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ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… period. Over time the organisation became radicalised by members of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) who … War.” (Neil Roos , Ordinary Springboks,…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… according to Christian rites and/or not registered by the Registrar of Marriages, are invalid. All Muslim and … 11 February, In accordance with the…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… lost, our opinions and views of them are directly impacted by the way they were portrayed within the media. Within South … of them tries to capture the loss,…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… will only be able to occupy the houses bequeathed to them by their fathers, in the urban areas, by special permission of the Minister." ( Connie Mulder , ……
ArticleSilverton Siege
… En route, ‘the Trio’ realised they were being tailed by the police. In an attempt to escape, they took refuge in a … unit stormed the bank and all three…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… districts – the first state of emergency declared by the Apartheid State. The Government passed the Unlawful … Act on 7 April 1960, banning the ANC and the…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… above. ) Growing unrest leading to the transition By the mid 1980s, resistance against the system of apartheid … the morning of 3 March 1986, apartheid…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… further colonize and trade with the Khoikhoi at the cape, by the middle this century the first Khoikhoi-Dutch war is … at the Cape, but those who are not…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… world to the development of apartheid was widespread, and by the 1980s posed a sustained challenge to the South African … effective of all such organisations…
ArticleMapungubwe
… on Greefswald. In June 1933, Greefswald was bought by the Government and excavation rights were granted to the … but soon the archaeological digs and…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… importation of slave labour. Van Riebeeck was instructed by the VOC not to set up a colony or imprison the local … from an initial number of 250. These…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, is appointed to inquire into laws … right of appeal against the refusal of…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to fight discrimination against Indian … leadership in 1945. Due to more…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… This article was written by Jarvis Pruitt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern … rights, amongst blacks, in South Africa. Ruth Robb went by her middle…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… and the African National Congress (ANC) membership rises by tens of thousands. The National Party (NP) government lays the groundwork for the mass trial by…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… By the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of … so the women who moved to the town were confronted by government influx control measures. In the…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… assistance from bursaries and additional funding provided by George Caley the school’s headmaster. 1943 Sobukwe’s … formed. 1946 African Miners Union (AMU)…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… 1880 and 1899 were both violent and formative. Framed by wars of conquest at their beginning and by the outbreak of the South African War of 1899–1902 at ……
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
… grew rapidly and claimed a combined membership of 3,883 by July 1974. By August 1974, MAWU reported a membership of 6500, with a … application was…
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… movement in South Africa is seen as, largely, led by M K Gandhi and the Indian Congresses campaigns. However, … or non violent protests came to dominate the…
Allister Starke
… By trade I am a horticulturalist, I currently work in various … in Mooi River, Kwa Zulu Natal. From 2003-2005 I travelled by public transport from RSA to…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… records that there were more than 11 slaves at the Cape by the time the Amersfoort arrived, with historians guessing … the first slave at the Cape, but he…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… It became a single empire in 221 BC. [1] China was ruled by a series of dynasties until 1911 and from 1368 to 1644, … Internal class tension was exacerbated…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… Succeeding the Sharpeville incident, a meeting convened by the South African Communist Party (SACP) in December 1960 … that the agenda of non-violence would…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… formal school is begun in 1658. This school was founded by Commander Jan van Riebeeck for the slave children brought … past was given recognition in the…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… in the Eastern Transvaal at Ohrigstad. A second group led by JJ Burger followed. The two groups disagree, and Potgieter … Burgers puts the resolution to the…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… of the ANC and the PAC. The 1960s were characterized by a shift in the terrain of struggle. Liberation movements … as the Sabotage Act it created the…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… industries and the Bolton Hall trade unionists, and by 1974 claimed 22 000 members. Following the 1973 Durban … the GFWBF generated an independent resource…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… important role. In June 1916, a mass meeting was organised by the Natal Hindu League at the Indian Market. Both Sigamoney and Lee addressed a mass meeting…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… 7, 8 and 10 (grades 9, 10 and 12) were to be placed by the District office. At the beginning of 1978, Morris … placing them in schools, a function previously…