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BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… Transvaal Congress was declared and lasted until Matseke’s death in 1941. Makgatho was national treasurer until 1933. …
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… it was seeking also to trap liberals in its net. Between 1948 and 1991, the apartheid government banned thousands of … apartheid's 'separate but equal'…
86. Non-racial sport
… in competitions organised by single non-racial controlling bodies at local, regional or provincial levels. (c)A single … of the pro-white mass media…
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… This move came at a time when international sporting bodies like the Football International Federation Association …
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… of them died. It took police several hours to recover the bodies of the deceased children. The bus driver survived and …
ArchiveConformity and conflict: Afrikaner nationalist politics in South Africa
… This thesis includes chapters on the National Party,1948-1961; Afrikaner Social Stratification during the 1950s; …
ArchiveBiography of Moses Mabokela Chikane
… Biography of Moses Mabokela Chikane who was born in 1948 August 14 in area of Groblersdaal first of the family of …
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party won the general election on a …
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… he married an English woman, Ruth Williams in September 1948, in England, without the permission of the tribal … come under the control of white Afrikaner…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… Prime Minister on two occasions, from 1919 - 1924 and 1939-1948, General J.C. Smuts passed away at the age of 80 on his … the policy of apartheid. The…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… as anything the sailors could crave for their suffering bodies. It fulfilled every immediate dream of succour from … During the course of that long history,…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… be composed of accredited organisations and organised bodies duly registered with the General Secretary and which organisations and organised bodies shall be…
ArticleTransport on water
… boat from ancient times. This boat had three hulls (main bodies) and were built by Polynesians about 4 000 years ago. …
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… disease, and was cremated with no ceremony even before his death was reported. As he wished. The Times in London last … Umkhonto we Sizwe comrade, here…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… College, whose principal Ottilie remained until her death. Only when the 1989 independence process promised … due to political and personal misunderstandings…
Christianity
… and morals. They also believe that there is life after death because of their faith in Jesus. They say that God … Christians believe that he died for their…
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… religious, cultural, peasant, intellectual and political bodies was hosted in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. The conference …
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 … 150 different religious, social, cultural, and…
ArticleNokukhanya (Bhengu) Luthuli’s Life Timeline
… 1913 Began formal education at Ohlange Institute 1914 Death of Nokukhanya’s mother, Nozincwadi, (also known as …
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… to gold-propped ears When the National Party won the 1948 election, white liberals were horrified. They saw the … state the National Party set up when it…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… telephone exchange is built in 1919. 1901 22 January, Death of Queen Victoria. 13 April, Rats infected by bubonic … 1930 a new factory is opened in Harrower…
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… to its 11, 5 million population with two legislative bodies supporting the executive branch and its capital city …
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… mammals, and was tragically killed in a motor accident in 1948. …
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… the ruling party in South Africa as it came to power in 1948. It was F.W. de Klerk who, on 2 February, 1990 announced …
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… Racialism in Trade Union Movement During 1947 and 1948, "pure" white Trade Unions such as the S.A. Mine … coming into power of the Nationalist Party…
PlacePretoria National Zoological Gardens.
… The National Zoological Gardens has a number of water bodies that have to be managed and maintained. These include … (Spheniscus demersus) to name but a few…
EventVuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal
… Vuminkosi Zulu was born in Mapumulo, Natal on 24 November 1948.He studied art at Rocke’s drift art school and completed … Scott-Berning, G., (2011). ‘…
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
… activity officially limited to government-appointed bodies in the homelands, young people sought alternative …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… tortured and killed by police. Within a month of Biko’s death, the government had detained scores of people and … From the beginning of Biko’s political life…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… 6: Commenced: 4 March 1988 Commission of Inquiry into the Death of Clayton Sizwe Sithole Mandate: To investigate the circumstances surrounding the death in…