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The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… family endured the forced removal from Sophiatown in the 1950s and relocated to Soweto, one of the new townships that … During her nineteen years of…
ArchiveApartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
… between actions and reactions that arose between the main protogonists during the political upheavals of 1984-1988 …
EventPolitical activist Mohammed Shaik is born
… and was involved in sabotage operations until 1988. His main targets were government buildings, economic …
EventSA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several
… the South African forces as Joe Slovo, one of the raid's main targets, and was shot at a roadblock. Numbers of people …
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/11/14/srmysp14.xml …
EventTraditional Bushman artist Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper, aged 38, dies suddenly from natural causes
… Vetkat had many artistic skills including music. His main passion however was for the veld and animals. Despite …
EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… met with some success. The discovery of the Witwatersrand Main Reef by the two brothers H.W. and F.P.T. Struben in …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984 by Noor Nieftagodien
… the most important black union movement to emerge in the 1950s. One measure of the success of independent unions was … the growth rates of many…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
… the most important black union movement to emerge in the 1950s. One measure of the success of independent unions was … the growth rates of many…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… Much like Mapungubwe, the commoners lived outside the main walls, while the royal family lived on the hill. The … were highly skilled in stonework and…
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… ball to be found was when they recently resurfaced the Main Road just in front of the Posthuys building. … fort at Muizenberg but were repelled. In the…
PlaceRiverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban
… Indian Ocean, and built a humble wood and iron House. The main Builder was an Italian. When the Musjid, was completed, … The Dawakhana (Clinic) was situated…
PlaceMiddle Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… and Lower Campuses together are often referred to as the 'main campus' The Campus as it stands today was laid out by …
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
… commitment to the cause of the ecumenical movement, the main building at the headquarters of the All Africa …
EventMass arrests in Pondoland
… primary responsibility for dealing with the revolt. The main tool used was mass detentions. Statements made to the …
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… solution to their challenges was the unification of the main African political organisations into the All African …
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… Parliamentarian Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabs main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to …
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… of Kuruman. The Moffats returned to Britain in 1870. The main achievement of Moffat was translating the Bible into …
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… was an affiliate of America’s Exxon. It was one of the main producers of petroleum products. Esso was one of the …
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… of office as Governor he occupied this house, and that the main rooms were renovated for his tenure. The homestead was … https://www.artefacts.co.za/main…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… 1920s and 1930s continued after World War II and into the 1950s and 1960s. What was seen as backward and uneconomic …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… is torpedoed by the Germans off the Tunisian coast. 1950s Emergence of political parties, who demand …
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… Lebowa, which had also shown political awareness in the 1950s and 1960s.The UDF was trying to move into more rural …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… oppressive laws against Black people in South Africa. The 1950s decade was one of the periods of heightened activity in …
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
… to and from Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Its main object was to fly mail to connect with mail-boats. …
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… time Hertzog was still a member of the National Party. His main attack was aimed at B.J. Vorster whom he claimed had …
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… a junior general in the army. Thereafter he was one of the main organisers of a military coup that overthrew the …
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… such proportions that some historians regard them as the main reason for the collapse of the Portuguese empire. …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… a major gain with the NNP being the main casualty after 23 of its 32 councillors crossed to the …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The MDC became the main opposition to Mugabe’s regime. In 2009, he formed a …