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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…
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…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
Mooi River was originally named: 'Lawrenceville'- after the Irish farmer who formalized its settlement during the 1800's. The Village took its enduring name…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the Great Trek, between…
PlacePaarden Eiland
Construction of the Marine Drive was started by the Cape Town Municipality, in 1916. This was very different to the Marine Drive of today……….flooding by the…
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…
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…
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…
“Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa”, Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference, Arusha, 4 December
… and succumb. Together we shall bring into being and construct the world of justice we all seek, extending a …
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,…
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…
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…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… a number of smaller groups, the largest two coalescing under the leaderships of Manala and Ndzundza respectively. … then became head of the Ndzundza. In 1823…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… the movement of black workers from one area to another. Under this Act the lack of possession of the correct pass … argument. Political Legislation ↵ When…
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…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… rule. Indirect rule was established to administer Africans under the colonial administration rather than give them the … then Union of South Africa. In…
National Land Committee
… for communities and individual women and men to hold land under the tenure system most appropriate to their needs … are the primary beneficiaries Land must…