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Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… who were not White in South Africa. He was and still is a well-known South African writer who, while in exile in … in 1977 and Lesotho in 1980 and after, did…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others The change from being a 90-day detainee under solitary confinement to an awaiting trial prisoner was bewildering and the ……
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing … growth in Sophiatown’s population…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… power on 1 January 1959, was from the beginning based on a non-racial ethos, and revolutionary Cuba was an early … of apartheid and racial segregation. It is…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers, but the racist … of Jan Smuts. Working under gruelling…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… Background - "The Road to Reconciliation." South Africa experienced numerous human … committed serious atrocities against the Black majority. A number of…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, … robbed of their birthright to land,…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… Labour Contingent (SANLC) was formed in 1916 in response to a request from the British Imperial Government for an African … Front and in French ports. In…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… Southern Methodist University partnership project In order to stand up straight, we as humans require a backbone. Without a backbone we would have no…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… of the Cape and the establishment of the trade route to the Far East had far reaching consequences not just for … resulted in the increasing use of the Cape…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… 1907 19 April, Enoch Mgijima, who had already gained quite a reputation in his region as a lay preacher and as an independent evangelist, has a vision … from…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… Africans of different racial groups on their own paths in a partitioned system of development. The policy goal of separate development allowed the National…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… after three weeks service. May 21, Sends greetings to Queen Victoria on her birthday. August 14, Defends … article in the Times of India on the Natal Bill to…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is a political lobby group which represents many traditional leaders and chiefs in South Africa. It seeks…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… Abrahams is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in March 1919 to an Ethiopian father and a Coloured mother. His father passed away when he was young … is…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… trade unions and increased legal rights as apartheid came to an end. Key words: Women, factories, apartheid, … oppression, trade unions, pay, urbanization. …
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… A tumultuous history has left women in present day South Africa with a number of challenges to overcome. Most obstacles to the development of women can …
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… politicians in the Colony of Natal. Initially he pursued a policy of moderation towards the Indians. Escombe was in favour of the Wragg Commission being…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… and that deprive us in any way of our inherent right to the advantages, responsibilities and opportunities that society offers to any one section of the…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… The inclusion in the Bill of Rights of a special section on the rights of the child was an important … of a child are the overriding concern when it comes to…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… Introduction A provisional settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman of the British…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… the African Peoples’ Organisation (APO) resolution to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales as a day of mourning in protest against the…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria … Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July 1977. It was being towed to a…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… their actions. Over the next four decades, women continued to fight for their rights not just against the restrictions … rights as women. SPEAK magazine was…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… Due to the fact that Black People were detained in separate … Concentration Camp Policy. 22 September, As result of a military notice on this date, the first…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… People’s Organisation (SACPO) was formed in 1953 at a Coloured People's Convention in Cape Town. The organisation aimed to unite Coloureds against the…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… with the British Empire, especially in Asia, and sought to establish relations with England’s enemies. Tsar Nicholas II considered establishing a Russian…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… 1859 is passed. This law made it possible for the Colony to introduce immigration of Indians as indentured labourers. … to India at the end of the five year…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… 1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and traditional healer, and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, a seasonal…
ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… passed the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance (Black Act) to control the entry of Indians into the Transvaal. Every … of Asiatics. Indians and Chinese who did…