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ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… 1824 The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the Tyume valley in 1824. 1877 The first biography ever …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, is appointed to inquire into laws concerning the right of Asiatics to trade and…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… African Jews such as Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in the country’s anti-apartheid movement and faced exile as a … political activism, religion Eli…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 10) Time for a … a civilised life [which included the provision of houses…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by … like Granville Scott and William Wilberforce, [i] for the people who…
The Battle of Square Hill
… Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… During this period the ANC consolidated its hold on power but also faced both internal and external challenges. Significantly, the National Party, which was…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… The earliest human ancestors (Homo erectus and Homo habilis) … have been found in Kenya and neighbouring countries. The Khoisan were the first modern people…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… 1859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… During its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the struggle against racism, today known by the name … Women’s Resistance…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… A. The Mineral Revolution ↵ In this section we will briefly discuss the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand and the Gold … Witwatersrand: During the late…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… The student movement Rhodes Must Fall (#RhodesMustFall, #RMF) … media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a Rhodes…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… labour shortage forced White settlers in Natal to plead to the Indian Government to send its citizens to work in their cane fields. After protracted…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the University College was upgraded…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On Trial State … His education was minimal and was confined to “farm schools…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… South Africa’s first democratic elections and shifted the country towards the construction of a new political, social and economic order. 27 April, The…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… Wynberg UCT graduate who had worked as a correspondent for the South African News Agency. The banning order set him under house arrest, where he was … Former…