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ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… that appeared as the subsidiary of the Kaffrarian Watchman in September 1872. Whilst building a cottage to work from, … that cost three pence, now known as…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… Association (ASA) was established on 17 December 1961 in Durban under the auspices of the banned African National … its formation, Durban was the centre of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… Africa (ICU) is established as national Black trade union in Bloemfontein. 11 September, Gerrit Viljoen is born in Cape Town. 1920 The Native Affairs Act The…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the … Movement (BCM) resuscitated the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa – at first through the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… the past. Each of South Africa’s nine provinces is rich in diverse heritage that belongs to all South Africans. … praise poetry, music, songs, dance and…
The Afrikaner Bond
… that was effectively the first political party in South Africa, was founded in 1880 in the Cape Colony , which had reverted to English rule in …
Durban an Overview
… In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu , a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. … Initially…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… the right of Asiatics to trade and acquire fixed property in the Union. 12 May, the Asiatic Inquiry Commission, appointed in February 1920 to inquire into…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… Makgatho is born at Ga Mphahlele, Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the … to take up a teaching post at the…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in…
Conflict among civic organisations
… Civic organisations in the Western Cape, particularly in Cape Town did not share the same ideological stance, … of growth of civic and residents’…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… The Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930 Indians began settling in Natal from 1860 when the first indentured workers … a hundred thousand of Natal’s population of…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its … consider whether to abandon…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… and resources from the 1810s as the start of the Mfecane. In the east: break-up of the Ndwandwe kingdom and rise of the … its consolidation under Dingane As…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… think and dream for the Afrikaners. How had I come so far in the struggle with such little knowledge of their … pages of the laws I was supposed to have…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. Over…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was established in June 1979 as a national organization to represent the interests of Black school students in the…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… Amersfoort anchored at Table Bay with 174 Angolan slaves in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment of … ill-fated Angolans were not the first…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive … and there was a surge of mass political action by blacks in defiant response. The 1950s certainly…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later … were aware of the…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… fact that the apartheid state was weak. The country had in effect become ungovernable, which coupled together with … more whites also began to call for an…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, … response was decided according to the policy of apartheid. In turn, apartheid failed to respond…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan Village outside East London in March 1961. The launch followed a conference of the Non…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… when he involved European powers to gain recognition in Belgium. The Scramble for Africa took place during the New … African country of Ghana). European…
Work and education
… divided educational departments into one national system. In 1993, President FW de Klerk established the Education … the duplication inherited from the…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… musicians of all time from South Africa due to his role in spreading awareness about his country during the times of apartheid. Born on 4 April, 1939 in…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded in 1903. The organization was later named the TIC when India … the South African Indian Congress …
ArticleTransport on land
… over long distances were limited. Today wheels are used in many forms of transportation such as cars, bicycles and … skate boards, but did you know that they…
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 … 1658, the Dutch merchantman, the Amersfoort , arrived in…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… 1900s 1917 27 October, Oliver Reginald Tambo (OR) is born in the village of Kantolo, Mbizana, in the Mpondoland (eQawukeni), region of the Eastern Cape. ……