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EventMoses Josiah Madiba is born
… He was the first secretary of the Maune branch of the Transvaal African Teachers' Association in 1930. In 1964 he … Church after the merging of the Northern…
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… During the Anglo-Boer War 1- also called Transvaal War of Independence or Anglo-Transvaal War- a Boer force of about 200 (under General …
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… tobacco workers in Cape Town and Johannesburg. 1902 The Transvaal Miners Association (TMA) is founded in the … though the union continued to decline in…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… and restriction to that area in 1973. Offices in the Transvaal and Natal followed in 1974 and 1975 respectively, … Ramphele was banned and restricted to…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… and Driefontein farms in the Wakkerstroom district in Transvaal. 1926 Seme travels with the Swazi king, Sobhuza II …
ArticleThe New Group
… A decision was taken to invite the participation of some Transvaal artists, and this area became the responsibility of …
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… Orange Free State (OFS, now Free State Province) and the Transvaal (now made up of Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and …
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… the petty- bourgeoisie of the small towns in the OFS and Transvaal. They had to compete with the Labour Party for the …
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… should focus more on black needs. In November 1985, at the Transvaal provincial congress, some Africanists were excluded …
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… Radio and performed by the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal. They have also been read in London, Paris, …
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… Department of the ANC at its headquarters in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). 1994: Appointed Provincial …
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… community than with any other.” When the Indians in the Transvaal took the vow to defy the Black Act requiring them … to prison once, and it was the poor…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… of the co-founders and a chairperson of what became the Transvaal Chamber of Industries, a member of the Transvaal Legislative Assembly and the first Union…
EventPresident Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoa bay
… line, which followed the discovery of gold in the then Transvaal area. On 2 June 1887, President of the Transvaal, Paul Kruger authorised the construction of…
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… 1899-1902, negotiators for the Afrikaner republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State travelled to Pretoria to … of Vereeniging. The peace settlement…
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… corps of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) or the Transvaal Republic, faced a full attack by General Sir … as the Natal Field Force). By 24 September the…
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… in the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. Scores of people were left injured and others were … March were dropped by the Acting…
Chronology
… United Front May 30 , General election 1939 Asiatics (Transvaal Land and Trading) Act Formation of the short-lived … about 111 wounded) 1943 Trading and…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… the South African Indian Congress. On her visit to the Transvaal, Joshi organises a meeting which the 15-year-old … Bill in view of the agreement reached…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… by the Passive Resistance Councils (PRC) of Natal and the Transvaal. SAIC also decided to send a delegation to New York … Ashwin Choudree, delegate of the…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… The Transvaal University College, with branches in Johannesburg … of the Cape University. The Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College, which…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… Willem Viljoen (Jan) died in the Marico district, Western Transvaal. Together with three other hunters, Viljoen was … to see the Victoria Falls. During the…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the Western Transvaal (now Gauteng), where they open a small shop. 1929 … Kola. 1945 -1946 Kathrada is a…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… Abed, Ebrahim Dadabhai and Advocate Minty formed the Transvaal Indian Organisation, which was tasked to persuade … Lenasia during his term of office as…
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… published in the Staats Courant of 26 April 1899, the Transvaal Government announced its intention to proceed with … viz, the whole status of the British…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… and The Johannesburg Foundation all based in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). It helped shape the idea of culture …
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… Northern Cape and some parts of the North West province) , Transvaal colony(present day Gauteng , Limpopo and Mpumalanga …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… In 1947 the ANC signed an agreement with the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congresses, and formed the Congress …
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… enough to repel them. In 1852, the Boer government in Transvaal entered into a peace agreement with Mzilikazi. …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… Party and it managed to win a straight majority in the Transvaal Provincial elections of March 1914. It also …