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ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… however the stadium was also used as a venue for protest or organizing (since 1913). In the late 1970's the use of …
Mission Stations - I-L
… SPG IQHIBIRHA , also spelt IGQUIBIGHA, QHIBIRHA, QIBIRA or QUIBEGHA , Middledrift, Cape: UPCM; GMS. May also have … KAMA'S TRIBE , Cape: WMS 1848 KAMBE ,…
35. Colour legislation in the Orange River Colony
… in the ex-Free State Republic on persons of colour, or 'coloureds', according to contemporary terminology. Indian … lawful marriage of a white father with a…
PlaceSouth Africa
… elements of the Country's history. Individual colours or combinations of theses colours, represent different … to me to be South African, a visitor to South…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… government, Nelson Mandela and also other imprisoned or exiled ANC leaders. On 5 July 1989, Botha and Mandela had … Africa and also requires that where there…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… of a new constitution and the composition of an interim or transitional power to manage the transitional period. It … Codesa (1) but also at the significance…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… 1885 , which prohibits Indians from acquiring citizenship or owning property in the South African Republic except in … is passed compelling Free Indians…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… the Dutch if they were not permitted to graze their cattle or build their huts wherever they chose. That same year the … places where the Khoikhoi could and…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… " reasons. The majority sought either material advantage or psychological security. Also, although some groups such as … "Missionary stations are surrounded…
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… gaol (prison) sentence, and prohibited the offer or acceptance of financial or other assistance for any organized resistance against the … found guilty of…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Violent phrases such as "hitting back with the camera" or "using our cameras continuously as guns" sprinkle the … that in any way challenged the beliefs,…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… of tenure of labour tenants and those persons occupying or using land as a result of their association with labour … The Act aims to “”¦protect labour…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… studied by archaeologists is made up of 3 parts called K2 or Bambandyanalo, Mapungubwe Hill or MK, and the Southern Terrace or MST. Who lived at Mapungubwe?…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… being hassled because of their race. They could not shop or stay at the same place Whites could. When traveling they … this time Makeba was recording but had…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… within communities might have an impact on whether or not xenophobic attacks occur in certain communities, which … to the dominant ethnic groups in the main…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… and persons considered to be either agents of the state or actively involved in the apartheid’s security agencies. … wide range of activities that could…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… raised by herself after her divorce. Head was a refugee, or a “stateless person,” for fifteen years until she became a … her to be involved in the Pan…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… natives, whether farm labourers, factory workers, chiefs or peasants, this revolution means the abolition of all … independence and the opportunity to…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… were not elected, but the son would inherit the father or uncle’s leadership position. Traditional leadership was … for the establishment of 10 self…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… negotiations. 16 August, Lonmin says it has lost six days or 15 000 ounces of platinum at Marikana and is unlikely to … workers with an ultimatum that they…
ArchiveTerrorist Weapons 2
… 9; (text describing weapons); This chart shows the heavier or more specialised weapons used by terrorist groups. Each group usually has one or a combination…
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
… MARCH 1955, AND INCLUDED AS A PREAMBLE TO ITS CONSTITUTION Organize... or Starve! History has shown that unorganised workers are unable …
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… The beginning of the Nuclear Age America dropped Atomic or Nuclear bombs on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and … been living in an Age that is often called…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… mines [writers spell this pidgin as either Fanagalo or Fanakalo. Fanakalo is ‘the correct spelling in Zulu or Xhosa orthography’]. [1] In this essay, several…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… as an “indentured servant.” While filming neither of them or other Black people could stay in the hotels that the rest of the cast and crew were staying or…
PlaceKnysna, Garden Route- Western Province
… to me to be South African, a visitor to South Africa, or even African. So it seems easier to rather explain the … The smell of ‘moer’ coffee over an early…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… enemies while he bruised and side-lined his black rivals or imagined enemies through political and administrative …
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… lives digging dusty archives of some obscure shanty-towns or well-kept Victorian drawers located in fancy castles. … cocktail parties and student-staff…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… shall apply to the secretary of the nearest branch or to any member of the Congress authorised to receive application fol membership. Such secretary or…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s had included the works of one or two Black artists, but had not appointed Black jurors or spotlighted overtly political work. The…