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Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… of violence on this date. Popularly called Dingaans Day and later renamed the Day of the Vow, 16 December … bombs ”¦We neatly wrapped each bomb in Christmas…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… that remained inside South Africa faced arrest, detention and banning orders, further crippling the political … 21 other people in 1970. Workers went on…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… 1970 16 February, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of … including Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, are re-detained…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… Protector's Office about unfair conditions of employment and ill-treatment in Natal. The official who recorded the … could be exaggerated. The complaints…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… The people involved in this were the Basotho, the Boers and the British. Of these, the British, who had taken over … by Britain who could provide them with a…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… This article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During … factor behind the…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… world at the time, most notably those in the West Indies and Caribbean. Studies done on colonial era slave societies … shaped by common cultural traditions,…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of Defiance'. 1950 Florence … in Johannesburg proclaims May 1st as Freedom Day and…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in … during this period. Poor wages, bad working conditions and the…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… War, there was a struggle between two world powers, the US and Russia. Why was it called the ‘Cold War’ ? The reason lay in the threat of new and even…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… with AIDS. In 1988, a structure called the AIDS Unit and National Advisory Group was erected within the Department … by the apartheid administration remained…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… 1919 Mohamed Kathrada and his wife Hawa, immigrants from India, arrive in Schweizer … Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada is born to Mohamed Kathrada and his wife…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… On 9 January 1973, workers at the Coronation Brick and Tile factory, outside Durban, came out on strike. … thereafter, workers from small packaging,…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… 1 January Battle of Artois and Champagne in France begins. 31 January 1915 The German … Suez Canal; used to ferry troops from India, Australia and New…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… Johannesburg in March 1919 to an Ethiopian father and a Coloured mother. His father passed away when he was young and Abrahams was sent to live in the rural…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… The pandemic spread simultaneously in Europe, Asia and North America over a twelve-month period between the last months of 1918 and the beginning of 1919…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… feel to the museum, with its “bruidskamer”, katieb display and Khalifa exhibition, the museum encompasses all the people … show mothers chatting over stoep…
ArticleRock Art
… tend to focus on technical aspects, such as the material and techniques used. Their studies have revealed that ochre was used as paint and an albuminous…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… Organisations Act on 7 April 1960, banning the ANC and the PAC. By 6 May 1960, 18,000 persons were detained … the General Laws Amendment Act (90-day…
The National Tree
… Podocarpus latifolius The Yellowwood family is primeval and has been present in this part of Africa for more than 100 million years. The species is…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… history in two parts, namely; Emerging African Nationalism and Working-Class and Popular Resistance 1900-1950s , and The Armed Struggle and Popular…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… men were affiliated to the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP ) and observers suspected that the attack was aimed at … negotiations between the Nationalist Party (NP…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), … province of South Africa. The town was established in…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… While Chief Luthuli himself preferred another spelling and signed his name without an 'h', his surname is very often … present-day Durban, Natal. 1836…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… police were responsible for 2 389 injuries. Both the death and inquiry figures were disputed by various sources as being … the various communities were…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, take a second look at the blood and discover that it contains HIV, which is the virus that … African doctors see a rise in…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
… The Cold War was the period of conflict and competition between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union, and their respective allies…
Institute for Industrial Education (IIE)
… to serve as a school for trade unionists of all races and to provide basic information and skills for effective trade union activity. The IIE … which ensured…
ArticleEOAN Group
… by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and educational centre and cultural association that offered music training for the … range of…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… development of women can be related to poverty, violence and abuse, and inadequate access to education, employment, health care, and legal representation…