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EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… Fraser. Fraser was opposed to closer co-operation with the Transvaal Republic and favoured closer links with the Cape … made by the Zuid-Afrikaansche…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… Upon his release he was banished to Rustenburg in the Transvaal, where he later died. The Bambatha Rebellion was …
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… of the protests that started in African schools in the Transvaal at the beginning of 1975 was a directive from the …
Local Government
… basic plan of action for the new body. The founding of the Transvaal National Union on 20 August was the direct outcome … 1 October 1897 he was greeted by an…
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… the 1906 Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign staged in Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province), Union of South … the introduction of the Asiatic Law…
Banned SACTU leaders
… Heynes, Bennie - Garment Workers Union (GWU) Khunyeli, S - Transvaal Workers Union (TWU) Kukulela, L - HWU Lekoto, M - … Levy, Leon - SACTU, President Mahoko…
EventThree South African provinces are renamed
… provinces were given geographical names, like Northern Transvaal and Eastern Transvaal. In 1995, the names of three of these provinces, PWV, Orange Free…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… SAP with Jan Smuts, and who had been Prime Minister of the Transvaal from 1907 to 1910, became the first Prime Minister … process, and following Milner’s…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… Jean Clarice Middleton. [4] D. Herbstein. (2011, January 03). Jean Middleton obituary. Retrieved May 04, 2020, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011…
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… Cape. The cape was under British rule, as opposed to the Transvaal which was under Afrikaner rule, led by State … involved in a dispute. Milner wanted to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the … - 2 October, Walter Sisulu speaks at the congress of…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… and soon thereafter became the Vice president of the Transvaal. When the Transvaal had been annexed by the British, Kruger took … out in 1881, Kruger was…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Campaign. March 26 , The Executive Committee of the Transvaal African National Congress (ANC) in cooperation with … Branch of the Communist Party of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… of: Dr James Moroka as President-General G. Radebe (Transvaal Congress) as Secretary C.S.R Ramohanoe (Transvaal President) and two ANCYL members G.M. Pitje…
PlaceUtrecht
… area as it fell outside the proclaimed boundaries of the Transvaal. Pretorius was afraid that the British might see it … the process endangering the…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… Africa after the war. Concentration Camps for Blacks. Transvaal Colony: Balmoral; Belfast; Heidelberg; Irene; … establishes the Department of Native Refugees…
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… Paving the way for the end of Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence or First Transvaal War), a provisional armistice was agreed upon by … on 3…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… that came to be known as the South African Republic of the Transvaal as their own, white hunters and traders often made … hinterland. Indeed, in the early…
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… Congress at which the duly authorised delegates of the Transvaal Indian Congress were not allowed to attend. The … pay the costs of the proceedings. It was…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… further. The committee consists of members from the Transvaal TASC, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the … Executive Committee (REC) is elected in Durban…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… (foreigners who flocked to the gold-fields in the Transvaal) heightened growing tension between Britain and the South African Republic (Transvaal). With his…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… call for the removal of the Union Jack from the flag. The Transvaal National Party congress was held on the anniversary … and Jaap Marais were expelled a few…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… upcoming elections for the SAIC. From this meeting, the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) was established, with … determined the laws relating to their…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… married later that year. 1977 August, Asvat co-creates the Transvaal Cricket Board along with Ajit Gandabhai and Rasik … Secretary. 1979 Asvat is elected as…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… set up branches in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Natal. Branches in the … successfully called on the community to…
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
… Immigration Law that prevented Indians from crossing the Transvaal/Natal border without the necessary permits. He and … marriages were eventually given…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… poverty and vulnerability of the South African Republic (Transvaal) prompted Disraeli's Conservative government to … the fierce independence of Afrikaners in…
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging - transcript
… Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the Transvaal. WE Davidson, Acting Secretary to the Transvaal Administration -3rd June 1902. ARMY…
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… the end of the first Anglo-Boer War (also called Anglo-Transvaal War) and the restoration of the Transvaal Republic after annexation by Britain in 1877. This…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… areas in places like the Orange Free State, Natal and the Transvaal. The vulnerability of the people that stayed behind … Mzilikazi revolted against Shaka in…