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Special Offences Act No 6 commences, making it an offence to possess a tyre or similar object, or any inflammable liquid, in ci
… Special Offences Act No 6 commences, making it an offence to possess a tyre or …
BiographyHendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee
… his high school career Coetsee attended the University of the Orange Free State where he completed his BA and LLB in … council for extra-mural studies and…
BiographyElmon Malele
… in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was one of the residents forcibly removed by the apartheid regime to … December 1956. He was freed in January…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… campaigns against the government, as evidenced by a series of passive resistance campaigns such as the Alexandra bus … I.B. Tabata , at the AAC’s conference,…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… the petition. The campaign was supported by a wide variety of tendencies, including the Soweto Committee of Ten , Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) , the…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into … and elsewhere on the continent. Under the leadership of Dr DF Malan , the…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… is among the Dutch settlers as they encounter a number of different groups of black people who are occupying the land. 1658 28 March, … of school fees, and…
BiographyBasil Paul Petersen February
… Basil February was born in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several … wanted to study law, however, when the then…
BiographyPaul Grendon
… art as a medium to shed light on the political struggles of the time. His work will go on to leave a deep and … Africans as a whole. Paul was born in the…
Siva Pillay
… attack in Natal on 16 December 1961. However, due to one of their members (Bruno Mtolo), a police spy, the group of 19 was betrayed and subsequently charged…
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… Sam Kahn, leader of the Communist Party of South African (CPSA) and natives' representative in parliament, announced in … was made a few days before the…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Prixley Ka Isaka Seme, President of the African National Congress (ANC), Africans from … intervention of the pending…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Coming Revolution’, Julius Malema had earned the title of Commander-in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters when he was still the … Anda Bici met with…
Stephen Marais
… was a physicist and an agnostic and a civil servant most of his life but his upset with the disparities and inequalities of Apartheid made a huge impact on…
BiographyMaema Matlala
… (moÅ¡ate). He was arrested in 1952, served a jail sentence of three months, and was then allowed to return to gaMatlala. … injunctions regarding cattle…
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
… Born on 14 July 1893, J G Strijdom served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. … as Modimolle, in the Limpopo Province…
BiographyPaul Weinberg
… lawyer and his mother a music teacher. He was the youngest of three children. He completed his schooling in … Umhlaba , co-curator, exhibition to commemorate…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Liberia are recognized as independent entities. Partition of West Africa and East Africa 1896 Ethiopia, under Emperor … The Devonshire Memorandum declares…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. … Over time the organisation became…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck was to ensure a constant supply of fresh…
The Battle of Square Hill
… as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force Act 13 of 1912…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the … However, there are still glaring gaps in…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 12) A Charge of Treason When detectives invaded the Congress of the People … sedition and offences under the…
”Opening Address” at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th … that was robbed and ruined by such…
Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954
… Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades … ADOPTED 1) NATIVE LAND & TRUST ACT…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko … authorities. The issue, justifiably, was the lack of representation of…
Labour Party leader Allan Hendrickse warns President P.W. Botha: “If you want to negotiate with us, the Group Areas Act must go
… Botha: “If you want to negotiate with us, the Group Areas Act must go …
The Prime Minister wishes the new Mozambique government well, but warns that South Africa will have to act in self-defence if M
… (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … government well, but warns that South…
The first company to be indicted under the US Anti-Apartheid Act pleads guilty to importing four used jet-aircraft engines from
… first company to be indicted under the US Anti-Apartheid Act pleads guilty to importing four used jet-aircraft engines …
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries
… Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government…