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54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There had long been a feeling among some,…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
European's settle in South Africa for the first time and begin to further colonize and trade with the Khoikhoi at the cape, by the middle this century the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the organization’s early years. Events…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
World War II (1939 to 1945) was the most devastating war in history, accounting for between 50 million to 80 million deaths. What made the war significant was…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
The first slaves arrived at the Cape in 1658, despite Jan van Riebeeck's several prior attempts at requesting slaves for the settlement from the Heren XVII. On…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. The formation of the Union of…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
Historical Context to Chief Luthuli Chronology While Chief Luthuli himself preferred another spelling and signed his name without an 'h', his surname is…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
1850 The Nederduitsch Hervormde Church (Nederduitsch Reformed Church) establishes a congregation in Rustenburg. 16 November, A Hervormde congregation is…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
A series of legislations were passed by the NP led government in the 1950s as it sought to deal with dissent and entrench apartheid. Leading political…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
Abstract: This paper focuses on the life on Lefifi Tladi. Tladi is an artist, poet, and jazz singer that went into exile in South Africa because of apartheid…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
In 1912 Enoch Mgjimia, a lay preacher and independent evangelist, broke away from the Wesleyan Methodist Church and joined the Church of God and Saints of…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
Africa has produced a number of female authors who were, and still are, able to assert themselves as writers, both on a national and international scale…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 NIC Meeting, Curries Fountain, Durban There was…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
Political freedom from foreign rule, essential as it is, is not freedom.1One freedom is essential. That is the freedom for an individual to develop to his/ her…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and the Annual Surveys of the SAIRR. These…
PlaceMarakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, as its Tswana name suggests, has become a 'place of sanctuary' for an impressive variety of…
Post-Election Political Violence
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As South Africa went to the polls on 27 April 1994,…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
Adams College is a Public School situated in Adams Mission which is 8 km inland from Amanzimtoti and 35 km South of Durban. Established in 1853, Adams College…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement of the President of the ANC, Thabo Mbeki, Kempton Park, 27 September 2002
Chairperson Comrades delegates and friends We meet at this Policy Conference, during the historic year of the 90th Anniversary of our organisation, the Year…
ArchiveWhere did all the masks go? by Dewald van Rensburg (22 May 2020)
In the first quarter of this year South Africa’s normally staid and insignificant mask industry exploded. Like its peers across the globe it had orders…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
Introduction Lückhoff High School was established in 1935, as the first secondary school for the town’s ‘Coloured’ population of Stellenbosch. To date no…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
On June 13, 1996, President Nelson Mandela inaugurated a year-long observance of the 1946 Indian passive resistance in South Africa. Speaking at the University…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Leaders of our political parties, Honourable…
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…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A joint planning council of the African National…
Document 46 - D. Tloome, “The Origin and Development of Non-European Trade Unions”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 27 February 1953, Viewpoints and Perspectives. L 1,21 February 1953
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 46 - D. Tloome, "The Origin and Development of…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
A joint planning council of the African National Congress and the South African Indian Congress resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for the repeal of a…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
V During the whole period when GEAR has been challenged “from the left”, the assertion was made that GEAR sought to replace the RDP. I am certain that there…