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ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… to Europe and of everything he saw and experienced there. 19 March, Walter Sisulu leaves by aeroplane to Durban, to … 1955. 1 August, The Natives…
PlacePorterville
Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established a small colony on the Cape of Good…
ArticleTimeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022
Jeff Butler (1992) The Englishman was earmarked as Bafana Bafana's first coach, but a discrepancy with his coaching qualifications led him being turfed. …
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… the Drummond Castle off Ushant. Harris, John James Born: 19 Oct 1839 Died: 19 Dec 1911 Note: John James Harris Of Leicestershire; …
Search for a United Front against racism
… People of Durban (APO) in support of Passive Resistance, 19 July 1946 That this meeting of the coloured people of … held under the auspices of the APO …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
… People of Durban (APO) in support of Passive Resistance, 19 July 1946 That this meeting of the coloured people of … held under the auspices of the APO …
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… at the Burnside Colliery mine near Dundee on March 19, 1925, Llandaff went back to the coal mine to rescue other …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
This complex dates from 1892 and includes the church building, Cornelia House, and the William Frederick School. It was built by the Tafelberg Congregation and…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
The Sudwala Caves are the oldest known caves in the World and lie in the Drakensberg Escarpment, which separates the Highveld from the lowlands of Mpumalanga. …
PlaceSprings
The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni, in the Gauteng Province. It was…
PlacePeddie
… 16,525 residents, of whom 2,025 were literate 1904 census: 19,739 residents, of whom 3,384 were literate. Fort Peddie …
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… at a mass meeting of British Indians held at Durban on 19 and 20 December 1909. Only one of the six resolutions is …
PlaceGugulethu Township
… were apparently moved from Windermere to the new camp on 19 December 1958. History of Gugulethu Gugulethu is also …
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF AN EXPERIENCED CLIMBER! " Posted on 19 January 2026 By Lee-Ann Steyn One of the most elusive wild …
EventStart of the Muslim community's Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were brought to the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Africa: 1834-36. Cape Town: Balkema. SOGA, John Henderson. 1930. The Ama-Xhosa: Life and Customs. Lovedale: Lovedale …
A new class struggle
… Indian schools" and the establishment of Sastri College in 1930, the first Indian High School and Teacher Training …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… academic and economic boycott of South Africa. March 19, The Pan-African Congress (PAC) announces, that it will … Congress as being the dominant liberation…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… power and to which power is devolved or decentralized. 19 For other documents of the Africanist Inaugural Convention … war and later returned to party…
PlaceEdenburg, near Bloemfontein
Edenburg is situated 83km South-West of Bloemfontein. This typical Transgariep Town, nestled in the golden prairies alongside the Country's busiest National…
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
… on workers in the years leading up to his banning in 1930. The first of this two-part series focuses on Champion’s … battles on behalf of workers. Early days…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… and continued his training back in England where, in 1930, he was ordained in Chichester Cathedral by Bishop … thought that if Kikuyu Chiefs who came to…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… representatives of both the Burghers and the British at 23:05 at Melrose House, Pretoria.After this, inhabitants of the …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
The passive resistance campaigns led by MK Gandhi in South Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the country but also for world history in…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… Goldblatt’s oblique approach to AIDS is typical. Born in 1930 to Lithuanian Jews who had moved to South Africa to …
PlaceBlue Crane Municipality, Sarah Baartman District- Eastern Cape
… Municipality of seven in the District, accounting for 19% of the Geographical Area, and is an an Administrative … Municipality of seven in the District,…
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
… underground and into militarization. Kgosana died on April 19, 2017 aged 80 after a short illness. President Jacob Zuma …
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Historically, however, Fanakalo was taught formally.. [19] Mesthrie states that it ‘[was] taught via a … . ↵ [15] Ibid. ↵ [16] Ibid. ↵ [17] Ibid. ↵ [18] Ibid…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… The building was completed and ready for occupation within 19 days from the date of its commission. On 24 April the … Plague Board and Doctors . These…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… threat of competition from Black workers. Sections 15 and 19 precluded Whites from employing Africans in their homes to … Act, Act No 100 of 1990. Natives…