encouraging liaison and discussion … Ordinary members forfeit their…
Journals
… of Art Historians launched a journal in 1987. Accredited by the Department of Education and Training, the journal … well as exhibition and book reviews…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… in the legislation. The Act was transgressed not only by independent African farmers and sharecroppers but also by landowners. Much of the land in the region…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… organizations under their jurisdiction that they abide by this resolution by the said date. Since then May Day has been celebrated on … celebration of May…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… formations? And to what extent were they inspired by local and grassroots political formations unrelated to … that they were largely responses to new…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… be traced back to chief Khondlo. 7 Khondlo was succeeded by his son Phakathwayo, then came Vezi, Makhunga and John … independence and culture were trampled…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… of Volkskas Bank after realising they were being tailed by the police. They hold 25 civilians hostage and after a … unique leadership role still accorded to…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… strikes provided another platform for this line. Buoyed by a mandate in favour of organising African unions from the … registered unions’ assistance to…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… (CBSIA) amalgamated. [1] Opposition to the participation by the NIC in the Colonisation Commission appointed by the Union Government in 1933, some members of…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… A documentary history, Volume two 1943 – 1964. Edited by Alison Drew. Part one Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against … Coloured People's Council, to be "the only…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… since Chiefs proved they were willing to be co-opted by the colonial rulers at the expense of their subjects. The … or Land Reclamation Scheme was introduced…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… MK Sabotage. This photograph was part of a sequence shot by a Rand Daily Mail photographer, two of which were … countries. The latter part of the 1960s…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside South Africa. Conversely, the government responded by stepping up…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… aftermath. The build-up to the killing of 34 mineworkers by the South African Police was marked by incidents of intimidation and assault. The Lonmin…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… was established as an effective political force by the early 1970s, and by 1972 it had achieved a success that made the State wary of … experiments with…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… began forming committees at points where vehicles sent by the Department of Social Welfare distributed basic food … (WFC) representing 30 000 women in the…
Local Government
… the country into a series of ‘districts’, each governed by a Landdrost under the authority of central government. … in nature, and the work of the Landdrost…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… the 150 strikers, about 100 decide to continue the strike. By 25 January the company agrees to raise wages by R3, 00 and to reinstate most of the dismissed…