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ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans … their territory. This expansion was first at the expense of the Khoikhoi…
The Local State and Residential Segregation: Durban and the Prelude to the Group Areas Act
… in South Africa is associated with the ascent to power of the National Party, and the Group Areas Act (1950). This paper argues that the local state in…
ArchiveThe Internal Securities Act, No.74 of 1982, Section 29 by Danielle Vazquez
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … The Internal Securities Act, No.74 of 1982, Section 29 by Danielle…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… expense of black South Africans (in terms of franchise and land). It resulted in the consolidation of white rule, and … paved the way for a system of racial…
EventTwenty-four Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act
… Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act. It is alleged that they had conspired or incited others … between January 1966 and January 1967…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the … this. In 1950, the NP government passed the…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
… born in 1889 in King William's Town, he was the second son of John Tengo Jabavu . After studying at Lovedale, he taught … he joined the Industrial and…
BiographyAbner S. Mtimkulu
… it later to join the independent Bantu Methodist Church, of which he became president. In the interwar period, he … many conferences, including the December…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… fragmented African trade unions into a large federation of non-racial trade unions. There was a need for solid trade … of the strike were arrested under the…
BiographyMotodi Ntwampe
… the New Age reported on the “mysterious disappearance of ‘prominent anti-government men from Sekhukhuneland” after “four men were called to the office of the…
”Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act”: Joint Statement Of Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker Issued After A Meeting Of The Joint Passive Resistance Council, December 1947
… ”Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act”: Joint Statement Of Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker Issued After A Meeting Of The Joint Passive Resistance Council,…
BiographyDr. Hans Merensky
… studied geology and mine engineering at the State Academy of Mining and the University of Berlin, Germany, and passed with honours. He completed his … on…
Black Affairs Administration Act No 45, providing for Black self-government in townships commences.
… Black Affairs Administration Act No 45, providing for Black self-government in townships …
BiographyT W Thibedi
… Before joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and, ……
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… families, who were supposedly doing well on their plots of land in the reserves. Even before the formation of the … recognise the union: on 9 February 1942…
Representation of Blacks Act No 12, removing Black voters in the Cape from the common roll and placing them on a separate roll,
… Representation of Blacks Act No 12, removing Black voters in the Cape from …
The South African Parliament votes to amend the Internal Security Act No. 74 of 1982. Police will in future need the permission
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … African Parliament votes to amend the Internal…
The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO
… The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO …
The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act is passed by the British Parliament. It outlaws the slave trade within the British Em
… The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act is passed by the British Parliament. …
The Defence and Aid Fund is banned as an unlawful organisation under the Suppression of Communism Act. It is an autonomous Sout
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … banned as an unlawful organisation under the…
Under an amendment to the Defence Act the definition of superior officer is changed with the effect that White and Black member
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Under an amendment to the Defence Act the…
At a public meeting in Rustenburg, Pres. Kruger reaffirms his intention to revise the Franchise Act of the ZAR and to make cert
… Kruger reaffirms his intention to revise the Franchise Act of the ZAR and to make cert …
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
… was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937, the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's … was the passing of the 90-day Amendment to the…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… sentenced to six years in prison for furthering the aims of the banned ANC and for organising the May 1961 … liberation movements under the Unlawful…
BiographyPaul Grendon
… art as a medium to shed light on the political struggles of the time. His work will go on to leave a deep and … in which members of the community were trying…
BiographyBertram Buxton Xiniwe
… Buxton Xiniwe was born in Middledrift in the Cape, the son of Paul Xiniwe, who subsequently became a well-known hotel … From Protest to challenge: A…
BiographyKerr Alexander
… Early Life: Alexander Kerr was the first of six children born to William and Elizabeth Findlay Kerr. … for the post of first principal of the South African…
BiographyHoratio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle
… the interpreter for African languages at the Supreme Court of Griqualand West at Kimberley””a post which he held for … course. While in Kimberley he joined…
BiographyMatsiketsane Mashile
… “Lanios” Mashile’s family was relocated to a farm at the Native Trust Farm Ludlow, Pilgrim’s Rest District, Transvaal … Member of the ANC and SACTU, Bishop…
BiographyReverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane
… politically active. In 1919 he was elected as president of the Cape provincial branch of the South African Native National Council (SANNC, African National…