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BiographyFort Calata
… Canon James Arthur Calata , was the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1936 to 1949. In 1956, when Fort was born, Canon Calata was…
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was … September 1980 he was…
Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states
… Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states …
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
… to a well-known Parsi family in Bombay and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee , a loyal friend of Gandhi . He was a bookkeeper and manager of a store owned ……
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was … September 1980 he was…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from … kill the liberation movement 'by kindness' to a few chosen natives…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… War, into factory work. This resulted in a greater number of women working in factories as well as participating in … she helped organise a local strike…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke WE SHALL … to annex the new territory order to "protect the Natives." Hypocrisy…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 NIC … The legislation dealing with land tenure…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … to assure the Governor of Natal that there exists an Act called…
BiographyKenneth Hlaku Rachidi
… were both school teachers in the area. He spent most of his early years staying with relatives in Limpopo and … In 1966 Rachidi began a B.Com at the…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … ‘communities that have no voice in the choice of…
BiographyBen Turok
… Leading member of the South African Congress of Democrats (CoD). He was born in Latvia in 1927 and came … activities. In 1962 he was convicted under the…
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
… on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South Africa when … are traced back to when she joined…
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
… with a teacher, Virginia Engel, who was a former member of the Drama Society (Dramsoc) at the University of the Western Cape. She acted, in some of Adam…
BiographyLennox Sebe
… He made the biggest political move when he became a member of the Ciskei legislative Assembly and chief Minister in 1973. He got 26 votes to 24 of Mabandla…
BiographyHelen Kies
… where she matriculated. She then enrolled at University of Cape Town where studied where she completed her B.A. in … her husband was dismissed from teaching…
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
… In an exploration of the attitudes taken by different cultures in different … European settlers achieved its zenith with the Native Land Act of 1913. The…
BiographyMbalekelwa Mngomezulu
… Mbalekelwa Mngomezulu was the induna (headman) of the Lindizwe Area, Ingwavuma District, Natal [now … alleged that he was involved in the fraudulent…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… Party ling general elections to work for the defeat of the extreme reactionary and Pro-Fascist forces represented … to demand the immediate withdrawal of the…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… The University of Pretoria (UP), previously known as the Transvaal … celebrated its centenary year in 2008. The University of Cape Town Act (Act 14 of 1916)…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education To understand the complexities of modern South …
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… Tombouctou, is a city in the western African country of Mali. Often used as a popular term to describe a distant and mystical place, the city of Timbuktu was…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… Streitwolf hold a meeting to discuss the shooting of alleged Herero cattle thieves by a settler named Bulack. … Rademacher's Waterberg patrol arrives at the…
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging - transcript
… is hereby published for general information. By order of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the Transvaal. WE Davidson, Acting…
BiographyNgoza Mvelase
… in previous years resulted in 40 deaths, the burning of over 1,000 huts and the theft of more than 500 livestock. Mvelase, the Chief of the Thembu community…
48. Breach of the compromise
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … June to discuss the 'breach' by the Transvaal Government of …
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… in Johannesburg and Pretoria , took the examinations of the Cape University. The Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College, which started classes…
ArchiveCommunique of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
… Communique of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, reporting on a meeting of … to mobilise resistance to the Labour Relations…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa consolidates white rule over the … racial divide”. This includes the Black Labour Regulation Act which …