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EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… to the owners, which they had to collect personally in Britain and was in some cases barely enough to pay for their …
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… what the farm workers were being paid. Well-off people in Britain were paying £1 for a single pear, when a worker would … industrial activity, and then the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… invades Poland and the Second World War commences when Britain declares war on Germany on 3 September. The outbreak … Africa should enter the Second World…
A new class struggle
… South Africa. Coming so soon after the Boer War, if Great Britain interfered too much in the affairs of self-governing … both English and Dutch Colonists."…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… 16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) …
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… attempt was made to head off looming hostilities between Britain and the Dutch republics. It was declared a National … attempt was made to head off looming…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… of the 1914 strike, before their illegal deportation to Britain, and the leaders of the armed rebellion against the …
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… Nationalist government. Appeals to the United States and Britain to provide military support for the liberation of …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… The comment was typically provocative and was ignored in Britain. Only five months later when an American teen …
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… stalled, Smith illegally declared independence from Britain in 1965. During his address to the nation he …
EventA German gunboat, the Panther, reaches Morocco, increasing tensions between European powers
… of territory in the Congo. This demand was rejected by Britain, stating that agreeing to this demand would amount to …
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… his extremist white government in breaking ties with Great Britain and declared Rhodesia a republic. For the next decade …
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… passage of the Extension of University Education Act of 1959. This enabled the creation of new racial and ethnic … for whites. In terms of the Fort Hare…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… lasted 200 years until becoming a protectorate of Great Britain in 1888. 1500 CE By this point the Kingdom of Mutapa … of its time. After heavy casualties,…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Peace’, a document that revealed secret information about Britain’s plans for civil defence and government in the event …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… and gold (1886). As with the Industrial Revolution in Britain, there was a very different way of life before the … a consumer of manufactured goods. Most of…
EventSouth Africa abandons the Gold Standard, sparking a period of economic expansion
… Great Depression set in, many countries (including Great Britain) abandoned their gold standard and devaluated their …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… from 1960 until Lesotho gained full independence from Britain in 1966. He was king of Lesotho from 1966 until his …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… confident were they that Roberts was allowed to return to Britain, handing over the command of British forces to Lord …
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… of Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII of Great Britain; also said to be named after Alexandra, the daughter …
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… the federation of the South African colonies. However, Britain underestimated the fierce independence of Afrikaners …
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… causes of his death. Even close allies of South Africa, Britain and the United States of America, expressed deep …
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… On 26 June 1959, over five hundred people attended a meeting at the …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon's previous 'Jesus' comments
… The comment was typically provocative and was ignored in Britain. Only five months later when an American teen …
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… by the practices of the ANC exile leadership. He moved to Britain in 1968. In exile as at home, George unreservedly … convenor for UCATT, the building…
ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… (NEUM), attracted by its Ten Point Programme. From 1956 to 1959 Phahle studied at University of the Witwatersrand, … in case there were problems with…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… is a problem for any black enterprise. Labor groups in Britain and the United States have been supportive, but in … the majority of white South Africans. At…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… and what did Gumede himself derive from his two years in Britain? These issues will be addressed in this chapter. … of the South African and other Afro…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… of the Transvaal Republic after it was occupied by Britain in 1877. This link between the land-locked Transvaal …
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… covering an area of 47 square km. After World War II, Britain moved to incorporate both Prince Edward and Marion …