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Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… character. Relative to the earlier period's infiltration of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) guerrillas into the … (SADF) Military Intelligence Headquarters in…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… were made popular in the 1890s by Orpheus McAdoo's Jubilee Singers 1897 Enoch Sontonga, then a teacher, … in 1912 with the first commercial recordings. 1920s…
EventSouth African artist Michael Zondi is born
… Natal. He was trained in woodwork at the Swedish Lutheran Mission Trade School, and obtained certificates in building … construction and design. He worked at…
Krystal Kruger
Born in Kenya on the 20th May 1988, came to South Africa for high school, then decided to study Fine Art at Rhodes University. I’m currently in my fourth year…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the annual conference of the Methodist Church Umtata, 18 September 1994
… a proud record of commitment to the development of Africa's sons and daughters in more areas than one. The great … which spread from the Reverend William…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… Barney Pityana read in a newspaper about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock and grief he … At Fort Hare, we had him as a guest…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… party did not consult the African National Congress ’s top six (National Executive Committee, NEC) to consolidate … reshuffle and appointments of ministers…
PlaceTygerberg Hospital
… in conjunction with the University of Stellenbosch 's Health Science Faculty Mission . This Hospital strives to provide affordable world … been employed by…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… by the executives of both unions if she would take Jimmy’s place. In 1966, Harriet was voted on to the TUCSA … the registered GWIU in 1967. At a mass meeting…
PlaceSarepta
… Uniting Reform Church, which took over from the Rhenish Mission church, is a Landmark in Sarepta. The first Rhenish … In 1829, the first Congregation of…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… Image Source Essay Question: To what extent did Roosevelt’s New Deal succeed in mitigating the negative effects of the Great Depression in USA in the 1930’s?…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… occupations to whites and coloureds only. Repealed by s 20 of the Mines and Works Amendment Act No 27 of 1956 … and has at its aim to fight the infamous 3…
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… and insurgency began with the primary targets being power stations and government buildings. For instance, an … government responded by arresting and hanging…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… Cape wine industry in the twentieth century. Under Kohler's leadership this organisation saved the wine industry from … goal, which was to stabilise the wine…
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… that initially many councillors regarded Abdurahman's presence in the chamber as an affront to their dignity and … which later became the University of Cape…
Letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by O. R. Tambo, 21 July 1986
… remain valid. We are convinced that the idea of the mission was conceived in London in the context of a rejection … to render irrelevant the Nassau…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
… remain valid. We are convinced that the idea of the mission was conceived in London in the context of a rejection … to render irrelevant the Nassau decisions…
EventDutch Reformed Church in Africa talks with the ANC
… The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) decided to start its own mission work under Black South Africans at its first synod … formed for non-White members, called…
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… When arriving in the village I customarily visit the chief’s kraal to announce my presence. However the chief was not … of our New Coat of Arms and the other…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… After breaking away from the ANC in 1959, the PAC’s radical ideology gained ground in urban and rural areas of … on people to leave their passes at home,…
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… a Farm from the Natal Colonization Company and Marianhill Mission, was Built on this land. The Church also brought … allowed to Buy or Lease Land, at St…
Pedi
… Sotho, or Sesotho sa Leboa, is one of South Africa’s 11 official languages, and consists of up to 30 different … Swazi, Merensky was then granted consent to…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Report on Delegations, Publications … of the Joint Passive Resistance Council…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… of April 1993. Exactly two weeks before President Tambo`s death, Cde Chris Hani was cowardly assassinated outside his … It is for this reason that Comrade…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba's mutilated body is found
… the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Dweba's widow Daphne stated that her husband was abducted from his … 1985. He was fatally stabbed and…
PlacePacaltsdorp
… and active Missionary from the London Society, commenced a mission to this people, and continued with them till his … ..." In 1822, the Reverend William…
EventEdenburg is founded
… town revolves around sheep and cattle farming. The oldest mission station of the Berlin Mission Society north of the Orange River is located 16km …
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… was due to changes in economic conditions in South Africa's hinterland, and the consequent need to secure sufficient … which he had selected as the site for…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… dispossessed Khoisan sought safety or escapism in the many mission stations founded in the process of conquest. In 1870 a Bishop … had to 'donate' 15…
EventJournalist and anti-apartheid activist M.P. Naicker dies
… Publicity of the African National Congress (ANC) External Mission, Marimuthu Pragalathan Naicker (M.P.) died at the age … journalist for the ANC journal…