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ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… for South African products. Security was also provided by Western powers, and South Africa did not want complete … on the agenda of the first meeting of the…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… the Sahara desert [i] . The Empire was founded in 1235 CE by the legendary King Sundiata [ii] and lasted until the … about the Empire of Mali’s early…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… as a threat to this policy, a belief which was supported by Shepstone, the Secretary for Native Affairs. Shepstone … flimsy pretext of a few minor border…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… The Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of History, University of … he clarified the position. He expected these to be written…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… in his autobiography, which was prepared for publication by non-vernacular-speaking friends. While noting this, the … spelling of 'Chief Luthuli' is more…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1940-1948
… meal. Broke fast on January 18 on written assurance given by leaders to maintain communal peace. January 30, at an evening prayer Gandhi was approached by…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… the vanguard of the struggle against racism, today known by the name 'apartheid". Some of these battles were won by the pioneers of the movement, others were…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… H.G. Lawrence, in controlling the purchases of property by Indians in Durban, is ratified by the NIA's general body. This decision to cooperate with … holds…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… and fertile farm land””but these resources were controlled by White men. According to apartheid laws, these men were … that the people in charge were able to…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… future - Africa for the Africans. It was first expressed by a Xhosa missionary, Tiyo Siga, in the 19th century. During … open defiance of the laws of the…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… Against Imperialism in Brussels, Gumede was accompanied by JA la Guma , a member of the CPSA. They travelled to … already begun. I have been to the new…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… in the area north of the Vaal. 1837 Mzilikazi defeated by the Voortrekkers and forced to flee across the Limpopo. … Andries Pretorius. The first church is…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… South Africa and Natal Medical School. 24 January, Rioting by Africans in Cato Manor (Durban) results in the death of … opens fire and two people are killed…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… government was the 1946 strike. In response to a call made by the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU), over 60 000 workers … Mines on Monday 12 August 1946 …
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… in the religion and history of the people, to be attained by an all-embracing programme of popular education’. The … formed after a meeting between SJ du…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… us further. Of all the parties, the Communists alone stood by us and protested when we were shot down. Gumede drew … without representation in parliament, we…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape Town) Repressive regimes abound in the … document summarizes the many forms of…
Article2016 in Review
… government. - 12th - 2nd March: Legal documents obtained by AmaBhungane indicate that South Africa did sign a nuclear … said. MARCH - 1st: Vote of no…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… attended and pledged their commitment to negotiations by signing the Declaration of Intent. Click on the name below … each of the parties. The Management…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… to approximately 18 000 people. The town was surrounded by an outer wall. Much like Mapungubwe, the commoners lived … via India, showing how India could be…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… passed in 1893 included the carrying of residential passes by male and female. In the location of Waaihoek black people … remained. On 2 October 1898, women…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… of Dr DF Malan , the National Party (NP) supported by strong Afrikaner nationalist sentiment was swept into … implementing racially divisive legislation…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… in 1870 and later expanded into seven White owned farms by the early 1900s - farming tobacco and maize amongst other … people and is divided into two…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… occasions. 1802 The region of the AmaZulu is plagued by drought and accompanying famine. This leads to internal … Jobe the Chief of the AmaMthethwa, attempts…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… and power. Thus the traditional leaders were given orders by the colonial government as to how to administer and … obliged to work for the colonial…
Tsonga
… communal and national life has been fundamentally altered by conversion to Christianity, schooling, and labour … breaking down rapidly. The name Tsonga was…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… Our ancestors survived by hunting wild animals and gathering berries and roots. The … in southern Africa most people were nomadic and survived by hunting…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… Trial . 21 March , In a peaceful anti pass march led by the PAC at Sharpeville, the police open fire on the … African townships march into the centre of Cape…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… demonstrated immense resistance against the removals. By 1955, when the removals began, the Government’s creation … Areas was also the centre of political…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… include the first passive resistance campaign initiated by the Indian community in the Transvaal, led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , in 1906. This campaign…