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Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October 1954 by 61 unions mainly representing White workers and mixed unions of Coloured and…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). The following year its name was…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… secretary, Paul Kruger crosses the Komatipoort border . 19 October, Paul Kruger goes on board the Dutch cruiser, De …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… a membership of about 100 000. Yet quite surprisingly by 1930, only three years later, the ICU had virtually … the answer to this question. ICU branches…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… is signed by both the Burghers and the British at 23:05 at Melrose House, Pretoria. The total Black deaths in …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… in Lesotho. The incursion is widely condemned. 18 - 19 December, The African National Congress (ANC) claimed … outside the military headquarters in Pretoria …
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century (approximately1780 - 1850) was as follows: There were three groups of people: …
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… his first term from1924-1927, Josiah Gumede from 1927-1930, Pixley ka Isaka Seme from 1930-1936, ZR Mahabane`s second from 1937-1940, AB Xuma from …
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… (accessed10/05/2016). ↵ [15] A. Mazrui & L. Mhando. Julius Nyerere: …
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… (accessed10/05/2016). ↵ [15] A. Mazrui & L. Mhando. Julius Nyerere: …
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
… (KANU), Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya was born on 15 August 1930. After Kenya‘s independence in 1963, Mboya became …
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
… Boer War. In 1902 Doyle returned to England. On 7 July 1930 Doyle died of heart disease. …
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
Please note that this information was part of our old 'history classroom content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… Benevolent Home in Pietermaritzburg 11. At the age of 19 he was also appointed secretary of the Young Men's Vedic … formerly merged under the NIC structure…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… to bring the local amelioration legislation such Ordinance 19 of 1826 promulgated at the Cape, into line with the … a record of punishments. Revised…
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He joined the ANC in 1930 and rose to become its secretary-general. In this …
EventMoses Josiah Madiba is born
… branch of the Transvaal African Teachers' Association in 1930. In 1964 he received the British Council Visitor's Grant …
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… Training College. She obtained her teaching diploma in 1930 and taught at the same college for two years. She died …
The CASA Conference
… Africa (CASA) conference and festival in Amsterdam on 14 - 19 Dec 1987. The CASA conference was a week-long event that …
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… can also be seen (Ntando PZ Mbatha) In the early 1930’s children attended schools in Forb Street, Illing Road, …
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… Aryan Benevolent Home in Pietermaritzburg. At the age of 19, he was also appointed secretary of the Young Men's Vedic …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
"This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa -…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… the vicinity, giving official status to the area. From 17-19 March 1852 a full Assembly meeting (Volksraadvergadering) …
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
On 14 June 1913, the first Immigration Regulation Act, which limited the free movement of Asians, and restricted their entry into the country, was passed in…
EventNational Party wins national elections
… in the Pact Government, the Great Depression, from 1930 to 1933, made the government's rule difficult. …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… Aviation League, for champion aviatrix of the world. In 1930, she was awarded a DBE (Dame of the British Empire) for …
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… in 1922. Theiler joined the Rockefeller Foundation in 1930. It is while there that he did extensive research on …
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers' party The industrialisation of South Africa brought into exÂ…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… Kinetescopes in South Africa were opened to the public on 19 April 1895 in Herwoods Arcade on Pritchard and President … for forthcoming screenings) started…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… 50 000 people from the steps of the Cape Town City Hall. 19 February, Nelson Mandela was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8…