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ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… 1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central … reluctance to work for them, they…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… their conversations with Lord Selborne, High Commissioner of the Transvaal. In letter to J. C. Gibson, Gandhi refuted … demands. January13, Gokhale wrote to…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first Black Archbishop of the Anglican Church in South…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of preparation for both sides, revealing nothing of the turmoil that was to follow. With some…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa consolidates white rule over the territories … is founded on racial segregation and disenfranchisement of…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… and will continue to clear up.” [i] - P.W Botha The memory of District Six, also known as Kanaladorp [ii] (kanala is a … word meaning ‘help one another’), is…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… 1971 Statement by OR Tambo to the People of South Africa on the 10th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe . 16 December 1971 1972 " Speech by Oliver Tambo on the…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… The inclusion in the Bill of Rights of a special section on the rights of the child was an important development for South African …
Control: 1910 - 1948
… himself, not actually a slave, but a pariah in the land of his birth" (Plaatjie, S.T. (1916). Native Life in South Africa, London: PS King, p.21.) With the…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in … Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed response of the state saw thousands…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… The colonisation of Africa was part of a global European process reaching all the continents of the world. European colonisation and domination changed …
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought to Natal between 1860 and 1911 … the sugar industry in this province…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… 1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European population stands at … Mr. Fisher is appointed full time Town Clerk at…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South African artists of all races’. The first iteration of Art South…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… formally established the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) of South Africa in 1652. The history of the church has been very much bound with the politics of the…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce crackdown on the … the uprising had effectively been…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… Soweto student uprisings have also inspired the production of plays including Sarafina which went on to play on … Whoopi Goldberg as the leading actors. The…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… influenza pandemic broke out, that led to the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. The pandemic spread … America over a twelve-month period between the…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of the world as have the South amaNdebele of the central highveld, an area previously known as the ……
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… Contents Introduction The concept of segregation Discriminatory legislation up to 1924 … regarding Indians Introduction ↵ The 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is passed. This law made it possible…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… youth. Early 1920s Walter is exposed to a mediated version of Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African liberation for black people … an American identity. 1927 Sisulu…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… Anyone who travels over the vast expanse of South Africa is immediately struck by the great variations … under which Black rural people live. The picture of…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… South Africa's Constitution (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, … the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… July, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of South Africa (ICU) is established as national Black trade … is Passed. The Native Affairs Act was yet…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… economic impoverishment, and exclusion from citizenship of Africans. Part one examines the historical roots of apartheid, from the colonial occupation of…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… the Transvaal comes down with smallpox, but the isolation of his contacts and his removal to hospital prevents any spread of the disease. 1902 31 May, the…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… [1943] Document 1 In spite many leading representatives of the Coloured and Malay people, the Minister of the Interior, Mr. Lawrence, has declared that the…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… between the Natal Government and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 was passed. On securing the reluctant…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… 1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom charter in 1955. 1980 SACTU declares the year …