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ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… Township. From 1950 to 1952 he boarded at St Peter’s School (now St. Martin’s) in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, … (NEUM), attracted by its Ten Point Programme…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… what we have inherited from the past. Each of South Africa’s nine provinces is rich in diverse heritage that belongs to … of workers, and she was also an…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… the threatened extension of the pass system to African women, the forcible removal of Africans from the Western … the ANC campaigned against it and in 1954,…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… education simply exacerbated the situation. The regime’s threats were followed up with police raids on 19 September … were (predictably) the four congresses,…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… who has written about sexuality, HIV/AIDS and women’s health. She is also a political activist who campaigns for … while making a difference within their…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… against the Apartheid state. Thus it was that Biko’s Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) came to prominence and … onto the path of an oncoming train after…
PlaceEthiopia
… into Islam. Civil wars we very common in Ethiopia's existence in the 19th Century. On Sept. 12, 1974, Haile … studies and involvement in her mother’s…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - … 270-315. Berger, Iris (1992), Threads of Solidarity : Women in South…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… Parliament that Britain cannot support South Africa's racial policies. 6 February, Walter Sisulu attends a secret … in Sharpeville against Pass Laws for…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… Indian Congress (SAIC) , South African Coloured People's Congress (SACPC), and South African Congress of Democrats … , be permitted to work full-time for…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… the release of Nelson Mandela." 13 March, Lilian Ngoyi , 1956 Treason Trialist and president of the ANC Women’s League dies. 4 April, ANC insurgents launch a…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… to an Asiatic, native or coloured person. 2) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 36/1907 is passed in the Transvaal. … by Indians. The Act is promulgated on 3…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… African Wome n (FEDSAW), the African National Congres s (ANC), the Women's League of the AN C , the Sout h African … to turn around and go back…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… as administrative centre for surrounding region 1852 17-19 March, a full Volksraadvergadering (People’s Council) takes place in Rustenburg. To inaugurate the…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… pretends to love me with a deceitful smile.” His father’s first wife had four sons and three daughters. His father, a … contact with activists in the Durban…
ArticleKey sites
… arose in the Grey Street area. These included Simon’s Cafe, Goodwill Lounge, owned and run by Pompie Naidoo who … the street, hence the name “squatters…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… It is, however, unlikely that most would think of the women who retaliated against the oppression in honour of … and they were also given the role of…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… barracks for “corporation Indians” are built. 1874 Durban’s population: Europeans 4129; Africans 2252; Indians1860. … is built. 1953 Ramnikal Goshalia opens…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… Senate, which was replaced with a multiracial President’s Council, consisting of sixty white, coloured and Indian … for South Africa. 1980 The number of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… Chief Albert Luthuli) as patron. 13 March, Lilian Ngoyi , 1956 Treason Trialist and president of the ANC Women’s League dies. 20 March, Zinzi Mandela…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… which would be representative of all South Africa’s inhabitants, whose task it would be “to draw up a blueprint … grassroots style of the COP campaign was…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC), Dan S. Montsitsi in connection with plans to commemorate the … 1971 The Natal Indian Congress is…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… Representation of Voters Act among others. The government’s determination to enforce apartheid despite criticism from … he was arrested and charged with…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… combines a critical history of the Indian diaspora’s political and intellectual impact on the development of … Indians, burned houses and buildings, and…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… in the 1970s. Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) One of Nigeria’s great intellectuals and writers, best known for his novel … areas who lack access to infrastructure…
Bathandwa Ndondo
… As a young child, Ndondo’s maternal grandmother raised himwhile his mother, Lulama … her elderly mother, where Ndondo was killed in Cala. Both women gave…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… the meeting. Zephaniah Mothopeng a member of the group’s National Working Committee chairs the meeting. 6 April, The … Atterdgeville aged 16 just after the…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… 1943–1947 Tambo taught Mathematics and Physics at St Peter’s Secondary School in Rosettenville, Johannesburg 1944 … State 1955 Tambo is engaged to Adelaide…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… By the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of all races were still virtually restricted to the … not only because it was such an early outbreak…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy of self-help and vocational and … of service that was highlighted by a…