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PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… were laid on 2 January 1666. It was completed on 26 April 1679 when the old fort was finally evacuated. The …
PlaceSenteeko Dam
Senteeko Dam, officially "My Own Dam" near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, is facing an imminent risk of failure due to severe erosion and undercutting of…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… (South African Institute for Race Relations, 1950: 26). When the Group Areas Act (GAA) was passed in 1950, it … race (South African Institute for Race…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… wasted a great deal of our time and energy. In November 1943, I was called into a small dress factory to settle a … invited to attend a meeting, called for…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… Letter from D.I. Jones to M. Rakosi, 23 May 1922 Document 26 Letter from S.P. Bunting to General Secretary, Comintern, … Document 34 Documents of Fourth…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… 1990. Lodge, Tom. Black Politics in South Africa Since 1943. London: Longman, 1983- Lynch, HoUis. Edward Wilmot …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… and Union forces rapidly subdue the insurrection. 1915 26 January, Johannesburgss’s new Town Hall is used for the … to White, predominantly Afrikaner, low…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… of any reprisal action from the authorities. In January 1943 Dadoo was once again arrested for allegedly inciting the … radicals and called a mass election…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… are referring to the lobbying for a Youth League at the 1943 Bloemfontein conference of the African National … to the formation of the African Democratic…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
… adopted at a conference held at Pietermaritzburg on 25 and 26 March 1961. This conference was attended by 1 500 … All-In African Conference held in…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… makes me forget all my problems. I become full of love. 26 October 1976 I feel sad that I write letters to you and you never receive them. 26 May 1978 You…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… when it was formed in 1912. This acceptance only came in 1943. Black men realized the need to unite politically to …
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… to accept the accusation that he victimised workers. 26 He defended himself by claiming that productivity was at a … of Census and Statistics, Special…
The Pioneers
… exhibition moved to the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1943 no craftwork was represented. Hence the creation of a … to teach them that this thing is of great…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
During the weekend of 24th to 26th May, 1986, delegations of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC) and the African National Congress…
Insurrections III: The Storming
The Insurrections Ensemble returns to the Homecoming Centre at District Six for two performances on the 25th and 26th of September. For those of you who…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… Congress and the South African Indian Congress on June 26, 1952 - was initiated in the Natal province at the end of …
EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
… ideology. Berlin won the bid to host the Games on 26 April 1931, before the Nazis came to power, beating …
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… commission of inquiry into the shootings at Winterveld on 26 March 1986 because, according to the homelands minister of …
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… and volunteers. The battalion arrived in Cape Town on 26 March 1900 and was deployed to join the 1st Mounted …
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… of needs as hierarchical by Abraham Maslow (1943). His memorable pyramid depicts how individuals start … Africa, 1973–1994. Current Sociology. 54(3). Maslow,…
From retirement to parliament
… unanimously adopted their findings, on the 16th December 1943. We realise as anyone else the apparent … which would meet in Bloemfontein on December 13 and…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… the Party was. In fact when I attended the Party school in 1943, we were encouraged to join the ANC and also participate … of the Youth League. When I…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… and dysentery resulted in 1 in every 5 children dying. 26 370 white women and children died in the concentration …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… and collected them all into one final document. On 26 June 1955, the Congress of the People, a multi-racial body …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on 26 June 1955 We, the People of South Africa, declare for all …
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… not purchasing luxuries and not holding parties from 16-26 December. In early 1985 the UDF was still very aware of …
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… Doctorate of Law by City College of New York, USA. 26 June, City Council of Dublin, Ireland, unveils a sculpture … Harare, Zimbabwe, is renamed Nelson…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… arrested in Pretoria. In anticipation of the election of 1943, Smuts paid a visit to Pietersburg in 1942. A reception … Scandal in Pietersburg: Herman…