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Cecile Mella
… Studies at the University of Westminster in Great Britain working as a freelance photographer and as assistant …
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… of treason and that their trial would begin on April 20, 1959, or afterwards. Presumably they were to be tried after … still faced re-indictment. Speaking…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
… during and against apartheid. The ensemble began in 1959 after a meeting between two of South Africa’s most … It includes an excerpt from a documentary on…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… be white owned. Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act, 1959 - This Act forced different racial groups to live in … sector, the Extension of University…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… dynasties along the coast. Swahili clans resist and ask Britain for help. Two warships are sent from Britain and the captain declares the Mombasa region as a…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… Cape, George Cathcart, believed that it would be best for Britain to withdraw from the area. His reasons were; … their independence in the areas north of the…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… [xiv] . The only option was to sail on the Empress of Britain from Cape Town on 18 February 1964. His family, who …
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… President of the Students' Union, University of Leeds, Britain. 1973 A nuclear particle discovered at the University … of Economics and Political Science…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… and Afrikaner parties over South Africa’s relations with Britain. August: Germany declares war on Britain in what became World War I. White South Africa is ……
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… Britain takes control of the Cape Once revolutionary armies … driven out or drawn into the labour force By the time that Britain established a formal colony…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… This forced removal sparked the Cato Manor riots of June 1959, and six months later, the massacre of nine policemen. … reason for tension in the area that…
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… Pietermaritzburg and grew up in Kimberley. She studied in Britain between 1963 and 1966, before returning to South …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… Dube, Plaatje and Rubusana among others, travels to Great Britain to protest against the Natives' Land Act. They are … his family to the village of Qunu…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… that brain damage had been the cause of death. In Britain, it was learned from South African sources that fluid … and sent by an underground South African…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… however, this momentum could not be sustained, because Britain as a superpower had more resources and manpower to … British Prime Minister Chamberlain…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… dealt with. Hereafter, SANNC realised that deputations to Britain were futile, bringing the first phase of SANNC action …
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… British forces left the Cape. That same year war between Britain and France broke again in Europe, Napoleon tried to … trade with Europe. Fearing loss of…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… - 57) HW Jackson (1957 - 58) WE Show (1958 - 59) CA Milne (1959 - 64) Dr Vernon Shearer (1964 - 66) Margaret Maytom …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… Harold Macmillan states in South African Parliament that Britain cannot support South Africa's racial policies. 6 … 14 May, South Africa signs an agreement…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… Pact Government in which the push for independence from Britain was becoming strong. In 1923 the National Party (NP) … split. Some of the party members…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… in South Africa gained more press coverage. The year 1959 began a long commitment from Britain and the support for the fall of Apartheid. British …
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… Africans and Indians on their doorstep. Subsequently in 1959 the area was declared a white zone under the Group Areas … of KwaMashu, Umlaziand Chatsworth. In…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… racial group. Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act, 1959 This Act said that different racial groups had to live … along the same path during the rest of…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… two years of the war was the crucial factor in prompting Britain to introduce self-government a mere five year later. … He was born in a Jewish family in…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… community to collect funds to send representatives to Britain to demonstrate against the unfair poll tax, the pass …
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… by the ANC and other liberation organisation's prior to 1959 as well as on ideological grounds, a group of … president at its founding conference was held in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… public. Fundraising is carried out to send a deputation to Britain 23 September, Women protests take place in the Orange … Dube, Plaatje and Rubusana among…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance Between Britain and Portugal ". London, 20 June 1973 1975 " …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… an organisation of South African students and youth in Britain to continue resistance against apartheid. In 1964 … Section (ANC YSS) was formed with Mbeki as…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… 3 May Germans launch fourth attack on Verdun. 25 May Britain introduces conscription for all men between the ages … 7 December Lloyd George becomes Prime…