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ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… 1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the … return trips from Batavia (i.e. present day Java as part of…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… decades living in exile. He left the country because of the continual hardships and injustices of the apartheid state. Hallett grew up in a fishing village ……
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories. [i] She was also described as a passionate and invested woman in all subjects of…
BiographyNomhle Nkonyeni
… , Eastern Cape . She started her acting career at the age of 19 years. In 2002, she received her Master’s degree in … as the Serpent Drama group. She…
BiographyJeanie Noel
… Jeanie Noel was born in Durban as one of twelve children, however her family was fortunate enough … forced to leave their family home when the Group areas…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of Defiance'. 1950 Florence Matomela leads an anti-pass … in Cape Town 1 March, Dr. F Malan…
List of deaths in detention
… those who went against the Apartheid state was one of the many weapons that the government used to quell … List of deaths in detention …
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
… The system of Black authorities and the reforms brought about in the … into ethnic units, and ignored the Black man's demand for representation in the…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of … population i.e. as labourers. 1890 The…
BiographyChristopher Ndodebandla Dlamini
… was born in Benoni, Transvaal, on 10 October 1944, one of the five children of Anna and Gilbert Dlamini, a worker in an electro-planting … in terms of…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… in 1967. As a young scholar he became conscious of the inequities of the apartheid system. The train journey that he daily … in 1981 under the notorious…
BiographyDr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy
… Primary School state–aided primary school consisting of one large classroom divided into two, catering for all … had a “platoon” section that catered for the…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… As part of the governmental process for transformation of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in … Nzimande also calls on TUT’s management and…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Three documents, fundamental changes that took … people for “national freedom” and demands…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… The Natives Representative Council was established in 1937 in terms of the Representation of Natives Act 12 of 1936. That Act formed pan …
BiographyVicky Sampson
… Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the Golden City Dixies, a travelling vaudeville group. … states that this “was [her] entry into…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… The origin of Chatsworth Chatsworth is a historically Indian township located in Durban some 14km south-west of the City centre, in the Umhlatuzana River…
ArticleThe impact of Lenin and Stalin’s policies on the rights of the Russian people
… Lenin's policies, lets briefly examine Stalins. The impact of the policies is examined in the table at the end. Stalin: … accept socialism. Stalin preferred…
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the religious service at the Cathedral of UPPSALA
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the religious service at the Cathedral of UPPSALA …
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand
… Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand …
Louis Charles George 'Loet' Douwes-Dekker
… attended Durban High School,graduated from the University of Natal in 1961,completed an honors degree at University of South Africa,and later master's degree…
BiographyDaniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi
… education at Sekano Ntoane, Soweto, in 1976. He was part of a religious youth movement and from his experiences in the … he began organising unemployed…
BiographyNyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi
… Cindi was born in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg on 18th of August in 1950. Cindi began his primary education at … failing to show the security police a …
A timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… A timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan …
A timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… A timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan …
Speech by President Mandela to the National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius
… Speech by President Mandela to the National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius …
Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946
… Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946 …
Message to the NEGRO people of the United States of America, September 1952
… Message to the NEGRO people of the United States of America, September 1952 …
Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946
… Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946 …
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
… 1. WHEREAS there existed in the Provinces of the Union of South Africa several small and Independent … as well as in other bodies for legislation affecting…