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Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… leaders and organisations Cato Manor Protests, Natal. 1959-1960. © Private Collection, Franco Frescura. The …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… war effort of the British and the Union Governments. July 19, 1940 Dadoo writes to Prof. D.D.T. Jabavu on … this meeting at the Johannesburg Market Square…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… and giving them a generous bonus on landing in India. 19 September 1928 The Cape Town Agreement recommended an … the Natal Housing Ordinance. The meeting is…
PlaceBeau Soleil Music Centre, Salisbury Road, Kenilworth
The original portion of this double-storey manor house was built by Dirk Cloete in 1877, and boasts of a number of fine neo-Gothic and Victorian architectural…
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
Clanwilliam is famous for its rooibos tea and oranges. Situated at the foot of the Cedarberg Range where the Dissels River flows into the broad Olifants River…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
The building is the oldest existing dwelling in the immediate vicinity of Rustenburg. Designed in a neo-classical idiom, it was erected for William Robertson…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
It was declared a National Monument underold legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Sytze Wierda who was the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… his re-election, Hertzog made good on his word and on the 19 May 1930, White South African women gained the right to … David Philips Publishers ) This day in…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… of the NP Government's policies had been banned along with 19 Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) formations. This left a …
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
Piet Retief completes the manifesto that sets out the reasons why the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony. It is published in English in the Graham's Town…
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…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… an occupying settler population via the Native Land Act of 19 June 1913, organised resistance against colonialism would …
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… economy. For more info: Nowetu Mpati COSATU Spokesperson. 19 December MEMORANDUM As South African workers we reject and …
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Osman Latief, a resident of Vrededorp,…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… catch! Another attraction is The Umgababa Festival from 19 December- 5 January every year. This festival attracts the …
The Battle of Square Hill
… which continued unabated for a month. During the night of 19 August 1918 the 160th Brigade of whom the 1st Battalion … had been in battle from 6.45pm on 18…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… greeting to the ANC on the eve of its annual congress in 1959, the Soviets asked the African Department of the … when Gorbachev was seemingly ousted in an…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… new Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd deposed a chief in 1959 in Sekhukhuneland in the Eastern Transvaal, and … the Eastern Cape, was brutally killed and…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… Boycot t and theUnited Tobacco Company boycott in 1959 as a member of the South African Communist Party. [18] … an attempt to stop the forced removal of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition: The ending of a law, a system or an institution. During…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… caddie who, against all the odds, won the Dutch Open in 1959. There are photographs that go way beyond the daily …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… 1920s failed to support agriculture in any serious way. [19] What followed after the crash was the Great Depression. … [Accessed 6 April 2021]. [18] Ibid. …
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
… 6 664 113 6,158 20(17%) 1958 74 10 650 64 7,128 23(36%) 1959 46 3 99 43 3,462 27(63%) 1960 42 9 234 33 5,266 figures … day. This sparked off industrial…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… [18] and forced Africans to wear passes (Natives Act). [19] In conclusion, the Natives Land Act impoverished Africans … [19] Author Unknown, “Pass laws in…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… their in_Herit Festival, which takes place from Monday 19 to Sunday 25 September. The festival offers free entry to … their in_Herit Festival, which takes…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… to Govern South Africa, it was renamed again on the 19 May 1998 by the incoming ANC regime, this time called …
PlaceMcGregor, Western Cape
… into 2½ha. Plots. By 1905, all the land had been bought by 19 smallholders and farmers, and their names are recorded on …
PlaceComrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
… The down-run records are held by David Gatebe (5:18:19 in 2016) and Frith van der Merwe (5:54:43 in 1989). The … 2020 and 2021 races had to be cancelled…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… housing, sexual relations, schooling and land ownership’. [19] The 1976 Soweto protests against Afrikaans as a forced … ↵ [18] Jansen, Afrikaans: A Language…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… remains in power with increased parliamentary majority. 19 February, Andries Treurnicht is born on Middelpos farm in … of Indian organisations, but the…