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PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… years R15 SA Students and pensioners R15 Family Ticket (2 adults & 2 children) R75 Under 5’s enter for free …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… The meeting proposed a one-day stay-away on May Day (1 May) to protest the banning of communist leaders. Many ANC … Campaign. They stood trial and are found…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… to ownership of 7% of South Africa’s land. Section 1, sub section ‘a’ of the Act states, “a native shall not … them to far flung areas such as townships…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… in Film and Literature.” South African History Journal. 48.1. (2003): 35-46. Web. 18th November 2014. … of Cry, the Beloved Country.” English in Africa. 25.2…
South African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
On 21 February 1917 the SS Mendi troopship sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South African…
EventSouth African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… University of Natal Press, 1987. “World War 1”, South African History Online , Accessed 19 February 2017, …
PlaceSt. Francis Church, Simonstown
In the Year 2014, St Francis of Assisi Parish Church Celebrated its Bicentenary. The History of the first Anglican Church in Southern Africa, is beautifully…
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
The gun was designed in 1865 as a broadside gun for ironclad ships and harbour seafront defence. A total of 190 were made. The gun was last fired in 1903…
PlaceGanyesa
The massive North West Province of South Africa is home to Ganyesa, which is formally part of the Kagisano / Molopo Municipality. This is a rural Village that…
Event”Ghetto Act” or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act No 28 of 1946 is passed
The "Ghetto Act" was designed to curtail Indian property ownership in White areas in Natal. Natal was divided into controlled and uncontrolled areas. The…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 431 Wallis, F. (2000) Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor …
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
The reformist policies of P.W Botha may be considered one of the key factors that led to the resignation of Fanie Botha, Dr Treurnicht, and Tom Langley from…
EventNamibia gains Independence
Namibia or South West Africa, as it was called while it was a German territory was placed under the South African administration by the League of Nations after…
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Location: back to this day in history search archive  An estimated 60,000…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
Anna Neethling Pohl the South African actress and author was born in Graaf Reinet in the Eastern Cape on 24 December 1906. At the age of five she joined…
EventKing George VI is born
Albert Frederick Arthur George who later became King George IV was born at York Cottage in Norfolk on 14 December 1895. George ascended the English throne…
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… Co-ordination Conference (SADCC). It was formed in 1 April 1980 following the adoption of the Lusaka …
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
Sir Patrick Duncan was born on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland as the second son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from…
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… by these delegations record the following agreement: 1. The parties agree to address, through a process of … self-determination, including the concept of a…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… (National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus) pg 1.| Anon, (2011), 'John Vorster biography,' From Browse …
PlaceWallacedene, Cape Town
Wallacedene is an Informal Housing Settlement in the Eastern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The Settlement was established during the 1980s when the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… They are prevented from speaking in eight major centres. 1 May, A general strike against all discriminatory laws and … Selborne, a non-white township in…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… Introduction Introduction Part 1 - Building The National Movement Document 1 - Harry … Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943] Document 2 - Against…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… address to the conference of the Natal Indian Congress on 1 June 1947, Dr Monty Naicker emphasised: “We are citizens of …
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… between March 2020 and February 2021, consisted of 2,844 respondents older than 15. The results suggest that … (39%) had not heard of this event before …
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), translated as "Spear of the Nation", was the active military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). It was formed in co-operation…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
South Africa had seized the German territory (then known as South-West Africa) during World War I and retained it after the war under a League of Nations…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
Seven people were killed and about sixty-seven injured when about 800 striking South African Transport Services (SATS) workers, on their way to a union meeting…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… Information [online]. Available at www.gov.za [Accessed 2 December 2016]| Knowles, C. (2011). ‘South Africa: The …
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
In Athlone, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the area bordered by Klipfontein Road, Belgravia Road, Thornton Road and Alexander Sinton High…