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ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… they were away for extended periods of time, working under contract on the mines. In both town and rural areas the … were an urbanised group living in the…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… of hostilities, the Johannesburg and Pretoria areas were under the jurisdiction of the Transvaal Town Police, with the … Riflemen (SAMR). The first group…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… meeting in Johannesburg at the Orlando Communal Hall under the banner “Africanist Liberation Congress”. … is subsequently banished to Robben Island where he…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… in 1973 eight leaders of movement were banned and detained under the Terrorism Act. The following year the nine leaders … at university resigned from his…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… the implementation of Bantu education, and forced removals under the Group Areas Act. The massacre of unarmed protestors … political violence – more than…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… establishment of the Department of Native Refugees (DNR) under direct British military command. 15 June, The British … in the 'Transvaal Colony'. The…
ArticleKora
… led by Jacobus Afrikander, and a number of Griqua rebels under Gamka Pienaar. The Korana 'raider' groups were defeated and came under the control of the Cape…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… into hunger, debt with no hope of escape. No people under the sun who have not been tamed and weakened by … deeply rural, clinging tenaciously to a way of…
Dance For All (DFA)
… DFA was an education development programme that functioned under the umbrella of CAPAB Ballet in Cape Town , now known … programmes. In 2005, the DFA Youth…
Bloemfontein - segregation in education
… English speaking, these schools were usually administered under the auspices of an English Church Society where English … Non-White schools were established…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… of our constitutional democracy, continues to function under the final Constitution of 1996. The 1993 constitution, … logo - a representation of the African…
ArticleNational Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR)
… of the Kairos document which justified armed resistance under the umbrella of Christianity, NIR organised a national …
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… camps caused the death of 4 177 women, 22 074 children under sixteen and 1 676 men, mainly those too old to be on … of Gen. J.C. Smuts, is sent to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… Congress (ANC). A conservative "National Minded Bloc" under the leadership of R.V Selope Thema breaks away in a … Union of South Africa. December, Nelson…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… and freedoms. April, South African Races Congress formed under leadership of John Tengo Jabavu. 18 May, SISULU: Walter … his education at Ohlange Institute -…
PlacePatensie, Eastern Cape
Patensie is a Town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Patensie lies along the R331 road just South of…
PlaceBains Kloof Pass, Western Cape
The Bains Kloof Pass provides a more direct route from the town of Wellington to the more Northern towns of Ceres and Worcester, in the Western Cape. It is 26…
PlaceCarletonville
There are no fewer than seven gold mines surrounding the town. As if to make up too all noise of this industry the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve lies just outside,…
PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
The University of the Witwatersrand is the 1st picture in the Banner! With an interesting Link availible to read in Further Reading.The History of Wits is…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… Zimbabwe) individually. Note: Some grade 6 sections are under construction and still link to old content. Also note, …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1940-1948
… 9, Gandhi is arrested in the early hours of the morning under the Defence of India Rules following the "Quit India" …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… from the white minority apartheid regime to a society under a democratically elected government. Prince Buthelezi … Africa’s transition to democracy and…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… the aftermath of the conquest; as well as Rhodesia under the company’s control until it lost it control. Pioneer … corps were non-combatants, they performed…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… British settlers arriving in 1820 The Cape Colony remained under Dutch rule until 1795 before it fell to the British … Dutch settlers (the boers) trekked…
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
Perched on the outskirts of Observatory in Cape Town, just above the Black River, stands the South African Astronomical Observatory; initially known as the…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… of the NIA - of which PR was a leading member-and the NIC under AI Kajee under the banner of the NIC. But this unification did hot … Indian politics and the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… to me to deliver this address to such an august gathering under the auspices of the Institute of Southeast Asia … Accordingly, this made it inevitable for…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… in Natal. From the 1920s the organization functioned under the umbrella organization, the SAIC (South African … struggles. Like the TIC, in the 1930s - 1940s…
Early civilisations from around the world: Mesopotamia, China, Indus River Valley, the Mesoamerican empires
… world. The Akkadian conquest brought different city-states under a single kingdom with a single administration. They … the Akkad kingdom and establish a new…