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ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC's nominee to the Young Committee. Albert Christopher, Manilal Gandhi … is voted out of office as president for…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… colonial authority and rulers introduced their authority to the landscape of traditional governance. In the … of the people, where a traditional leader was…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… of Zanzibar, Ali bin Said, died. Immediately subsequent to Ali bin Said’s death his nephew, Khalid bin Barghash, … gained the support of a portion of the…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… While the tricameral parliament was designed to co-opt Coloureds and Indians and to bring a renewed legitimacy to the Apartheid regime, developments in the…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… 1984, riots broke out in the Transvaal and spread to other parts of the country. These riots continued until … African National Congress (ANC) called on…
ArticleThe missionaries
… when Faku , the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from 1818 to 1867, allowed Wesleyan missionaries to establish a mission station within his kingdom. The … of the…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… Commander Jan van Riebeeck for the slave children brought to the Cape in the Dutch ship, the Amersfoort, which had … this school had many of the…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… its proposal of appointing a Coloured People's Council, to be "the only body recognized by the Government to express the views of the Coloured community." Mr…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… Hunter-gatherers is a term for people who survive, or used to survive, by hunting and gathering food. QUICK INFO GUIDE: … Have been around for 11 000 YEARS!…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… an event of major political significance. In his message to the Congress of the People, Chief Albert Luthuli , the … meet as equals, irrespective of race,…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… Movement (LPM) organised a ‘No Land, No Vote’ campaign to coincide with the 2004 South African General Elections . [1] The campaign aimed to highlight how…
Defining Black Consciousness
… is in essence the realization by the Black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the blackness of their…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… rock artists painted people and animals. It is difficult to say why they painted these pictures. Some archaeologists think that the paintings were created to…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… Black university students had tried for many years to make progress through the multiracial and liberal National … organisation empathised with the Black…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… a number of female authors who were, and still are, able to assert themselves as writers, both on a national and … are scant. Having said that, the aim of…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… The Mfecane (a Zulu word which translates to “the crushing”) or Difiqane (a Sotho word which translates to “forced removal) was a series of Nguni and other…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… has puzzled scientists ever since the illness first came to light. For years it has been the subject of fierce debate … of gay men in New York and California…
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… 1996 when communities on the Cape Flats, Cape Town decided to form an anti-crime organisation. The aim was to fight the drugs and violence plaguing their…
Robben Island
… a place where people were isolated, banished and exiled to for nearly 400 years. It was also used as a post office, a … indigenous residents on the mainland,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… that the weight of the black vote is decreased from 3.1% to 1.4%. The first restrictions against the urbanisation of … introduced. The official government…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… Progressive Forum a Trotskyite group which was affiliated to the NEUM. 1944 Raised £1 000 for the famine relief in … act which restricted their economic and…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… In 1948, the same year the Apartheid Government came to power, the people of the world came together at the first United Nations General Assembly to…
ArticleThe New Group
… who, upon their return from study in Europe in 1937 began to question and oppose the conservative values propounded by … the improvement of their working…
Learning about local history through pictures
… Adderley Street: PICTURES Pictures are a great source to use to learn about history. Did you know that a picture says a 1000 words; what a lot of clues to…
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… He immediately re-organised the Voortrekkers and started to prepare a retaliatory attack on the Zulu. On Sunday, 9th December, Pretorius and his followers…
ArticleBlack Sash
… The organisation grew into an avenue for liberal women to oppose government policies by means of marches, convoys, demonstrations and vigils. It came to be…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… an international influenza pandemic broke out, that led to the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. The pandemic … while not the direct cause of its…
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… societies hunt, fish and gather wild plants to survive. They also move around from place to place, following a nomadic way of life. The invention of … The…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… 1951. Led by I. B. Tabata , SOYA was closely linked to the Non European Unity Movement (NEUM). Addressing the first conference , Tabata emphasised the…
ArticleTransport on water
… Transport on water Ships and boats are as old as the desire to travel over and across water, and to fish. Boats are smaller than ships. They can be powered…