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BiographyMary Susan Malahlela-Xakana
… to have his twin children put to death, as the birth of twins was believed to be a curse. Malahele-Xakana became … South Africa in 1947, after becoming the…
BiographyMaria Laubser
… was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury in the Cape Colony. In 1903, at the impressionable age of 17 she visited Cape Town and…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… family moved to Elandslaagte, Northern Natal, the centre of coal mining, where they felt that there would be better … occupied a section of the house before…
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to South Africa with his … by their hostility he in time won the…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… movements, and in 1947 it demonstrated against the Native Affairs Commission, which wanted to remove squatters … bitter and disappointed about the recently…
The SA Amendment Act abrogates the entrenched clauses protecting the Cape C Coloured voters.
… The SA Amendment Act abrogates the entrenched clauses protecting the Cape C …
Labour Laws Amendment Act No 4, amending South African labour laws for Transkei, commences.
… Labour Laws Amendment Act No 4, amending South African labour laws for Transkei, …
An American soldier is killed by a land mine in Somalia and a second dies in a truck crash, bringing to six the number of Ameri
… An American soldier is killed by a land mine in Somalia and a second dies in a truck crash, bringing to six the number of Ameri …
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… be allotted by the Natal Government under the Natal Act No. 14 of 1859 and we all understand the terms under … belief which was supported by Shepstone, the…
BiographyKlaas Matlala
… African National Congress - ANC)] supporter and key member of the kgoro , and had opposed the Native Commissioner’s (NC) decision that the Matlala … banished…
BiographySam Kahn
… in Cape Town, he earned an LL.B degree from the University of Cape Town in 1932. He was a lawyer, a leader in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), and…
’Act with sense of urgency’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, New York, 11 June 1981
… ’Act with sense of urgency’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, …
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… The Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of … by a new work ethic - they would all have a share in the land, in the profits if…
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
… Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube , the first President General of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC-…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… Bantu-speaking group to which Mandela belongs) into whose land they were encroaching. This marked the beginning of the … new urgency with the formation of…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… was born 20th October, in 1901 Kimberley , the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana … at Fort Hare University in Social…
BiographyMartha Helena Cillie
… on 22 April 1866 in Wellington (SA). She was the daughter of Charl Daniel Cillié and his wife, Martha Helena Marais. … She came from an illustrious family…
No More Tears: Struggles for Land in Mpumalanga, South Africa edited by Richard Levin, Daniel Weiner
… No More Tears: Struggles for Land in Mpumalanga, South Africa edited by Richard Levin, …
South Africa signs treaty with Australia concerning an international observer scheme for land based whaling stations.
… Australia concerning an international observer scheme for land based whaling stations. …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… David Ivon Jones was the secretary of the ISL, who had been instrumental in forming the first … of heroism that move the proletarian heart, for the anti…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… this period. What was the impact of the 1913 Natives Land Act? Three years after the formation of the Union of South … about a speech made by Mr T. Zini of…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… born on 17 October 1945 in Swakopmund, Namibia. At the age of four his family moved to Johannesburg where he grew up. … charged and found guilty under the…
Dangerous Weapons Act No 71, prohibiting the possession of weapons, which could cause bodily injury if used in an assault, comm
… Dangerous Weapons Act No 71, prohibiting the possession of weapons, which could cause bodily injury if used in an …
Minister of law and order Adriaan Vlok states in parliament that eighty-one people were charged under the Internal Security Act
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 574 … Minister…
Four senior newspaper editors are found guilty on between one and three counts under the 1982 Protection of Information Act, an
… on between one and three counts under the 1982 Protection of Information Act, an …
The National Security Act No 13 comes into effect in SA. Providing for detention without trial, banning of individuals and ou
… The National Security Act No 13 comes into effect in SA. Providing for detention without trial, banning of individuals and ou …
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Jan Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act
… Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act …
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Jan Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act
… Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act …
The Minister of Community Development relaxes the Group Areas Act permit system and announces that Blacks will in future be adm
… The Minister of Community Development relaxes the Group Areas Act permit system and announces that Blacks will in future be …
Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and dis
… Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and dis …