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ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) before its dissolution is held in Johannesburg. It attacks … South Africa declares that it dissolves…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… "I think I married trouble." The couple had two daughters before the prison doors slammed behind Mandela in 1964. In … warm woman 27 years younger than him…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… off farms, during the lull in agricultural production before the War, into factory work. This resulted in a greater … were extremely low in the food and…
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… (kanaal is the Afrikaans for ‘canal’.) District Six before its destruction under Apartheid , was a community … vacant lot, shown on maps as the Suburb of…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… without deviation, to the bench of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the position of chief justice. It … In an address to the Cape Law Society…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… reported all over the Rand (ibid. 209) Between 1938 and 1940 all of the Reef municipalities established municipal … police. One person was killed and one…
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the ANC - 20 September 2008
… of the ANC has deliberated on the Pietermaritzburg Court judgement on the 12th of September by Judge Chris … ANC has decided to recall the President of the…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… apartheid regime. On 30 January 1985, the Pretoria Supreme Court ordered the SAMDC to hold an inquiry into the conduct … two doctors who treated Steve Biko…
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… for the murder of Amy Biehl in the Cape Town High Court in October 1994 and sent to jail. They applied for … one and Part two of the testimony of the four…
EventTshifiwa Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police custody
… damages after his release and was paid R3000 in an out-of-court settlement. None of the police implicated in Moufhe’s … related to police torture, might be…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… we must be ready early next morning and he would fetch us. Before dawn, we were collected in a truck with our goods and … that the police struck. Like many…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… a further 5,8 metres. When the servitude proceedings came before the ' Water Cour t'; it was agreed that nothing … Wall at Lake Mentz, this Case was heard at…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… Lekhuleni, at the trial held at the Kabhokweni Magistrates Court, without any provocation, the apartheid army and police … to be known as the Lowveld…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… and destroys the ANC offices in Islington, London, shortly before the beginning of a mass rally organized by the … blast destroys the cells behind the Langa…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… implement its apartheid policies with even more zeal than before. Yet the idiosyncrasy of South Africa could not render … unprecedented nationwide publicity,…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
… originated from Natal (now known as KwaZulu-Natal – KZN) before moving to settle in the Eastern Cape in what is now …
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
… he attended Shamweti Primary School until standard II before transferring to Chisengalumbwe. Between 1965 and 1969 …
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… its 926 adherents in 1925 became 2000 by 1935 and 8000 by 1940. In the next 2 years, membership of the church had …
Durban an Overview
… in 1925, and total berthage of over 5600 m. On 5 April 1940 a Marine Airport for flying boats was opened on the site …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… breaking the boycott). However, the arrests and subsequent court appearances merely increased the women's solidarity. In …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… He is released on 18 December 1980 after the Supreme Court has, on 5 December 1980, ruled an appeal that his … or be forcibly removed. The families lodge an…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… refuses the aid of an attorney, on the grounds that the court has no jurisdiction over him because it cannot be … for setting up a joint training programme…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… During Democracy Jaglin and Dubresson suggest that just before the ANC came into power, they had an “ambiguous … ESKOM had prepared for the transition to…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… with the rest of the group, is arrested. After a brief court appearance the men are freed and taken by the United … for setting up a joint training programme…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… from Xhosa warriors. The attackers eventually turn back before reaching Uitenhage. 1837 6 February, Port Elizabeth … resolves to build a Power Station at…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… He had been turning the idea around in his mind from 1921 before he approached the Afrikaner Broederbond to put his idea in motion. Before the congress, on…
Chapter VI - A strange kind of goal bird
… ”” could I get there in time to speak for five minutes before twelve o'clock? Fortunately Use Wilson, Bram Fischer's … succeeding and there would still…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… 500 UWC students march to the Bellville Magistrate's Court were 15 students appeared on a number of charges … coloured townships. Schools, libraries and a…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… when it was brought under direct Government control. In 1940 residents of Alexandra embark on a boycott of Public … Life: Factories, Townships and Popular…
ArticleXhosa
… Nguni groups began to expand their power some time before 1600. Tshawe founded the Xhosa kingdom by defeating …