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Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… and fighting the apartheid government was needed. In 1959 a group of Africanists led by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe … against apartheid. After breaking away…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… in the Rugby World Cup of 1995 had once testified to. [19] The tournament was widely hailed as a success in the … Alice. “Durban basks in Zuma’s ANC victory…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… intended to be a series of protests against the pass laws [19] . Pass law protests were gatherings of peaceful activists … (1977) 13 [17] Ginwala (1990) 78 …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… his novel Turbott Wolfe (1926), written when he was only 19 years old. It tackled the highly sensitive issue of … second novel, A World of Strangers (1958)…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… of Solidarity : Women in South African industry, 1900-19 S O, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University and … study, Johannesburg: Kayor. Sachs,…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… authorities and deported from South Africa to Namibia. 1959 The OPC expands and develops other branches – among … to under South Africa’s Apartheid regime…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… land than upon their Christian teachings (Williams 1959). This was also borne out by the experiences of Moffatt … miles from the University College of Fort…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… hospital, 1846-1931 (iv) use as a naval base, 1939-1959 and (v) use as an apartheid prison, 1961-1996. [10] … on death row" South African History Archive, …
ArticleList of passenger on the Truro, 16 November 1860
… Madras 18 Naigum Page Missing 25 F Unknown Madras 19 Rungiah Page Missing 36 M Unknown Madras 20 Venkamah … Ebram 3 F Muslim Madras Madras 53…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
The African National Congress, South Africans and the world at large continues to mourn the passing the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Comrade Nelson Mandela. The…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots, a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape, after…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… often held accountable for the treatment of prisoners. In 1959, a major new prison legislation, Prison Act of 1959 , was introduced which was based on the…
African Art Centre
… organisation based in KwaZulu-Natal . Founded in 1959, it was under the leadership of Jo Thorpe for the first …
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… arrested along with 155 others on charges of high treason 1959 Heads the ANC’s Constitutional Commission 1960s 1960 … to the World Festival of Youth and…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… request for funds to be given to the anti-MPLA troops. On 19 December 1975, the United States government suddenly …
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… of Education in London, England. She left South Africa on 19 December 1973, and arrived in England eighteen days later. …
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… an inspiration to us - EFF by Fana Mokoena (PoliticsWeb), 19 October 2016 RW Johnson: Gordhan no Horatius on bridge, SA …
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… The preparatory examination of the Treason Trial began on 19 December in the Johannesburg Drill Hall. Sisulu remained a …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… relations with its former colony, and between 1946 and 1959, 113,000 Britons had settled in South Africa. However, … AAM. Beginnings: Boycotts in the Fifties…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… movie Inxeba”, Brand South Africa, 27 July 2017, accessed 19 September 2017, … Film Oscar↵”, ThoughtCo., 9 February 2016, Accessed 19 September 2017, … Votes…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… in a bid to change his sexual orientation. When Nkoli was 19, he met Roy Shepherd through a pen pal magazine. Shepard …
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… and removal of coloured people from the voter’s roll. 1959 The British anti-Apartheid movement is found. This …
BiographyRick Turner
… private school in Cape Town run by the Anglican Church. In 1959, he registered for a course in Engineering at the …
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… Killed by migrant workers Balnardo, Gary Sandy Grassy Park 19 16.9.76 Shot through buttock and chest from front, at Head … Columbus Soweto 26.12.76 Khumalo,…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… Subsequently Africanists are ejected from the meeting. 1959 4-6 April, An Africanist group who broke away from the … protest campaign against pass laws,…
PlaceSenegal
… was formed by merging Senegal and the French Soudan in 1959. President Senghor and Prime Minister Mamadou Dia …
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… effort against forced removals. 9 February 1955 - November 1959, Duration of the destruction and removal of the …
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… (COD) who was banned for her political activities between 1959 and 1973 was invited to join UWO by Oscar Mphetha. The …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… printed in Afrikaans, Nama/Damara and Otjiherero. [15] 1959 Omahodhi gaavali by H.D. Namuhuja is published by … non-religious book by a black Namibian to be…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… victim's family of death in custody after stayaway. 11/19 November Maseko, Samson (19) Katlehong Found at mortuary with terrible marks & … swollen face…