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EventStart of the Muslim community's Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were brought to the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of…
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
South African photographer David Goldblatt (87) has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
On the night of the 19th of November in the South African city of Durban, agents of the Pretoria regime brutally assassinated Griffiths Mxenge. Using knives,…
PlaceSteenberg Farmstead, Tokai Road, Constantia
The Steenberg Estate, originally known as the Zwaanswyk, was granted to Catherina Ustings in 1688 and was one of the first farms in the Western Cape. Its Cape…
PlaceSenegal
Senegal is bounded to the north and northeast by the Sénégal River, which separates it from Mauritania; to the east by Mali; to the south by Guinea and Guinea…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
Ethiopia had been one of the few states to survive "the scramble for Africa" by the major European powers in the late 19th century. Both Italy and Ethiopia…
PlaceSophiatown
… White areas, The NP passed the Native Resettlement Act, No 19 of 1954 . This Act allowed the ruling party, NP, to remove … Sophiatown, in journal of modern…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers Chapter 19. The Dutch Reformed Churches Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a …
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… only led to Boshof declaring war on the Basotho on 19 March 1858 (also stated as 22 March 1858). The Basotho …
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… security within the pre-colonial family' (Walker 1990:19). For African women in the reserves, where they soon began …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… restructured and when negotiations broke down, around 19 000 miners took part in mass action that turned violent on …
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… protest campaign against pass laws, starting on 21 March. 19 March, Sobukwe announces that the PAC would embark on a …
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… 93 stamps were in operation, with a total annual output of 19,080 oz of gold. By the end of the following year, in 1888, …
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… in 4 phases: 1. The growth of Capitalism during the 19 and 20 centuries in the US. 2. The conditions that led …
ArticleTimeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022
Jeff Butler (1992) The Englishman was earmarked as Bafana Bafana's first coach, but a discrepancy with his coaching qualifications led him being turfed. …
PlaceEdenburg, near Bloemfontein
Edenburg is situated 83km South-West of Bloemfontein. This typical Transgariep Town, nestled in the golden prairies alongside the Country's busiest National…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… led to the growth of the sugar industry in Natal? Source 19 During the course of 19th Century the demand for raw sugar …
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… are determined to follow your courageous example." (19) The National Executive Committee of the African National … op. cit. pp. 177-78 Ibid., pp. 201, 203…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929 Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the … of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Bibliography by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… pp 97, 114-126; The History of Tana Baru, pp 68-71, 77-78. 19. The Mosques of Bo-Kaap, p 45. 20. ibid, pp 93-98. 21. … 75. The Indian Views, Durban, 32:9,…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… 12 4 1 3 10 19 11 Port Elizabeth .. 19 8 12 11 …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… a type of regulated or Keynesian racial capitalism. [19] It was hoped that ESCOM would be able to set up … Africa, p.32. [18] Jaglin and Dubresson, Eskom, pp…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… the Drummond Castle off Ushant. Harris, John James Born: 19 Oct 1839 Died: 19 Dec 1911 Note: John James Harris Of Leicestershire; …
Search for a United Front against racism
… People of Durban (APO) in support of Passive Resistance, 19 July 1946 That this meeting of the coloured people of … held under the auspices of the APO …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
… People of Durban (APO) in support of Passive Resistance, 19 July 1946 That this meeting of the coloured people of … held under the auspices of the APO …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… to Europe and of everything he saw and experienced there. 19 March, Walter Sisulu leaves by aeroplane to Durban, to … 1955. 1 August, The Natives…
PlaceBlue Crane Municipality, Sarah Baartman District- Eastern Cape
… Municipality of seven in the District, accounting for 19% of the Geographical Area, and is an an Administrative … Municipality of seven in the District,…
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
… underground and into militarization. Kgosana died on April 19, 2017 aged 80 after a short illness. President Jacob Zuma …
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… at the Burnside Colliery mine near Dundee on March 19, 1925, Llandaff went back to the coal mine to rescue other …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
This complex dates from 1892 and includes the church building, Cornelia House, and the William Frederick School. It was built by the Tafelberg Congregation and…