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ArticleDISA Archive
… the struggle for freedom during the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994, providing a …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… They are the first shipment of slaves in the colony. 1658 17 April, The first formal school in South Africa is opened … end to compliance with the government…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… inherited his divine spiritual inclinations from her. [17] When Gwala died, Makhanda’s mother moved him, his elder … University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2012)…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… 2007 The LCD wins the general election on February 17, taking 61 of 80 constituencies, but opposition parties …
ArticleAllison Drew Collection
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew South Africa's Radical Tradition, a …
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… of his children were arrested. His son who had just turned 17, fled the country with a group of friends, escaping into …
BiographyCecyl Esau
… for the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. On 17 March 2021,Esau died of natural causes at his home in …
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, mbaqanga…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… canteens and assaulted the male customers. In Durban on 17 June 1929 chaos erupted with 2 000 whites clashing with 6 … a more assertive and impatient…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… account of his time in jail, was published. 1950 The 1950s was the decade in which the African National … on black writing : problems and prospects of a…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… friend, Lilli, who he fell in love with and married [17] . He would commute to London to work on his book covers, … Available at: search.connectinghistories…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… an increase of R1,50, but agreed to a second offer of R2,07, which brought the minimum wage to R11,50 a week. The …
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… local structures in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. [17] In KwaZulu-Natal, one of the main activities of the LPM … 1) ↵ [2](Greenberg, 2004, p. 2) ↵ [3]…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… differences between the San and the Khoikhoi. (4) Total: 17 Where African farmers were settled Traditional Xhoza women …
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… whom he met and performed with throughout the late 1950’s. In 1968 after many years in exile, Ibrahim began … Profile: Abdullah Ibrahim." The Guardian…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… home for possession of two Russian, hand-made grenades on 17 March 1989. Mbuli was subsequently acquitted two years …
BiographyAhmed Timol
… have to return home. The two left for the Party Scholl on 17 February 1969, two years after Timol had arrived in …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… wrote of Shaka in his autobiography, “Let My People Go”. [17] Luthuli wrote of Shaka as a formidable leader, but also … Original Sources . (Shuter & Shooter:…
Address to the Summit of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 21 March 2002
Monterrey, Mexico Honourable Chairman, President Vicente Fox, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency, Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… a more assertive and impatient attitude into the ANCWL. In 1950 rumours were also rife that the new government was …
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… ambiguity. According to the Natal Daily News , more than 17 000 people saw the 1973 showing – several thousand more …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… of the Suppression of Communism Act by the government in 1950 enabled the state to increase its repressive measures … challenges SACTU managed to establish…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
How is the South African Government dealing with the aids epidemic? In 1987, the apartheid government recognized that HIV and AIDS had the potential to…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa The Mineral…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 90 "Hertzog's Native Bill … application has been set down to be heard on…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced in Parliament on 17 November that his government would stop all arms sales to … Banda in 1971. From: http://www…
Schlebusch Commission
… banned in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950, on 27 February 1973. In 1974, four senior NUSAS …
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom…