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EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… series came against the MCC in 1909-10 and in Australia in 1910-11. In the five-Test series against the visiting MCC he …
PlaceParow
… deal of wealth for the Captain. Parow died on 4 December 1910 , in his house in Cassibelle, Maitland. His wife, JW …
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… Bay industrial areas. April, The Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) is established and launched in Pietermaritzburg … are killed and 38 are wounded…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… (FOSATU) in 1979. FOSATU was the first South African trade union federation that organised mostly Black employees that … umbrella organisation that could…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… of protest and political activism. In the years before 1910, from the turn of the 20th century, women in …
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
… governor of the Orange River Colony from 1902 – 1910. Still later the name was changed to Trompsburg in … governor of the Orange River Colony from 1902 –…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… Affairs of TANU, Mr J J Nambuta of NUTA, Tanzania`s Trade Union Federation, Amadou N`diaye, Secretary of the All African Trade Union Federation and…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… of workers against exploitation. The emergence of trade union activity in the country and subsequent protests against … In response to a call made by the…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… Between 1908 and 1909, constitutional discussions towards Union took place which prompted numerous meetings organized … ways of objecting to the draft South…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… A Study in Land and Franchise Policies Affecting Africans, 1910-1960 (Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, … constitution of South Africa was…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… Natal, Cape, Transvaal and the Orange Free State into the Union of South Africa. The Act, which served as the Union's constitution until 1961, created a…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… two tests played at Newlands in 1906, with another win in 1910. The Home fans then had to wait 60 years before the next …
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… 34 Jahre Im Lande der Buren, published by Brieg, Kubisch, 1910. Both this book and his Mss of reminiscences, written …
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
On 27 March 1914, Belgian doctor Albert Hustin conducted the first non-direct transfusion, using sodium citrate as an anticoagulant. Initially, blood…
Say It out Loud - Protest against the Women’s Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931
… advisability of separation of the Cape Province from the Union of South Africa is now opportune and should be included … revert to that proud position which…
References and links: Local History
… 2015]. ShowMe, (2008/8), “The 1956 Women’s march to the Union Buildings” from ShowMe, 12 December [online], Available … ia/tourism/tourist-attractions/the…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… 1938 General Election was the most hotly contested since Union. Not only was the average percentage poll of 81,73 the … (one-fifth of the total number of…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… Coloureds, Whites, and Blacks – staged a march on the Union Buildings of Pretoria to protest against the abusive … areas should be automatically made…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… by Imam Abdol Wahab [1853-1872], Imam Shahibo [1872Â1910], Im a m Hassiem [1910-1916], Imam Noor Hassiem [1916-1932], Imam Mogamat … Philosophy and language…
Chapter 2
… came from, shared a common oppression. With the Act of Union in 1910 the whole Black population became political outcasts and … to unite all Africans in the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… former secretary of the Indian High Commissioner in the Union, visit Basutoland. They have discussions there with … headmen about the inauguration of the…
PlacePella
… Christians crossing the Jordan River in flight. (prior to 1910) In 1806 the first stationof the London Missionary …
PlaceTsolo
… (prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend …
BiographyCecyl Esau
… and Fred Hufkie Vice-Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Rugby Union and Principal of Spandau High School, Graaff-Reinet. ↵ …
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). 2012 9 August, A number of employees from … 17 August, NUM General Secretary Frans Baleni…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… of Life” (roll of ANC membership). Moses joins the Bakers Union that was set up by the Communist Party of South Africa … first Kotane refuses, saying he is…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… in these two cities. In Cape Town the Tobacco Workers' Union under the guidance of the General Workers' Union and the leadership of Erasmus, Levinson and…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… 3% of farm workers in the Western Cape belonged to a trade union. The low representation of farm workers in unions … to unions other than COSATU, such as the…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… . Two possible routes were under consideration in 1910. The route over the lower Road, between the Chapman’s … the use of convict labour supplied by the…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… Board's meeting. July, A proposal is made at a National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) conference that wages … in Bolton Hall, Hemson tables the…