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ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… announced that work on the farms would resume on 15 November 2012. According to Tony Ehrenreich, the regional … by members of the ANC then a negotiation is…
EventSouth Africa Declares Gender-Based Violence a National Disaster
… protests where women across the country lay down for 15 minutes at noon to honour the 15 women murdered daily in South Africa. The declaration came …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… High Commission was based, on 28 February 1960. As many as 15,000 held a rally at Trafalgar Square after the march, and … Huddleston addressed a rally in…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… Union (MWU) and gains recognition by the Chamber of Mines. 15 October, Leaders of the passive resistance address 78 … grievances and the strike is called off…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… there or visiting someone in the area (Horrell, 1978: 3). 1950 Introduced in February, the Population Registration Act, No. 30 of 1950 made racial…
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
On 10 July 1964 MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé, leader of the Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga, became the Prime Minister of the Congo (now known as…
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
This book and exhibition are an attempt to construct a clear picture of Ernest Cole, a complex man whose work is little known, especially in his own country,…
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
Kader Asmal political activist, human rights lawyer, former Minister of Education (1999-2004) and of Water Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in Stanger…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… editor of South African Opinion and Trek (1944-9). In 1950, Bosman began to write humourous short stories for the …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… of four Acts, namely, the Population Registration Act of 1950, The Group Areas Act, the Land Act and the Separate …
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… 1930s "Parliament had become an assembly of 'not- ables",15 meaning that its members had achieved eminence (and … general's closest friends? A letter in Die…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… At their August congress the NP opposed invasion and on 15 August there was a republican demonstration in … cross into the territory, this was not always…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… help her people struggle for what is rightfully theirs’. [15] She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1975, … 619-620. ↵ [13] Ibid., 618. ↵ [14]…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… 12.Mandisa Makesini 13.Hlengiwe Hlophe 14.Marshall Dlamini 15.Mpho Ramakatsa 16.Sam Matiase 17.Alfred Motsi 18.Parks …
ArticleTransport in the air
Ancient stories tell of people's desire to fly like a bird. The Greek myth about Icarus and Daedalus is one of the most famous stories. According to the story,…
References and links: Local History
Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria:…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… 'prison accident.' However, evidence presented during the 15-day inquest into Biko’s death revealed otherwise. During …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… January 1, The Transvaal Immigration Restriction Act, No. 15 of 1907 , comes into force. A mass meeting is held at the …
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… caused the construction of African housing to standstill. [15] By 1944 many urban African workers became squatters, who … South Africa”, Water History, 2017 …
Post-detention weapons
… provisions of the Suppression of Communism Act (SCA) of 1950, which were more far-reaching. Section 10 of this Act … The Internal Security Act (ISA) of 1976…
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… Kirk Douglas’s acting and Harry James’s trumpet, in the 1950 movie “Young Man With A Horn”. Masekela saw the film as …
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
With the number of ballots already counted following yesterdays local government elections signalling yet another convincing victory for the African National…
PlaceFort Wynyard
… Robert Henry Wynyard. It remained operational until August 15, 1945. On 14 May 1976 Fort Wynyard was proclaimed as a …
EventSpringboks beat New Zealand in Rugby Wold Cup final match
… competition shown by the All Blacks, the final score was 15-12 in favour of South Africa. The South African President, … Available at www…
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
This is an engaging structure, with a high pitch roof, dormer windows and ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
… in 1925 by D.F. Malan. The introduction of the bill came 15 years after the Union of South Africa was formed. The Boer …
EventSouth African man walks from England to France through Channel Tunnel
… a mystery how Dyer managed to survive the highly dangerous 15 hour trip through the tunnel, or how he managed to evade …
EventGabon gains independence from France
On 17 August 1960 Gabon, the last of the four territories, which had formed French Equatorial Africa, achieved independence. Gabriel LÁƒÂƒ©on M'Ba become the…
EventColoureds are removed from the voters roll
… formed the Franchise Action Council in Cape Town and over 15,000 Coloured people marched through the streets of the …