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ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… about Africans migrating into the city during the period under consideration is their origins. African migrants in the … to the NRB officials, only Africans…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… his education at Ohlange Institute 'a boarding school' under Dr. John Dube , the founding President of the South … is elected Secretary of the African…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… group, the Joint Committee of African Trade Unions was under the leadership of Max Gordon, the secretary of the … Thirteen leaders of the strike were…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… 10 topic we learnt about the rise of the Basotho state under Moshoeshoe, this chapter takes the story a bit further. … the Tlokoa in 1853. There were now…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… demonstrations against the hated "pass" laws instituted under The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act of 1953. … the requirement that Blacks carry identity…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… 1966 BBC adaptation of her vivid account of her detention under the notorious 90-day law, in which she played herself, … new, privileged African class. “It…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under threat however, as African resistance to the racially … harvesters and combines on farms, and the…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), under the leadership of José Eduardo dos Santos ascended to … south towards Mavinga. Fourteen Angolan…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… of a larger unit of Southern Sotho groups, who had fallen under his centralized authority due to competition for … territory between British territory and…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… was in the Zoutpansberg, north of Pietersburg. Two groups under Boer leaders Hans van Rensburg and Louis Trichardt … He renamed the area Schoemansdal, after…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… led by Dr Monty Naicker and Transvaal Indian Congress under Dr Yusuf Dadoo held a meeting at Red Square to formally … the first campaign pursued jointly by…
ArticlePoqo
… of P. K. Leballo in 1978. The settlement grew remarkably under the leadership of Nyathi John Pokela in 1982 when the … the ideological debate and critique of…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… P.W. Botha (later Prime Minister and then State President under apartheid). Associated Press video footage from the … own parliament, the KwaZulu Legislative…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… belonging to a Black and allotted by him or accruing under Black law or custom to any woman with whom he lived in … house, shall upon his death devolve and…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… (ASA) was established on 17 December 1961 in Durban under the auspices of the banned African National Congress … event led to the banning of ANC and the PAC…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… to Codesa prescribing the status of regional government under a new constitution. 24 February 1992: De Klerk … Working Group 3 reaches an agreement on all…
Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
… an organisation that, despite radicalisation, remained under middle-class leadership, opened up huge contradictions … right, and with it has gone the…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… of Guinea, West Africa. 1483 Diogo Cão, a navigator acting under the instruction of the Portuguese King John II, reaches … hair, and with very large tails…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… Thirteen Others The change from being a 90-day detainee under solitary confinement to an awaiting trial prisoner was … was a complete antidote to the silence…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… a mission station at Bethanie in southern Namibia under the auspices of the London Missionary Society. … army is divided into four sections to attack…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… B.L. Sigamoney , and Thomas William Thibedi. In Cape Town, under the Industrial Socialist League, left wing trade unions … his objection to the ‘native…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… compulsory school attendance from all slave children under 12 years of age. Older slave children have to attend … A separate school starts, exclusively for…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Partition of West Africa and East Africa 1896 Ethiopia, under Emperor Menelik II, defeats invading Italian army in … Fine Arts School is founded at Makerere…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Partition of West Africa and East Africa 1896 Ethiopia, under Emperor Menelik II, defeats invading Italian army in … Fine Arts School is founded at Makerere…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
The OR Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM) occupies the Eastern Coastal portion of the Eastern Cape Province, bordered by KwaZulu-Natal and by the Eastern Cape…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… meeting in Johannesburg at the Orlando community hall under the banner “Africanist Liberation Congress”. Banners … August, ZB Molote who was detained by the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… Areas Act comes into effect. A Land Tenure Board is set up under the Act to set aside separate areas for various racial … the Malan Government. December,…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… Transkei and Ciskei. The African National Congress(ANC) under the leadership of the late Nelson Mandela won the vast … of votes with 12 237 655 (62.9%), the…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts … a mutual non-interference pact, at…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… numerous other struggles of our people are being fought under the inspiration of the Congress Alliance (should this … used to compel pensioners to carry…