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Arise! Vukani!
… Park, Riverlea, Bosmount and Fordsburg, all in the the Transvaal Province. Coverage and analysis was of liberation …
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… and coal miners strike, article regarding Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) did not just celebrate the 1956 …
EventDr D.F. Malan unveils the statue of Paul Kruger on Church Square, Pretoria
… President of the former Afrikaner Republic of the Transvaal, Paul Kruger’s bronze statue was sculpted by artist …
EventTutu and Mkhatshwa join solidarity fast
… from outside. Prison officials, specifically, blamed the Transvaal Indian Congress for manipulating prisoners, because …
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… started several youth orchestras, was born in Nylstroom, Transvaal. At the age of 16, she gave her first public …
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
… in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Transvaal in the last important battle won by the Boer …
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… Republiek (ZAR) or South African Republic (Transvaal) in an article in the South African News, and …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… Republiek (South African Republic, also known as Transvaal Republic), was dynamited by its crew under …
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… of the Indian community. The Natal Indian Congress and Transvaal Indian Congress reacted to this arrogance by … Natal Indian Congress, and Dr Yusuf Dadoo ,…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… that was still operating in Natal in the 1960s. In the Transvaal, Indians were regarded as part of the Coloured … Natal, the Indian educationist Kichlu was…
The First South African side to play in the sub-continent: Boer Prisoners of War in 1901 (Part 1 of 2) by Arunabha Sengupta (Cricket Country), 12 October 2015
… team were Boers, most of them from the Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State. In both these parts of the … resources of gold and diamond in the…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… – IS STRONGLY CONDEMNED BY THE Executive Committee of the Transvaal Indian Congress, says a statement issued this week. … strengthen the spirit and…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… so the British were less interested in ruling over the Transvaal, which, being a white state, was granted more … states that had been conquered. During their…
PlaceRooigrond
… Rooigrond was occupied by the burghers (citizens) of the Transvaal, who by 1903 had settled into rural civilian life. … Their return was approved by the…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… people being able to acquire land in the Cape, Natal and Transvaal the classification of their areas as reserves … system which emerged in the nineteenth…
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
… meeting in Johannesburg organised in his honour by the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council on his release from … four and a half months the leadership of…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… idea of C.O.P. had can be measured by the fact that in the Transvaal 1,300 delegates came to the provincial conference … of bringing theC.O.P. to a virtual…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… protesting the Immigration Act, from Newcastle to the Transvaal. References: Anon, (1999), ‘Beyond Control: …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… about the same year. This was after metal workers in the Transvaal and Natal (now kwaZulu Natal) protested his …
EventHezekiel Sepeng is born
… Sepeng is born in Potchefstroom, North West (then Western Transvaal). The ‘Potchefstroom Express’, as he was known, was …
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… clash ensued at the National Party Congress hosted in Transvaal when Schoeman indicated that Hertzog should vote …
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… On this day Transvaal coal miners embarked on a strike because of a wage …
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… mother of actress Jana Celliers was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Though Cilliers-Bernard was at one time one of …
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… him. Shortly after the arrival of the Voortrekkers in the Transvaal, chief Lebelo Seroto, Kekana's father, broke away …
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… at the University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) where she obtained a BA Degree. She …
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… of Cape Town, Prema Nadio a promonent member of the Transvaal Indian Congress, Ismail Ayob is a prominent …
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… more and more people from the Northern parts of the then Transvaal came to settle, there they decided to change the …
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… In September 1984, riots broke out in the Transvaal and spread to other parts of the country. These …
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… 11 April Nchabeleng, Peter (59) President of Northern Transvaal UDF Schoonoord, Lebowa Allegedly tortured by …
Introduction
… new leadership that took over Natal Indian Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress, and the South African Indian … organisations: the Natal Indian…