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ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was established on 2 April 1944, by Anton Lambede (who became the League’s first President), Nelson Mandela,…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
Pedi
[baPedi – People and sePedi – Language] The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… protesting passbooks outside of his office in Harrismith. [17] Outside of such protests, she led the Potato Boycot t … Mkhize, Interview by Couzens, T…
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… 16 - Black Workers' Resistance on the Mines Chapter 17 - The Divided Workers Conclusion - The Price of Progress …
EventThe first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga
… captured. On 1 December he was imprisoned at Thysville. On 17 January 1961 he was flown to Elisabethville in Katanga …
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
… On 17 February 1962, the soccer match between Lourenco Marques … 'Portugal Refuse to Play In Durban,' from Cape Times, 17 February, (Available at National…
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… last two years of high school, and won the national under/17 title for the 400m race in 1967. After school, Malan … Thetimes, [online] Available at: thetimes…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… leading to his capture. Police further linked Chauke to 17 murders and 30 robberies in which R82-million was stolen. … ' [Online]Available at: www.news.bbc…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… Land reserved for 2,000,000 Europeans only less than 17 percent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent African …
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
… delegates to the central body known as Heeren XVII (Lords 17). The Chartered Company was established in 1602 and was …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… a site of commeration in later years. Related events: 17 January 1879 - Battle of Isandlwana 20 January 1879 - … Available at www.africanhistory.about.com …
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… world. South Africa and the world were outraged. On the 17 th 300 White students from the University of the …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… into exile following the Suppression of Communism Act (1950) and the Unlawful Organisations Act (1960) . From … villages and agricultural producer…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… unsuspecting, peaceful demonstrators on May 1st, 1950. The violence of that murderous act was the violence of … Congress, called on the masses to action. And…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… Battle of Isandlwana The main Zulu army left Nodwengu on 17 January to defend Zululand from the centre column. These … the British would be defeated in a …
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
Journalist, short-story writer and actor William (Bloke) Modisane was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Modisane left South Africa in 1959 and while in exile…
Fighting Talk
… was edited over a period of several years in the mid-1950's by Ruth First. The focus of the content was largely on …
ArticleThe missionaries
Missionaries arrived in Pondoland in 1830 when Faku, the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from 1818 to 1867, allowed Wesleyan missionaries to establish a mission…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… instructs them to return to work to avoid prosecution. 17 October, More workers go on strike and within two weeks an … for export, in protest against the…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… series of high-ranking posts in the United Nations and in 1950 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as … Statement of policy adopted at the ANC…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the Passive…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… 14.Marshall Dlamini 15.Mpho Ramakatsa 16.Sam Matiase 17.Alfred Motsi 18.Parks Khayane 19.Patrick Sindane The EFF …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… The African Students Association (ASA) was established on 17 December 1961 in Durban under the auspices of the banned …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… of Cameroon falls to French and British forces after 17 months of fighting. 21 February–19 December The Battle of …
ArticleTransport in the air
… the wing of his last glider broke and he fell from about 17 metres. Another pioneer was John J. Montgomery, who flew …
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… for the conditions of indenture to Natal. As a result Act 17 of 1895, the Indian Immigration Law Amendment Bill, was …