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EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… date set for 26 June 1952. A “Day of the Volunteers” on 22 June preceded the opening of the campaign where volunteers …
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… South-Africa- Dear comrades, We received your letter from 22/9. Have you already established the connexion with the …
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… of fish caught near East London in the Eastern Cape on 22 December 1938. The fish was caught by Hendrik Goosen on …
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
When Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be observed that the…
ArchiveUDF Campaign Manual - Section B: "How We Are Struggling - The Methods"
… organizing manual, specifically targeting the August 22, 1984 elections for the new Tricameral Parliament … organizing manual, specifically targeting the…
EventOliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.
… and Science). He was born in the Groblersdal District on 22 March 1932. He received his education in various mission …
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… in the North was reopened in 1973, the number decreased to 22 percent [13] . Mozambicans were mostly preferred, because … time for mines to stop competing…
Chapter Three - The Black Republic Question and the Third Period
… because of his rejection of the new Party line after 1935. Another member of the Politbureau in 1934 was Bach who … he initially rejected the new line of the…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… dispute (some sources claim the ship was wrecked on the 22 April 1554), the reason for the wreck is said to be due to …
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… legal loophole to obtain permits but it was not for long. 22 October, Kathrada is served with a two year banning order … of the city to the segregated…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… The UDF interprets low voter turnout as a victory. 1984 22 January, UDF Border region launches the bold Million … elections July, Sayco 'Save the Patriots'…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… prohibits me to travel beyond a fifteen-mile radius. In 1935, I was elected chief of my tribe; the Zulus for some … did make drastic changes in African…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… while 26 per cent were between 26 and 30 years old, and 22 per cent were between 31 and 40 years old. This division … first Jewish tailoring union started in…
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… the beautiful Wynberg Park! This spans over an area of 22 square kilometres and showcases some of the Western Cape …
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
… stage name Jack Parow was born in Parow, Cape Town on 22 February 1982.[i] He is one of the most popular Afrikaans …
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
On 8 July 1895 the Delagoa Bay railway line was officially opened by Paul Kruger. Its link to Pretoria was completed on 20 October 1894.The railway line was…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… Revision of the administrative work of the Organisation. 22. Uniform Badges. 23. Organisation of the Female workers …
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… 2008, [online], Available at www.wrecksite.eu, [Accessed 22 October 2010] …
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
… Law Amendment Act was passed in Transvaal parliament on 22 March 1907. The Asiatic Law Amendment Act, 2/1907 ("The …
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… concentration camps comprising 1 676 men, 4 177 women and 22 074 children. Concentration camp …
PlaceBonteheuwel
… while English is spoken as a home language by a further 22%. The housing profile of Bonteheuwel is dominated by brick … while English is spoken as a home…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… of a gale, the Portuguese squadron rounded the Cape on 22 November, and three days later, the battered ships sailed …
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… Illustrated History of South Africa: The Real Story, p 22. 1988. Reader's Digest Association South Africa (Pty) Ltd. …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… Chiefs held under the auspices of the ANC, which attracts 22 chiefs, Josiah Gumede succeeds in having a proposal which …
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… it had grown to 134 officials, 35 Free Burghers, 15 women, 22 children and 180 slaves. Statue of Jan van Riebeeck, …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… government in dispossessing people of their land. 22 November, A group of 250 men carrying axes, pangas and … moved from Lusaka in Zambia to Dar-es-Salaam in…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… operations and acts of sabotage against South Africa. 1980 22 February, The South African Coloured Persons’ Council Bill … Conservation of Antarctic Marine…
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol’s younger brother Mohammed on Monday said he believed that the surviving security police, who detained his brother in 1971,…
Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald,
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas7 to James Ramsay…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
The President of the African National Congress Comrade President Zuma will be visiting Upington as part of the launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on the…