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BiographyCecil John Rhodes
… he returned to the Cape in February 1902. He died on 26 March 1902 at Muizenberg in the Cape Colony (now Cape …
PlaceKwaMashu
The development of KwaMashu Township, in the KwaZulu-Natal province and located some 19km north of Durban, resulted from the mass resettlement of the slum…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… "History of Despotism" Series, The Torch, 30 January 1950; Ordinance 50, 1828; Selborne Memorandum on the Union of … House of Assembly, 13 March 1945; The…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
In August 1960, Dugmore Boetie fled South Africa and entered Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on foot. He was part of a flow of “discontented young men”…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… – a village announcer – used the “loud voice” of 26 loudspeakers to urge villagers not to pay New Year visits … was producing 1.7 million kits per day;…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… and SHEPHERD, RHW. 1954. South African Missions, 1800-1950. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. DELAGORGUE, Adulphe. …
ANC Gauteng Centenary Month to celebrate Oliver Tambo, 18 October 2012
… be on display from its opening on 23rd October until the 26 October 2012. The ANC National Chairperson Cde Baleka …
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape. 1649 26 July, Date of the well-known Remonstrantie" by Leendert … Six declared a 'White' area, under the…
Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968
… courage rising with danger. When the killing took place in 1950 on a fairly massive scale, we decided to demonstrate … against apartheid pressure.a national…
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
Presumed to be named after the Harbour City, on the West side of the Bay of Algiers, Capital City of Algeria. Algiers is the urban area of Ganyesa, which is a…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 45 - Letter from the …
Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
ABSTRACT OF THESES This thesis highlights the ebbs and flows of the Indian minority's struggles against the systematic and unjust segregation of mankind…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… simultaneously as ambassador to the United States from 1950 until his election to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) …
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
"To see this sculpture of Mandela!" Visit the Capture Site between Nottingham Road and Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. In 2012, to mark the 50th anniversary…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… of International cricket , with SA winning 18 out of 26 tests and 25 out of 30 ODIs played at Newlands between …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… and dysentery, especially amongst the children. Eventually 26 370 Boer women and children (81% were children) died in …
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… Unao, Uttar Pradesh, wrote to the Government of Bengal on 26 March 1905 saying that his son had been ‘decoyed’ and was …
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… were laid on 2 January 1666. It was completed on 26 April 1679 when the old fort was finally evacuated. The …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… people were deported to India in April, and a further 26 in June 1910. Six thousand Indians left the province. …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His middle…
PlaceSenteeko Dam
Senteeko Dam, officially "My Own Dam" near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, is facing an imminent risk of failure due to severe erosion and undercutting of…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… law. 1949 Walter Sisulu is elected ANC Secretary General. 1950 At birth South Africans are classified and registered in … arrest, and prohibition on…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… Letter from D.I. Jones to M. Rakosi, 23 May 1922 Document 26 Letter from S.P. Bunting to General Secretary, Comintern, … Document 34 Documents of Fourth…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… With rapid expansion, the institution changed its name in 1950 to become the University of the Orange Free State – …
PlacePlumstead
Plumstead was developed on the site of an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The Cape Town-Wynberg…
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of …
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of …
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 46 - Letter from the …