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To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… speaking white people in South Africa the narrative of what in South Africa is called ‘The 2nd Anglo Boer War’ … war the British felt forced to depopulate…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… Early Portuguese name in 1503, of Table Bay . Meaning 'watering place of Saldanha', it was given in honour of Admiral Antonio da … a Harbour was built in…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… Union Government offered to raise an infantry battalion of Cape Coloured men for service in the First World War. A strict selection process was decided upon…
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… Following South Africa's policies of racial segregation and the promulgation of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
… Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and … trial for conspiring to commit…
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
… The Transvaal section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African … Walter Sisulu against a six years sentence of imprisonment. Sisulu was…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… Development of Langa location In the course of the Inter War Years the regulations of the 1902 Location Act were expanded to create a more formal structure…
PlaceAngola
… Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest historical kingdoms in Africa such as the … with the Kingdom of Ndongo in an effort to…
ArchiveRace relations survey: 1987/88
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1987/88 and includes … Business; Economy; Welfare; Urbanisation; Group Areas Act; Security; Labour relations;…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … passage and boarding fees and the remainder make the best of to…
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
… a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the former anthem "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika/The Call of…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… the South African Appellate Court's judgment in the case of the Krugersdorp Municipality vs. Mohamed Dadoo . The … the Krugersdorp Municipality which uses…
EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… Justice Richard Goldstone called for the establishment of a "truth commission" on Apartheid atrocities because … He said it was essential to expose the past…
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
… accorded me here this afternoon. I know that this welcome of yours is but an indication of the united stand of the Indian people against the Ghetto Act,…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… took place near Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal. The first signs of discontent started at the end of 1905, when government introduced a new £1 poll tax on top … of…
EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
… set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed a contract with the … Dutch East India Company (VOC) to oversee the…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… all their money and scores committing suicide. This set of the world wide depression of the 1930s, which at its worst saw one in three people … of millions…
PlaceThe Pretoria Synagogue
… and protected under the National Heritage Resources Act (25 of 1999). The infamous Treason Trial took place at this …
EventHelen Joseph is put under house arrest
… person to be put under house arrest under the Sabotage Act, introduced by the newly appointed Minister of Justice, B.J Voster. The conditions attached to her…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… Known as: 'The Kingdom of the Zulu' . KwaZulu-Natal is a: "melting pot of African, … with the strength of the Zulu Nation , who fought for this land. It is…
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… The decision to open the beaches was made after a number of protest multiracial swim-ins by anti-apartheid activists. He further promised the scrapping of…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the Irish party under … where, in April 1825,…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson … people operate and support the Separate Representation Act…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
… Branches as may be formed and established in other parts of Africa. In it alone is vested authority to establish … of work and conditions of employment. (2)…
PlaceVenda
… for the bantustan, or homeland , was in the North East of South Africa close to the Zimbabwe border. Its North … Its capital was Thohoyandou and it was the…
EventThe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky … coup attempt by the PPP. Mangope announced…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
… eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores of whom were left injured. Four years before this incident, Nkrumah passed the Preventative…
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… group reached consensus on several issues such the release of political prisoners, return of exiles, obstacles in the Internal Security Act and suspension of…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… A period of hardship set in for the AmaXhosa after their defeat in the Eighth Frontier War (also called Eighth War of Dispossession). Their political…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … state. By this time, policies, such as the…