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ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… they had wanted. Both Botha and his right-hand man, Jan Smuts, had participated in Imperial Defence Conferences even … Journal , 1,1969, pp. 47–48). Many…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… against the 1913 Natives Land Act. Although General J C Smuts had declined African and Coloured offers to fight … 600 men, was sunk off the Isle of Wight on…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and his mother gave…
Journals
… articles were published, Rory Doepel undertook the task of desk-top publishing the 1995 and 1996 editions. … of Council, and they are devoting themselves to…
PlacePretoria High School for Girls, Park Street
… to join the boarders at their new school premises.In 1917, Girls’ High was granted a piece of land adjacent to the … sent to the war effort. Girls also…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… of the government, including State Attorney Jan Christian Smuts , who had been born in the Cape Colony and had had a … Africa After the peace was signed,…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… was launched by the South African security authorities, a task that was not facilitated by the dishonesty of the …
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… particularly in Transvaal. The Native Administration Bill 1917 The Native Administration Bill, debated in 1917, made recommendations for acquiring more land…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… Advisory Council on National Orders was given the task and responsibility to review the system of National Orders and awards. To implement the task, a…
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… at the age of nine, where, according to Malema, their main task was to remove National Party posters placed outside …
ArticleAfricanist News and Views (1968-1973)
… in the struggle for liberation. The first organisational task of the PAC, according to Africanist News and Views, was …
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
… 1900s to lay the foundations for the workers' victory in 1917. In South Africa, around the time of Union, a Labour … (which destroyed all the revolutionary…
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
… Englishman and British Rule, and saw it as his God given task to expand the Empire, not only for the good of that … fashion Rhodes had turned this routine…
ArticleArts and Cultural Development Network (ACDN)
… for the establishment of a representative arts and culture task force for the National Party led western Cape …
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… Native Land Act, the Native Affairs Administration Act of 1917, the Native Urban Areas Bill of 1918, Gumede stressed … controversy”, Lloyd George had much to…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… his debt is paid. He then travels to St Paul, Minnesota. 1917 February: After sitting the entrance examinations, Xuma … responds to the proposals made by…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… Randjeslaagte. The State Attorney advises that this is the task of the Mining Commissioner. 3 October, Mining … and a number of shooting take place. Generals…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… men’ of the ‘MK contingent’ he had met. His main political task was a ‘study and analysis of the Coloured Persons …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… an agreement was reached between Gandhi and General Smuts , Minister of the Interior, and the prisoners were … on demand. Almost all Indians registered…
Vella Pillay
… And I was called upon to assist in that movement. This task was soon expanded with the arrival of Oliver Tambo, (the …
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… be a great opportunity for their son. Moroka then had the task of finding money to fund his overseas education. At the …
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… which allowed him to host the event on their premises in 1917. The following year Mgijima was refused the same … the group met but nothing was achieved…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… the shifts and wage increases were met. In 1937, the huge task of organising the sugar workers in Natal was undertaken. … cane fields. The whole operation…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… on the contrary the Statement rather inclined towards the Whiteman's point of view. A long discussion ensued in which … in this connection signified not only…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… to work, a special COSATU CEC meeting was held where the task team negotiated an agreement between COSATU, Vavi, and … affiliates. April: an African National…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… of the All-In African National Action Council, whose task was to organise a three day stay-at-home on 29, 30 and … to challenge the notion that strikes are …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… General Louis Botha (1862-1919), who led the SAP with Jan Smuts, and who had been Prime Minister of the Transvaal from … got its first constabulary under Sgt…
PlaceBuntingville, Eastern Cape
… Buntingville under the supervision of the District Health Task Team Coordinator. The church and community, have … embarked on this project with great…
ArticleThe Seriti Commission
Background Terry Crawford-Brown petitioned the Constitutional Court in 2011 to compel former president Jacob Zuma to establish a commission of inquiry into…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… struggle, Dr. Dadoo was among those who were assigned the task of mobilising international support abroad. He has … Revolutionary Council which was created…