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ArticleNational Party (NP)
… (NP) became Prime Minister as part of the PACT government in 1924. The NP was the governing party of South Africa from … economic depression after the war…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of … Workers Union, the CPSA, white liberals, members of…
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
… Town of Mthatha (affectionately known as Madiba Country) in the Eastern Cape Province. It is the Hometown of many … as K. D. Matanzima Airport and is one of…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… Delegates from twenty groups agreed after preparatory talks in Johannesburg on a date for the start of substantive … a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) . Its…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… was thought about only after National Party (NP) victory in 1948. In the 1830s when some Afrikaners left the Cape on … Nationalists to counter the challenge…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… one was arrested yesterday and promised by the detective in charge withdrawal of charges and his job back at higher … scab. He refused. The others have just…
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… Macmillan began his "winds of change" tour of Africa in Ghana. Ghana became the first country in Sub-Sahara to gain independence in 1957, with Kwame … and,…
EventNqwiliso cedes land to Cape Government
… eldest son of Ndamase, signed a treaty with H.G. Elliott in which he ceded sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government …
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… 26 January 1932), who founded a diamond company in Kimberley that was later acquired by De Beers , the school … 23 September – November 2016, under the name…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… calls. Abraham hired a personal bodyguard for protection. In January 1977 he fled to Botswana where he was given … entering any educational institution, any…
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… voted for the second time Player of the Year at the annual SA Rugby Awards Banquet in Sandton following the 2007 World Cup victory of the Springbok team. In…
EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
… War (the Second Anglo-Boer War), Member of Parliament and SA minister of agriculture, was born in the district of Amersfoort, Eastern Transvaal. He was the ……
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the … oppression, both material, and in line with Steve Biko’s Black…
Turning Points Books 1-6
… and STE Publishers , and simultaneously published on the SA History Online website. Please be aware that because these … of Education Book 3: Migration, Land…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… Party (SACP), Charles Nqakula, was born to a poor family in the Eastern Cape. Nqakula, like his peers, developed political consciousness in the 1970's when…
ArchiveThe declaration to end conscription
… Pamphlet of the SA Catholic Bishops Conference explaining its call for an end …
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… at 54 years of age, she embarked through the Institute for Black Research on a wave of action-research activities which … a hyperactive teenager. Then she…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… inequalities are the result of the skilful use of power in their own inÂterests by whites, who acted thus because … will not fundamentally alter the…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) was formed in 1916 in response to a request from the British Imperial … by me from the French. (Grundlingh:…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… under Emperor Menelik II, defeats invading Italian army in the Battle of Adwa. Lumière brothers' demonstration of … Ghana) makes it the first British African…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… under Emperor Menelik II, defeats invading Italian army in the Battle of Adwa. Lumière brothers' demonstration of … Ghana) makes it the first British African…
ArchiveStatement on the expulsion from the ANC of South Africa
… Statement on the expulsion from the ANC (SA) of T Bonga, A M Makiwane, G M Mbele, A K Mqota, P …
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
… on the fact that the victory the working class scored in this country in 1917 resulted in the emergence, on the world scene, of a reliable base and ……
ArchiveBarlows company refuses to discuss retrenchments with shop stewards
… For the second time SA Traction Manufacturing at Germiston has refused to …
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… Independent Mozambique's First President, he was killed in a plane crash in October 198 6. Samora Machel and the … died in a landmine explosion on the…
”Banishment of Winnie Mandela”, 1983 interview Brandfort, OFS
… Mandela bannished & banned to Brandfort. Interviewed by SA documentary filmmaker Kevin Harris for his 1983 …
ArchiveStatement on detentions by General Secretaria
… Report issued by the General Secretariate of the SA Catholic Bishops about the detention of two Catholic …
ArchiveSay No To Ciskei Independence
… Homeland Policy means: Dumping grounds for SA; A passport to poverty; Total control of workers; A …
Museum Films
Grey, white and orange poster. Notice of forthcoming films and dates. S.A. Cultural History Museum. Artwork of boats and lanterns against a cathedral…
EventDie Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time
… some insight into the term ‘Apartheid’ and the state of consciousness of White Afrikaners at the time. Dawie defined Apartheid to mean “apartness,” and in…