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EventGabon gains independence from France
… On 17 August 1960 Gabon, the last of the four territories, which had formed French Equatorial … In 1472, the Portuguese explorers encountered the mouth of…
PlaceHawston
… Close to Hermanus, the town of Hawston with its long, white unspoilt beach lies cosily … Island, to the Government in exchange for four morgen of land at…
PlaceGreyton, Western Province
… This Village of Greyton, in the Cape , was established in 1852. Although the first plots of land were only sold in 1854. It was named in honour of Sir ……
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Baker in 1902 as his own home, is an important component of Parktown's surviving architectural character. It makes use … in all good ventures.... [Curtis]…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when Portuguese … way to India, Portuguese explorers discovered the island of Bioko, and later…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of mainly high school students was formed to represent … Police often invaded the school premises…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… culture, develop an Afrikaner economy, and to gain control of the South African government. During the 1930s the … van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK -…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… revolution in Cuba, culminating in Fidel Castro’s seizure of power on 1 January 1959, was from the beginning based on a … in December 1964, Guevara pointed…
Bantu Education boycott
… Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner - 'The Bantu Education Act will make African mothers like fowls who lay eggs for … Ngoyi In 1953 the government passed the…
June 16
… Red, black and white poster. Photographs of scenes of South Africa. Unite, resist and act for freedom campaign. …
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… that followed, four White people were killed. The Campaign of Defiance of Unjust Laws (commonly known as Defiance … to the campaign by enacting the Criminal…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… after the first democratic election (1994) the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, signed the … law as the Constitution of the…
PlaceSada
… word meaning “at last”), a Township about 30km North of Seymour and 3km South of Whittlesea, was first established … camp for Farm Workers who were driven…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… - In his presidential address to the annual conference of the African National Congress over the weekend. Dr. A.B. … of the African people." Dr Xuma said the…
PlaceCentral African Republic
… various groups speaking languages related to those of the present day were living in the area. These peoples … isolated small settlements, where they hunted…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… with different ideological and theoretical views. One of these views was towards a more more Africanist approach. … Campaign (committed to open defiance of…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… 1941 in Clairwood, Durban . She went to the University of Natal where she graduated with BA in 1963 and with an LLB … of the Unity Movement who were charged…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… Dictionary. Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism developed over … interior of Southern Africa who were moving in…
ArchiveSteven Silver
… poster with black lettering. Black and white photograph of Steven Silver. Words 'Act 4 Wits'. Date stamp on poster of 1937-08-13. …
ArchiveImmediate prospect for SACP
… Article in Voice of Women , Number 3, 1983, on the immediate prospect for SACP. It discusses the Suppression of Communist Act of 1950, the Freedom Charter,…
ArchiveBothas emergency: legalized murder
… White, black and red poster. State of Emergency declared. Copy of the Regulations in Terms of the Public Safety Act 1953. Black and white artwork of soldiers…
ArchiveSince Pageview was proclaimed a White area in 1963 ....
… Pamphlet relating to the impact of the Group Areas Act on Indian families, including a …
PlaceMacfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape
… ancestors were settled in these Villages after the War of 1850, by the colonial authorities. The starvation and … Valley of today reflects the stability of…
ArchiveThe Universities and the State, 1959-1969
… Pamphlet to affirm the University of the Witwatersrand's continuing opposition to the Extension of University Education Act, 1959, which legislated the loss…
PlaceEnon
… place mentioned in John. It lies 13 kilometres East of Kirkwood and 60 kilometres North-East of Uitenhage,(formerly known as Witterivier). Enon was formed ……
ArchiveGroup Areas proclaimed: Fingo village now for Coloureds
… Press cutting announcing the proclamation of the Group Areas Act in Grahamstown for White and Coloured areas …
ArchiveLeila McKenna
… black lettering. Black and white poster with photograph of Leila McKenna. Words 'Act 4 Wits'. …
EventEnglish ship “Caesar” with William Pearse on board bound for Bantam arrives
… sick, [blank] in number, to be allowed to be lodged by one of our burghers ... which was politely granted ..." [Journal] "... through the Blessing of the…
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… During the 1850s Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes throughout the…
EventBram Fischer, Q.C. Jumps Bail
… Fischer Q.C., fails to arrive in court to face charges of membership of the illegal Communist Party, which was unlawful under the Suppression of Communism…