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ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… January, 25 selected activists hold a commission, Chaired by Cas Saloojee , and decide on the general form of the front … of a non-racial, unitary state in…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an … which means that fought for those who were disadvantaged by the…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… reaches Delagoa Bay 1849 Treaty of Derdepoort signed by the three Boer States in Transvaal to formalise unity … United South African Republic 1867…
ArticleThe Transkei
… January 1961, C. 226) The government suppressed the revolt by bringing in the military to assist the police, by using sten-guns, Saracen armoured cars, and…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in London around 1983 by Roseinnes Phahle and other individuals of various broadly … Liberation Support Committee…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… Land Tenure of 1930 The (Amendment) Bill is introduced by Minister of Interior as a result of recommendations of … and the regulation of conditions of…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… their attempts to break up a demonstration. Photograph by Shadrack Nkomo © Bailey's African History Archive. … in Angola. Accelerating its campaign against…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… to the 1979 Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act, but by 1983 the following major changes had been made: ”The term … a tricameral Parliament. Commenced: 1…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… old. The second decade of democracy has been characterized by escalation of popular protests, increased militancy … violent. The escalation of these protests…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise and reconstruct all fragmented … (CNETU). However, these trade unions were not recognised…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… through the medium of photography, a reality obscured by government propaganda. 1 -- Joyce Ozynski The Rand Daily … from the Africans. 3 Moreover, racism had…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… The majority of Indians are indentured workers employed by the City Council. Most of them are housed in the … the towns with water. St Joseph’s Cathedral is…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
… Panel on the State Security Agency, which was chaired by former Minister Sydney Mufamadi, I will soon be announcing … re-establishment of the National…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… that serves a mouthpiece for the SANNC is established by Seme and launched in Johannesburg. 22 March, An article on the South African Native National…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… The value of South African agricultural exports increased by 62 percent. (Grundlingh: 1987: 156). This growth was of … it was poor White and Black farmers…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… in Angola. Accelerating its campaign against Mozambique by increasing its support for the anti-FRELIMO (Liberation … 1984, the day the new constitution was…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… By the early 1980s, the Congress movement was becoming … intensive struggle education at the “Struggle University”. By the end of August the Sekhukhuneland…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… one, owing to the very extended front recently taken over by me from the French. (Grundlingh: 1987:41) Some 35 000 … compounds on the Western Front: ...it…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by Colonial and successive governments since shortly after … legislations took away some of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… National Party-led government began implementing apartheid by passing a series of racist laws, notably the Population … Act. Working together with the CPSA,…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their … during this period.Segregation became so entrenched that by the time the Apartheid government…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… Congress (ANC) - were influenced to varying degrees by the teachings of Marcus Garvey, a West Indian who had … the Universal Negro Improvement Association in…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… practising artists, was greeted with much optimism, and by 1906 it was confidently described as a society "with no … or submitted work to SASA's annual…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… all people not classified as White)living in South Africa by controlling their movement, limiting their power to own … is an unfair division of land, because…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… where young people became aware of the problems faced by Black people and were organised to lead protests against … issues like good food, codes of conduct,…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… creation of the Union of South Africa was quickly followed by the launch of two important political movements. One was … freely buying land. The small…
Indian education in Natal
… school on the Isipingo plantation which was attended by both Natives and Indians. 1867 20 September, Lieutenant … school on the Isipingo plantation which was…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… creation of the Union of South Africa was quickly followed by the launch of two important political movements. One was … freely buying land. The small…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… treated nothing less than serfs. Their lot was aggravated by a lack of legislation to protect them. Notwithstanding … were nine licensed Indian, traders in…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… which ruled the country, claimed that SWAPO was dominated by the Ovambo tribe, which made up more than half the … from South Africa. Although Namibia’s…