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BiographyWilliam Tyabashe
… on 16 June 1960. They were all banished to Driefontein Native Trust Farm, Vryburg District, Northern Cape [now North … order noted that since 1957 there had…
BiographyMartin Nambala Wilpard
… Martin Nambala Wilpard was acknowledged as the Chief of the Ondonga community in Ovamboland, South West Africa [now Namibia]. It was claimed that he was…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… secondary school for the town’s ‘Coloured’ population of Stellenbosch. To date no publication exists that focuses … was approached by the School Board to…
A Korean Air DC-10 crashes in heavy fog while attempting to land at Tripoli airport in Libya, killing eighty-two people, four o
… A Korean Air DC-10 crashes in heavy fog while attempting to land at Tripoli airport in Libya, killing eighty-two people, …
A human leg falls from a South African Airways plane on to a suburban New York home as the aircraft prepares to land at John F
… on to a suburban New York home as the aircraft prepares to land at John F …
Zulu king Dingane cedes "the place called Port Natal together with all the land annexed from the sea to the north" to
… cedes "the place called Port Natal together with all the land annexed from the sea to the north" to …
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… sedition and offences under the Suppression of Communism Act. Instructions to keep cool, think fast on your feet and … the apartheid era. He served on the…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… Capitalism. The essence of Capitalism is the ownership of land, mines, factories, machinery and all other means of … two powers. In the industrial life of…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions Act . Discrimination against … against black groups intact. The Immigrants Regulation Act of…
Document - 133 ‘.Editorial: The Bloemfontein Trade Union Conference and the Industrial Conciliation Act”, The Militant Worker, October-November 1945
… Trade Union Conference and the Industrial Conciliation Act”, The Militant Worker, October-November 1945 …
Citizenship Act No 38, specifying who were citizens, who could become citizens and who could lose their citizenship, commences.
… Citizenship Act No 38, specifying who were citizens, who could become …
The Defence Amendment Act comes into force, under which every young White male will be liable for military service.
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … The Defence Amendment Act comes into force, under…
Anglo-Boer War 2: In a diplomatic note to the ZAR Milner states that the new Aliens Act includes unacceptable regulations.
… note to the ZAR Milner states that the new Aliens Act includes unacceptable regulations. …
Criminal Procedure Act No 51 commences. It consolidates the law relating to procedure in criminal proceedings and repeals the 1
… Criminal Procedure Act No 51 commences. It consolidates the law relating to …
ANC leaders meet homeland leaders in Soweto. All except KwaZulu’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi agree to act together in deciding princi
… Soweto. All except KwaZulu’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi agree to act together in deciding princi …
President P.W. Botha decides against scrapping the Separate Amenities Act, but agrees that some residential areas can be opened
… Botha decides against scrapping the Separate Amenities Act, but agrees that some residential areas can be opened …
The Minister amends the regulations to the Employment Equity Act, 1998, to i.a. simplify requirements for employers who employ
… Minister amends the regulations to the Employment Equity Act, 1998, to i.a. simplify requirements for employers who …
Aliens Control Act No 96, replacing all previous legislation regarding foreigners entering, leaving or being resident in the co
… Aliens Control Act No 96, replacing all previous legislation regarding …
Internal Security Amendment Act No 66 is imposed on South Africans. More draconian, this amendment allows for continued detenti
… Internal Security Amendment Act No 66 is imposed on South Africans. More draconian, this …
Blacks (Urban Areas) Amendment Act No 97, introducing a ninety-nine-year leasehold system, commences. Full ownership was not at
… Blacks (Urban Areas) Amendment Act No 97, introducing a ninety-nine-year leasehold system, …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… from the municipality where they lived. In 1908 a special Native Administration commission was established to … women who had borne the brunt of the pass…
James Hamakwayo
… were kept by the Black Sash and South Africa Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR),Mr JH was detained in August 1966 … 180-day clause (section 215 bis of the…
BiographySophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
… living side by side. She was raised in the home of her grandparents with her older brother and sister. When … the time was grappling with issues such as the…
BiographyDon Mattera
… Donato Francisco Mattera was born in Western Native Township, now called Westbury, Johannesburg in 1935. … grandparents not his parents. He grew up in the…
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… The leaders of the four 'independent' homelands, namely; Bophuthatswana, … movements. Homelands are a direct result of the Land Act of 1913, which separated…
BiographyIsaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho
… School in 1952. Maphotho left his home towards the end of 1952 to search for employment in Pretoria. He found a job at the City Council, working in the…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… elaborated upon the Africans’ invidious position in their native country: There is a great hope and a bright future for … to the natives the conditions which…
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
… Pemba became notorious for escaping from the drudgery of schoolwork into his private world of drawing. In 1924, Pemba won a Grey Scholarship to Paterson ……
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… for putting "discovery" in inverted commas is because the land was not, as so many explorers argue, discovered by them. The land was already occupied and was…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… his speech at Columbia University on “The Regeneration of Africa” which wins him the University’s highest oratorical … for a convention of Africans to form…