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Dorothy Alexander
Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, the third of six children[1]. One of her siblings was Neville Alexander…
Joseph Zenzele Mavi
Trade unionist who brought the grievances of black workers int white homes through a crippling of Johannesburg municipal workers in 1980.Mr Mavi was born in…
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) lived in KwaMashu, a township to the north of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the…
BiographyNosipho Dastile
Nosipho Dastile was born in 1938 in Uitenhage, a town in the Eastern Cape. After finishing school, she worked as a community activist as well as a volunteer…
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… (11 March 2017). ↵ [vi] P. Church: The five best South Africans to ever play Wimbledon, … http://www.thesouthafrican.com/the-five-best-south-africans-to-ever…
EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… unskilled labour in a variety of ways such as recruiting Africans from the then Portuguese East Africa in 1901 that … at the mines. The mines had also become…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In … property was officially given as follows:…
BiographyAlfred Milner
… losses of war. About a quarter of a million burghers and Africans in the concentration camps had to be resettled. A …
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… this jubilee with great enthusiasm, but most South Africans see no cause for celebration. During this 50 years Non-White South Africans have almost…
ANC statement on the Heritage Day, 24 September 2014
… The African National Congress calls on South Africans from diverse cultural backgrounds, beliefs and … what has been a source of our divisions. As South…
EventThe PAC is formed
… and envisaged, according to Sobukwe a "government of the Africans, by the Africans, for the Africans". They considered ANC policies insufficiently …
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… South African government to give full recognition to the Africans participating in the war. July 29, The recruitment … Weinberg, Leon Leveson. December 18,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… South African government to give full recognition to the Africans participating in the war. 15-17 December, At the … (BCM), is born in King Williams Town,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… in 1912. The SANNC declares that its aim is to bring all Africans together as one people, to defend their rights and … supporting cooperation between…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… one year before the implementation of formal Apartheid in 1947, India had been the first international country to … to understand the conditions of the…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… power and privilege at the expense of all Black South Africans. The Legislative Framework and Opposition to White … among other people. The pass system…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… Land Act. Between 1960 and 1985, approximately 3.5 million Africans were forcibly removed to the State created … Between 1960 and 1985, approximately 3.5…
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… the Cape were reduced, but retained, as areas reserved for Africans. In the Boer Republics of the OFS and Transvaal, … into smaller reserves. Crucially,…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… honour to be known among the members as "our chairman". In 1947 Stellenbosch University bestowed an honorary doctorate … They Shaped our Century: The Most…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… is legitimate, credible and accepted by all South Africans. To this extent, the process of drafting the Constitution involved many South Africans in the…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… about the ANC’s co-operation with white and Indian South Africans and in particular communists. From his recent … as its clear leader, particularly around…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… Tswanas, Vendas, Pedis and Shangaans. In urban areas, Africans were housed in the urban townships on ethnic lines … their schooling in ethnic schools…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… as well as strengthening democracy for all South Africans. The RDP identifies five major policy programmes … economy; Develop human resource capacity of all…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… It was the first election in which all South Africans, registered on a common voters roll, could vote. The … population was free at last. A total of 19.5…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… the racist policy of apartheid, under which black South Africans were denied basic human rights. The system of … and a new heritage for a democratic nation…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… racism of the Youth League with its slogan “Africa for the Africans”.’ SOYA propagated non-racialism, reflected in … by differences over the extent of…
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… Liquor Act, which was passed on 23 June 1927, prohibited Africans and Indians from serving liquor, driving liquor vans … again allowed to enter licensed…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… Declaration of Human Rights. What puzzles and worries Africans, however, is the opposition persistently offered by … shields their sole means of protection…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and his mother gave…
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
… Comrades and Friends, Fellow South Africans, We are gathered here today at this historic site to … been the changes in the everyday lives of ordinary South…