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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… of Parliament, announcing the lifting of a 30-year ban on the ANC, the Pan African Congress (PAC), the South African … prisoners and the partial lifting of…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united … the transfer of power. Clear guidelines were put forward on the responsibilities of the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… struggle, their own efforts; as a result of their reliance on themselves.’ 2 Tambo was making a virtue out of a … 1985. MK’s activities exercised…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… where commandos were mobilizing. Boer commandos were soon on their way to fight for the government ... An aeroplane dropped a bomb on the Benoni Workers'…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… for me, they (the police) could not shoot on the side where I was standing. That was how I managed to … that her chest had been shot away. He looked at the…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… of South Africa (1969) gave 1902 as SASA's founding date on the basis of an item in The Cape Times dated 26 September … Society of Artists is making good…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… of the 1950s culminated in the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960 . Soon thereafter the apartheid government … military wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). The…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… Church. 1981 Quote: "History, like beauty, depends largely on the beholder, so when you read that, for example, David … was nobody around the Falls until…
ArticleKey sites
… and G.C. Kapitans were also well known restaurants. Later on came Victory Lounge. It was here in the Grey Street area … was opened by Ranchod Kesur Kapitan…
ArticleThe History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
… Christmas Day, celebrated on December 25 in Catholic, Protestant, and most Orthodox churches, is a public holiday in South Africa. On this day Christians…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
… 22, Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo attends a conference in Berlin on 'The joint struggle of the working class movement and the … Communist Party Congresses. 1982…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… of imperialism and republicanism, the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, tension between political leaders, the … the ‘ First Anglo-Boer War ’ 1880-1881…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in … and Chief Mangosutho Buthelezi . After the massacre, on 18 June 1992, Joe Slovo and Cyril Ramaphosa…
Chapter 10 - The Character, Role and Significance of SANSCO
… role and significance of SANSCO. For this purpose, I draw on the previous chapters which discussed SANSCO's ideology … of students and collective actions. I…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… On 3 March 1999, the President of the Republic of South … that the second non-racial general elections would be held on 2 June 1999. According to the terms…
ArticleSilverton Siege
… On 25 January 1980 three MK Cadres – Stephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela – were allegedly on their way to carry out a planned MK sabotage…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… each sentenced to a term of imprisonment and 25 lashes. On 20 January a white farmer from Camperdown was murdered … to pay their taxes. Another incident…
ArticleA White Referendum
… On 2 November 1983, the government held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral parliament – it … and the economy. The…
Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989
… of the Natal regional executive committee and served on the national executive as well. He was detained in August … after presenting a memorandum to foreign…
The Legal Veneer
… expression, assembly, residence, association and so on; or the forced relocation of millions of dispossessed … in the first half of 1990 over 170 persons…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… complement totalled probably about 1,200 people. Drawing on Rivonia trial evidence, Edward Feit and Tom Lodge estimate … based at MK camps at Kongwa and…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… the Pass", with a nation-wide anti-pass campaign to start on 31 March - the anniversary of the 1919 Anti-Pass Campaign … ANC, will be protesting against…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… capitalist classes and large working classes. Russia on the other hand was much more underdeveloped than countries … Russia at the time. They lived in rural…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… and digital archivists as the organization has embarked on several major projects. To achieve this, SAHO secured … pursuing a structured Masters of History,…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… detailed discussions to take place between the two groups on strategy and tactics. The ANC highlighted the way forward … Gauteng) and other areas. The UDF…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… Ambulance Corps was formed in Natal, was and became active on the British side during the early months of the war. … played an indispensable part in military…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… had never defeated Africans and had no right to look down on them’, Sisulu said. 26 September, In spite of stating … Communism Act (1950). He wrote to the…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… Workers are also allowed by legislation to embark on strikes when disputes with their employers arise. As often … in their wages, often twice what they are…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… ones signalled the beginning of the launching of attacks on the government from outside the country. By the mid-1960s … of other race groups into the ANC. …
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… Port Natal Andries Pretorius arrived from Graaff-Reinet. On 25 November 1838 Pretorius took over leadership as … Voortrekkers and started to prepare a…