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ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… migrate while in the process their land was dispossessed [10] . It was not only because Africans were forced to work in … in the North was reopened in 1973,…
PlaceBorder Cave or Sibudu Cave, Found in Cliff Between KZN and Swaziland
… of plant remains have been found. Measuring up to 22 square feet (2 square meters), the beds were also large …
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… the 100 km Amatola Hiking Trail , the Town is only 22 km from its start and serves as an ideal base. …
ArchiveCelebrating 50 years of South Africas Freedo
… in Kliptown, Johannesburg on 26th June 1955. 1955 - 2005. 26th June, South African Freedom Day. …
Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2012
… Different adjudicators have, in the past five years (since 2005), identified similar areas that need improvement. These …
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… Trautmann, began to Farm and fish in the Area. Its name dates back to 1653, and relates to the quantity of excellent …
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… analysis of any situation. The story of the Treason Trial dates back on 5 December 1956, when about 156 anti-apartheid …
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… permission for usage. The Immigrants Regulations Act, No. 22 of 1913 prevented Indians from moving to other provinces. … legislature as retaliation. The Bill…
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… of South Africa from November 2001 until his retirement in 2005. He was a consultant to the Namibian Constituent … human rights and democracy. On his…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… ↵ [vi] Sofie M.M.A. Geschier, ‘So there I sit in a Catch-22 situation’: remembering and imagining trauma in the … ↵ [viii] Sofie M.M.A. Geschier, ‘So there I…
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… New York Dear Comrade:- In our last meeling held on the 22 of April, 1932 at 9 Fuller Street, Bertratns, …
Indian education in Natal
… Durban as well as the Umbilo Girls School in Durban. 1894 22 February, Mr Jameson seconded by a Mr Johnson moved in the … public. The fees were fixed at five…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… the Great Depression. [From www.history.com/ Accessed on 10 April 2021] 2.1.1 What is your understanding of the … to black hobos. [From http://digital.wustl…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… had been set up since the late nineteenth century. 1914 28 June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the … Battle of Ypres, Belgium, begins on…
PlaceSignal Hill
… Observatory . One day in June 1895, the Gun fired at 10:30 rather than 12:00 when a spider interfered with the … down into the City and killed a Horse. On…
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… The Paediatric Department at Witbank Hospital has a 10 bed Neonatal Intensive Care (5 ventilators) / High Care … 4 on 1 July 1982, Unit 5 on 31 March 1983…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… of his son in 1878, enlarged it by the addition of two extra rooms at the rear of the building, thus enabling him to … was a humble fisherman's cottage whose…
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… The building dates from the late Victorian period and has impressive …
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… 1856, but as the day dawned and nothing happened, other dates were set, including 18 February 1857. Disappointment …
PlaceBurundi
… 1982-87, Buyoya; 1987-93 [lvii] . The period from 1972 – 2005 was a time of much violence and instability in Burundi … in 2006 [xc] . Burundi after the peace…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… land to be purchasable by Africans (Beinhart, 2001, 10). Ten years after the Natives Land Act was passed, the … person occupy land without the authority of a…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… to Potchefstroom, including Johannesburg. Radiocarbon dates place the pottery (called Olifantspoort after the site … the name of a cave where it was first…
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … ‘Youth, Culture and…
EventArtist Allina Ndebele is born
… on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. On 27 September 2005, president Thabo Mbeki bestowed the Order of Ikhamanga … Allina Ndebele [online] www.sahistory…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… The history of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa dates back to the 1980s when the country was home to a number … April 2015, the spate of…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… to further his studies. Nkrumah would go on to spend 10 years in the United States, gaining a variety of college … 1945–47, Immigrants & Minorities, 12:3,…
PlaceElands Bay, Western Cape Province
… years ago. Elands Bay Cave is a rock art site dating back 10 000 years. The mild weather ensures year-round outdoor …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
… Dutch Reformed Church formed from three churches! When on 22 June 1950, the mother church decided Uitenhage North, …
PlaceMarket Square, Port Elizabeth
… is home to the City Hall, which is colonial in style and dates back to the mid-1800’s. Its clock tower was added in …
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… Women. What is unusual about the Cenotaph is its memorial dates - 1914 to 1919. Although the war officially ended on 11 …