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ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… years since Yusuf Dadoo was born in Krugersdorp, West Rand on 5 September. Today, he like many activists of the South … history of the liberation movement,…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… (2.2.j), obstructing the free movement of any traffic on land, at sea or in the air (2.2.k), or, finally, … Finally, the court could utilize any files kept …
Mandela: Message to India
… History Online Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [ On the occasion of an India-South Africa Solidarity Meet to … of racial oppression and tyranny. We…
ArticleThe Transkei
… Eastern Pondoland of all places rise in the way it did and on the scale it did? The Pondos have been well known in South … the early British forces who first…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… Pan-African Congress (PAC) announces, that it will embark on a campaign against the pass laws from Monday, the 21st … place at Sharpeville, Transvaal . The…
ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… certificate had to be carried at all times and be produced on demand to any policeman who asked to see them. An Indian … South Africa were brought as…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… On 13 February 1871, the Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban … ex-indentured workers for India, arriving in Madras on 10 April with 382 passengers on board…
The South African War
… cessation of hostilities; the second was that of Dutch men on their way to commando duty; and the third involved Black … in the subsequent composition of the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… 1980 25 January, Three MK cadres, on their way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in … Thousands of high school and university students went on a…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… grappling and experimenting with Africanism and did this on our own, without reference to the PAC. We did not seek any … by a demoralised body of teachers…
ArchiveHARWU: The Aborted Attempt to Build a National South African Catering Union (1984 – 1990) by Allan Horwitz, June 2018
… and that while their union work was still focussed on 'economistic' demands around wages and conditions of work, … economic sectors, including hotels and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… crippled the armed struggle. In addition, the ANC worked on establishing itself in exile, working closely with … march led by the PAC at Sharpeville, the…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… South African Society of Artists celebrated its centenary on 26 September 2002 and on 9 December we mark the centenary of its first exhibition … support of…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… years the Johannesburg Art Gallery has focused attention on black artists who were sidelined, staging large … bush said to have pierced Mnyele's skin during…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… the President’s policy position, as well as his stance on HIV/AIDS. The Mbeki led government became the centre of … Thabo Mbeki resigned as the president of…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… Williamstown, Eastern Cape. Large quantity of explosives on line found and defused February 1979 SAP SB personnel: … line attacked near Soweto Economic: …
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… to Barbara Hubbard 1964 Begins studying for a doctorate on Jean-Paul Sartre at the University of Paris under … student, by Moslem rites 1971 Research…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… Charter too moderate, and felt that they should focus more on black needs. In November 1985, at the Transvaal provincial … in general. The date for the…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… to the 1990s gave rise to a number of schools of thought on the role of culture (art & literature) under a racially … at art as more than a space for…
National Land Committee
… PRINCIPLES ON RESTITUTION, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNAL TENURE, … & FARM TENURE ADOPTED AT THE POLICY SUMMIT HELD ON 1-2 JUNE 2000 RESTITUTION PRINCIPLES…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… because Umkhonto performed its first acts of violence on this date. Popularly called Dingaans Day and later renamed … offices and were reminded to avoid loss…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… in Marikana in the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline … 2012 9 August, A number of…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… in the democratic context where citizens rely heavily on the government to protect them, as well as to promote and protect human rights in general. On 16…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg as the first attempt to … to the progress of the women, and therefore,…
Article2016 in Review
… Nation newspaper in Kenya is fired, following a suspension on 6th January for writing an editorial criticising President … winning the presidency following…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… leaders. The obvious importance of unity was also acted on. At the same time the government tried to rebuild its … really change at all, and the situation…
ArticleSS Mendi
… valuable support to the British war effort. Most of those on the SS Mendi unfortunately never reached their destination. Leaving Plymouth harbour on 20…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a prosperous time, income was unevenly … began with the dramatic crash of the…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… about the world. The Church taught people that life on earth was not important. Almost everyone in Europe … God and the devil. The teachings of the Church…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… refreshment station at the Cape for its VOC shipping fleet on their way to East and/or on their return trips from Batavia (i.e. present day Java as ……