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EventEgypt is placed under martial law in response to widespread riots against the British
… Egypt was ravaged by violence and anti-British protest. In October 1951 the Egyptian Parliament approved the … alhafeez, (1999), Anti Ahmadiyaa Movement in…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other Whites to the … saw a steady growth of the…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… source of inspiration, Richard Turner was a central figure in the white South African student movement and key in its … South Africa increasingly influenced…
BiographySheila Weinberg
… Sheila Weinberg was born in Johannesburg on 1 October 1945, the daughter of Eli and … contribution to the building of non-racial democracy in South Africa…
EventThe South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu
… the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. The government also promised to improve facilities…
BiographyMolly Fischer
… on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton , near Pretoria . Her father, P.S. ‘Tottie’ … – they could trace their ancestry back…
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… his wife Dhanalutchmee Pillay. The Naiker family arrived in South Africa when Monty's grandfather came from India to … labourer. Monty matriculated at the…
ArticleThe “Wind of Change” speech
… and, whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all accept it as a … must take account of it. ... As I see…
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic's office
… guerrilla forces seeking the armed overthrow of government in SA; curbing Russian influence in these states; strengthening … to countries which complied with…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a … and upon completion taught at Tembalabantu High School in…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners … for liberation. The death of Steve…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… Early Life John Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at … Gun War . He used British troops to…
ArchiveNUSAS in the 70s. Official opening address at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, July 1970
… raised questions about the direction the Union should take in the 1970s. The alienation of Black students was of particular concern. … NUSAS in the 70s…
Links & Partnerships
… Africa - This site is concerned with popular education in past, present and future. Centre For African Studies - … of Fort Hare, South Africa's oldest…
EventThe Herstigte Nasionale Party is established
… (NP). The party was led by Albert Hertzog, son of former SA prime minister, General J.B.M. Hertzog, as reaction to a … wanted to curtail immigration; was…
ArchivePress statement on the Industrial Conciliation Act following a joint meeting between the Federation of S.A. Trade Unions, The Western Province General Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union.
The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
… To call a production The Storming locates a predicament in the present continuous; as ongoing; as not yet resolved. … maelstrom: the storming of a bastion…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
… set up a Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to supply provisions to Dutch ships plying to and … A woman from Bengal named Mary was bought for…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… Introduction The 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the … of the Bantu Education Act in 1953. The rise of…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on 1 April 1875 in Greenwich, England. Both his parents were actors. He … on Fleet Street selling newspapers at…
Grade 4 Archive
… features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. Origins of major world religions reflected in SA: Religion is an important part of…
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… Mluleki George, SA deputy defence minister, attended the 90th commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in France, which raged from 15 to 20 July 1916…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from … Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
… accurately, South Africa could become the leading state in Southern Africa. Ten days later, South Africa signed … to have good relations with white colonial…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… On 9 April 2010, Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35 from Wentworth in Durban was sentenced to death by a high court in Guangdong Province, China for smuggling drugs…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… era. Twelve thousand South Africans had given their lives in the great struggle of democracy against fascism. Tens of … a new spirit of racial tolerance and…
EventMoses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National Congress stalwart dies in Moscow
… Party and African National Congress stalwart passed away in Moscow, Russia where he was hospitalised after a long illness he suffered since 1968. In 1931…
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… Human rights abuses were common in South Africa during the apartheid era and the liberation … bringing these abuses to an end. When apartheid crumbled in the…