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ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
1993 The Guptas arrive in SA. 1994 The Guptas establish Sahara Computers. The Guptas fund Essop Pahad’s publication, The Thinker. 2002 Jacob…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… collection of stories, Mafeking Road , was published. 1948 Cry, The Beloved Country (1948) is possibly the most famous novel to have come out of … of black…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… and discrimination. He spent six years at Wits, from 1943 -1948, but, owing to the dire circumstances under which he … on to the Transvaal Provincial…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… would later be replaced with the policy of apartheid in 1948. The 1913 Land Act set aside 7.5% of the land in South …
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… as well as during the Apartheid period which begun in 1948. Race is defined as a social concept referring to a …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… that he was not, in fact, a card-carrying member. 1948 The Path of Thunder is published in both England and the …
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. Though the Act’s stated purpose was to…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… signed in Washington D.C. on 1 January 1942. In 1948 the National Party (NP) came to power, introduced the …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 … apartheid era Homeland politics The Segregated City, 1910-1948…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… Once the Nationalist Party government came into power in 1948, it embarked upon a robust and aggressive policy of slum … when the Nationalist Party formed…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… and held discussions with delegates of many countries. 1948, January - Passive Resistance entered its second phase. …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… low cost houses for the growing African urban population. 1948-1979 During this period the Apartheid government passed …
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… The black leadership watched the election campaign of 1948 with weary resignation. The NP's election platform …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… the country. The Afrikaner National Party won the 1948 general election under the slogan apartheid, meaning …
Judaism
… and had no homeland until modern Israel was created in 1948. Image: many Jews travel to Jerusalem in Israel to pray …
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… would be awash with "inferiors." What is Genocide? In 1948, as a result of the Holocaust, the newly created United …
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… 1930 a new factory is opened in Harrower Road and in 1948 its operations move to Neave Township. August, The … bread is suspended, and only permitted again…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… In 1953 the NP fought its first general election after its 1948 victory. OPSA switched its support from Hertzog to DF … a daily. Volksblad was edited by Van…
10 YEARS PROJECT
close Document 28 Negotiations: a strategic perspective 25 November 1992 As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
The earliest human ancestors (Homo erectus and Homo habilis) have their origin in East Africa more than 2 million years ago. Several human remains have been…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… itself. The nationalist regime that came into power in 1948 offered a hard solution to this crisis. Instead of …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… (NP) came to power following the general elections in 1948, but its impact could be felt. The NP came and …
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… a leading advocate of the Africanist thinking in the ANC. 1948 August, Godfrey Pitje, a lecturer in the Department of …
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… a key issue in the National Party election manifesto in 1948: “The party holds the view that Indians are a foreign …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… can take a huge toll on lives. Under apartheid In 1948 Buthelezi enrolled to study history and “Bantu …
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 12) A Charge of Treason When detectives invaded the Congress of the People on 26…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… between National Party which ruled South Africa since 1948 to 1989 and African National Congress (ANC) which was …
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… Union and the Nationalist Party coming into power - (1910-1948). Jan van Riebeeck and his expedition of Dutch Calvinist …