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ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
Abstract In 1994, South Africans were liberated from a system of apartheid which had controlled their lives for nearly fifty years. Twenty-one years later,…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… excluding black people from working on these schemes. [12] Black workers were only allowed to cut wood and were … of Men”, Water History, (Vol 8), (No. 2), …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… intervene on their behalf. 1926 December 17 1926 - January 12 1927, The First Round Table Conference is held between the … the defunct Transvaal British…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Economic Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… linkages across the continent of Africa as a whole. 11.12 Participating in world trade, pursuing strategic … job creation and poverty eradication over the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… of back-to-back states of emergency from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, a number of organisations including the United …
PlaceAmanzamnyama, a small size Town in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… learners. The school starts with Grade 8 to Grade 12. The subjects taught in school are: English; Mathematics; …
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… Trade Unions (COSATU), held its third annual congress from 12-16 July 1989. The congress, attended by 1858 delegates …
EventFirst formal school opens at the Cape
… them off a Portuguese slaver. A second school, attended by 12 White children, four slaves and one Khoi-Khoi, was opened …
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… the University of Bloemfontein from 1922- 42. He died on 12 April 1969 in Bloemfontein. …
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… April 1957. The SA Navy was to also acquire three new Type 12 (modified Rothesay Class) anti submarine frigates, ten Ton …
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… started in 1835 when over a three year period more then 12,000 Boers (farmers) left the Cape Colony. They trekked …
Article2016 in Review
In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… 1976 that Dr Monty Naicker had addressed a mass meeting on 12 October 1975 in support of Winnie Mandela , in which he … passes them on to a vote less and…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… more on South Africa's role in World War II, see our Grade 12 lesson, 1924-1948: South Africa's Foreign Relations. … higher pay. The police crushed the…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… All preparations for the revolt were kept secret. On 12 January, several hundred mounted Herero invaded Okahandja. … and thirst as they fled through the…
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… 10,665 residents, of whom 3,517 were literate 1875 census: 12,721 residents, of whom 4,483 were literate 1891 census: …
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… to descend, but returning to the surface took an agonising 12 hours. The quick descend and slow return to surface is a …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… in the new democratic South Africa. As a result, Chapter 12 was drafted onto the South African constitution. …
Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son
… Simon van der Stel , who became commander of the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor in 1691, was …
EventLocal elections receive go
… An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to …
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Gold Medal of the South African Nursing Association on 12 May 1961 in recognition of distinguished and exceptional …
EventNatal becomes part of the Union of South Africa
… In 1844 Natal, annexed by Britain on 12 May 1843, became a district of the Cape Colony under a …
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… further constitutional developments occurred in mid-1988, when the African National Congress published the … Assembly. The South African Constitution was…
EPILOGUE
Dear Mr De Klerk I acknowledge receipt of your reply dated 2nd July, 1992. It is unfortunate that your reply has not addressed the issues I raised in my…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… OF MEMBERS WHO DIED DURING THE STRUGGLE Bantu Steve Biko - 12 September 1977 Luke Mazwambe - 3 September 1970 Mapetla …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… in 1933, nearly 25% of the Nation's total work force, 12,830,000 people, were unemployed. Wage income for workers …
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… to sustain the war was increasingly being eroded. By 1988, a significant change in the military balance of forces … region begins, not on February 10th 1990,…
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… legally elected Prime Minister for the country. After only 12 weeks in power, the new government was deposed in a coup …
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… On 12 June 1917, Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor, …