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ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… the question of so-called black people and sport. In the 1930’s South Africa contemplated to apply to host the Empire …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps from animals to humans, according to a Washington-based study in May 2003. Some sources say…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… to the rise in Afrikaner Nationalism during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Afrikaners constituted a majority in terms of …
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (now known as KwaZulu Natal – KZN) saw a…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… Oudtshoorn Training College, which both opened during the 1930’s. As from 1953, teachers could pursue more specialized …
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 12) A Charge of Treason When detectives invaded the Congress of the People on 26…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… the 1870s. In the early twentieth century (from 1900 to 1930), Afrikaner nationalism became a more serious and …
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… a major revolt in eastern Nigeria against colonialism 1930 Tshekisho Plaatje's novel Mhudi is published in South …
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Sastri College, a high school for Indian boys in Durban. 1930 12 May, Durban’s first traffic lights were installed at …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… a major revolt in eastern Nigeria against colonialism. 1930 Tshekisho Plaatje's novel Mhudi is published in South …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… great anti-pass demonstration in Durban on Dingaan's Day, 1930. August 20, Bram Fischer is served with two notices …
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… become very small after the shooting of JOHANNES NKOSI, in 1930, during the Anti Pass demonstrations at Cart-wrights …
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… against the bosses and their racist state. As far back as 1930 communists like TW Thibedi and SP Bunting made a …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
Introduction Following British victory in the South African War, the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
Photograph of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the southern and south…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the University College was upgraded into a fully fledged …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 10) Time for a Chartist Movement The idea of the Freedom Charter and the…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European population stands at 1,204. 1858 The Umzinto Sugar Company…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… (including the 1950 Suppression of Communism Act, the 1930 Riotous Assemblies Act and the 1960 Unlawful …