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ArticleSharpeville
… books at home and thereafter gather peacefully at police stations nearest their homes, and demand that the police … that if thousands of people were arrested…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… in 1713, 1755 and 1767, but at the end of the Company‘s rule (1795) approximately 5500 White inhabitants lived in … It was reported that in the period 1803…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… obvious tensions emerge between the indigenous and mission sex-gender systems. In these organisations struggles … outcasts from 'traditional society' or came…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Three MK cadres, on their way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank … , 1956 Treason Trialist and president…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… accept 10 shillings per month, the maximum salary being 20 shillings per month. Should the Indian desire to remain in … that of the merchant class. In the…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… who has written about sexuality, HIV/AIDS and women’s health. She is also a political activist who campaigns for … blacklist, meaning she cannot leave the…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s origins came about as result of the lack of consensus on … upon to leave their passes at home, gather at…
PlaceMamre, Cape Town
… From one of South Africa’s oldest Churches to the delight of wine tasting and … between Darling and Atlantis on the R 307, within an hour's drive of Cape…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… Shaka Zulu with the aid of the amabuthoto overthrow Shaka’s brother, Sigujana, from the thrown. Yet while Shaka Zulu … throughout the 1820s, while other…
EventThe first experimental radio broadcast in South Africa takes place
… then to include Public, Commercial and community radio stations. According to research there are approximately 15.4 … listeners tuning in everyday. The…
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… to change the non-White franchise provisions, but the mission did not succeed in its purpose. The draft South … British Government, it was signed by King…
PlacePort Nolloth, Namaqualand Northern Cape
… in 1842. Steinkopf was founded in 1819 by the Rhenish Mission Society as a mission station for the Nama people in the area. Steinkopf … days. Steinkopf was…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… Plaatje University) located a typed copy of Nelson Mandela’s original handwritten journal and notes in the National … Secretary General of the ANC, to…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… passes at home and offer themselves for arrest at police stations. The protest was of a non-violent nature, but turned …
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… Jomo Kenyatta was born in Kamau, Kenya, on 20 October 1891 and grew up in Ichaweri, southwest of Mount … away from home to become a pupil at the Church of…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… at shorthand. Gandhi was prepared to pay her up to £20 for her clerical work, but Schlesin was perfectly … had suggested to Gandhi. Her response to her…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… as the first attempt to establish a broad-based women’s organisation. This was the brainchild of Ray Simons who … to receive a multiracial delegation. On…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… banning of the ANC in 1960 and the reconstruction of its mission in exile, the ANC formed a strategy of establishing … the instruction of the ANC to carry…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
… new concept of educational work among young African women. Mission institutions in the Cape such as Lovedale already … of amakholwa - 'believers clustered…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Bibliography by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida References: 1. Mayson, J S, The Malays of Cape Town, Manchester, UK, Cave and Sever, … E, Shaykh Yusuf, Mobeni, Durban, Iqra…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… and additional funding provided by George Caley the school’s headmaster. 1943 Sobukwe’s schooling is interrupted when he … passes at home and present…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… the Great Depression. At the time of conception, Roosevelt’s New Deal was criticised by some for bringing in socialism. … phases: 1. The growth of…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… and 1950s by American music and American movies. Hollywood's two all-Black musicals in the 1940s, Stormy Weather and … of public broadcasting from state…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… English ship Frances visited Natal on an ivory trading mission, but did not enter the bay. 1685 17 May, The English … shore safely, and settled on the…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… in the 1940s and 50s played an important role in the women’s movement. Many political organisations had excluded women, … the cosponsors of the Federation of…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… banning of the ANC in 1960 and the reconstruction of its mission in exile, the ANC formed a strategy of establishing … 31 May, South African becomes a…
PlaceKeetmanshoop
… was the official builder of the German Colonial Government’s Works Department , drew up plans for a new Post Office … proclaimed a National Monument on 2…
Indian education in Natal
… these were day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was attended by both Natives and Indians. 1867 20…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is … with 62.65 % of the vote. The National…
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… to 1902 (also referred to as the Anglo- Boer War). His mission was to reconcile the British and the Afrikaner and … for a national election to be held in…