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PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
… house designed by architect P Piekes. Erected in 1904-05, it is an excellent example of the Natal verandah house …
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
Legendary stage, film, and television actress, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, was born on 7 May 1955 in Upington, Cape Province (now Northern Cape). She attended…
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
… Mphikwa Mthembu died on 21 January 2021 following COVID-19 related complications at the age of 62. He is survived by … L. (2021). Minister Jackson Mthembu…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… of the vote to White women in South Africa up until 1930 when the Hertzog election platform promised to raise the … his re-election, Hertzog made good on his…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… supposed to, therefore its membership numbers dwindled. In 1930 the South African Trades and Labour Council (SATLC) was formed. Between 1930 and 1955 it was…
A growing urban African population
As Johannesburg expanded, so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and were growing in…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
Set in the Roodepoort Civic Centre on Christiaan de Wet Road, the Roodepoort Museum capably covers Roodepoort’s long and diverse History, which dates back to…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… in particular, this process extended well into the 1930's and in some peripheral areas, even later. Rather, the … to take place. The Natives (Urban Areas)…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929 Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the … African Federation of NativeTrade…
EventSouth Africa is said to resume its membership of the Commonwealth
… , [Last accessed: 05 May 2011] O'Malley, P.(1994), ‘1994,’ from Nelson Mandela …
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
1904 6 January, The settler Frau Sonnenberg tells German soldiers stationed at the Waterberg, including the Sergeant in charge, Sergeant Rademacher, that…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… embodied in the Union of South Africa. By the end of the 19 th century, two forms of administrative models had evolved …
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BiographyMatsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]
… Motshekga (popularly known as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng …
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
Emily Hobhouse addressed public meetings in Britain about the conditions of the Concentration camps during the South African War. These campaigns were aimed at…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… missionaries in his life such as Johannes van der Kemp. [19] Descendants of Makhanda say that the family home is near … University of KwaZulu-Natal Press,…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… Police, was greeted with astonishment and anger. On 05 February 1982, Aggett, Transvaal organiser of the Food and …
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… 18 February 2015]. Jones, J., (2014), “South Africa in the 19 th Century” from West Chester University [Online] …
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… and philosopher, Friedrich Engels died in London on 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. The …
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… by the British ivory traders who occupied the area. On 19 October Retief sent a letter to Dingane as a sign of peace …
BiographyNana Sita
… dismissed. When the trial resumed in 1967, Nanabhai read a 19- page statement on the background of the Group Areas Act …
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… the police would deny him food. In October 1963, the 19 accused were brought to trial at the Supreme Court in …
ArticleIndian South Africans
From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… to the meeting, a general strike that lasted until 1930 was called In the 1930s the CPSA continued to hold … 16 December. For instance, the meeting held on…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
QUESTION 1: HOW WAS AFRIKANER NATIONALISM PROMOTED IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE 1930s TO 1940s? Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… Feminist University Network. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pregs co-facilitated informal bilateral …
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
… [5] Stapleton. He who destroys all. P. 57 [6] Ibid, p. 18-19. [7] Jeff. Peires. A buffalo on the banks of the Mzimvubu: …
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… South Africa. From Treason Trial Transcript, pages 13,304-05 ES Reddy …
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Works Amendment Act No 27 of 1956 Black Land Act No 27 of 19 June 1913 Prohibited Blacks from owning or renting land … is withdrawn. 1930s The Transvaal…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… Women and the Potchefstroom anti-pass campaign, 1928-1930 In Potchefstroom in 1928 the municipal authorities' … A general strike then followed, continuing…