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ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… parties’ leadership in 1946. By the mid-60s the activities of the TIC had declined and by the early 1970s it was … was revived in 1983 and was prominent in…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 1941 Born in Cape Town of British parents c. 1947-58 At school in Cape Town 1953 … school 1959 Registers for BSc Engineering at University of Cape Town 1960…
ArticleTswana
… the Nguni and Sotho account for the largest percentage of the total Black population. The major Sotho groups are the … 3 million in South Africa and 1…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… The concepts of a nation state and a plural society are often seen to be … Settler Liberalism, Pan-Africanism, and the Language of Non-Racialism ’, that …
Safety and security issues
… clinic. Northern Province. © Liam Lynch The occurrence of domestic violence has always been alarmingly high in South … Though domestic violence is not…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… Philip Kgosana led a Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) march of between 30.000-50.000 protestors from Langa and Nyanga to … in if a meeting with J B Vorster ,…
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… Introduction Nationalism refers to an ideology, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. It emphasises the collective of a…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… River and settled near a spring (fountain) in the vicinity of the current Old Presidency in Bloemfontein. He named his … a small pioneer house and laid down…
ArticleThe missionaries
… arrived in Pondoland in 1830 when Faku , the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from 1818 to 1867, allowed Wesleyan … The missionaries were first given land in the…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … Africa. Her journey led her to become a…
The French Revolution
… On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which would last…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… timeline provides some historical background to the role of English in the Namibian public by tracing it within the … us with insights into the production…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee member of TUCSA. Following the death of her husband Jimmy Bolton, Secretary of the furniture and garment…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take … and action. That…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term ‘Bantu has gone through various shifts in … “historical moment, social…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… The rounding of the Cape and the establishment of the trade route to the Far East had far reaching … the Cape, but for Southern Africa. Firstly, ‘discovery’…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in … to more militant protests, by the 1950s and…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… The three Basotho Wars (1858-68) and the formation of Lesotho The conflict between the Basotho people and White … in what is now the Free State/ Lesotho area…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… It was at these talks that the position and future role of the UDF became clearer. These were the first detailed … better organisation and working together…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… ANC. In March 1982, Mandela together with senior members of the ANC was transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor … accept these. For instance, in late…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… population grew, and spread throughout the Western half of South Africa. They were the first pastoralists in southern … and called themselves Khoikhoi (or…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… 2010 19 January: ( Congress of South African Trade Unions ) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) entered their third week of striking…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… in 1990. The SWA territory was entrusted by the League of Nations to South Africa under an administrative mandate … movement in the early 1960s because it…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… 1995, armed youth gangs in Alexandra Township outside of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, destroyed the homes and property of suspected undocumented migrants…
Judaism
… Many Jews wear a tallit, or prayer shawl, to remond them of God's law. Sources: www.ida.net Jews, like Christians and … that God created everything and that…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… demonstrations began in the Transvaal, marking the start of the longest and most widespread period of black resistance to white rule. The Lekoa and Evaton…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First Transvaal War of Independence because the conflict arose between the … in the Orange Free…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… Africa between 2 000 and 1 700 years ago. The study of Iron Age archaeology provides a history for the majority of present-day southern African and South…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… Prime Ministers from the NP (equivalent to the position of President today): Following constitutional reforms in 1984, the office of State President became…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… on 17 December 1961 in Durban under the auspices of the banned African National Congress (ANC). At the time of its formation, Durban was the centre of Black…