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EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… [online]. Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed 15 August 2011]| O’Malley, P., n.d. “ South African Indian … [online] available at www.nelsonmandela…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Nation-wide general strike. It is reported that only 10-15 % of the labour force joins the strike. In Johannesburg, … Six declared a 'White' area, under the…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… to promote him to the finance minister's post in 2015 15 March 2016 ANC MP Vytjie Mentor reveals that the Guptas … was in another room of the house when the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… the new Agent of the Government of India to South Africa. 15 February, The All African Convention (AAC) passes a … in Bloemfontein. Albert Luthuli does not…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… Xuma and Dadoo address the gathered assembly. Thereafter, 15 000 people march through the centre of Johannesburg. As a … terminate its trade agreement with…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Tana Baru. The cemetery was officially closed on January 15, 1886 by Government decree: Section 63 to 65 of the Public … Ganief [I-Ian3f] [1939-1954], Imam…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… is a Suburb of Soweto . It was founded in the early 1950's during the Apartheid era to accommodate Black … Africa, is a Suburb of Soweto. It was founded in…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories.[i] She was also described as a passionate and…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
Early History Few Southern African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of the world as have the South amaNdebele of the central highveld, an area…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) both announced plans to tackle the pass laws for…
PlaceClairwood Hospital, Durban
Clairwood Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Durban South, KwaZulu Natal. Hospital services include a…
PlaceBotswana
… Today 85% per cent is owned by Anglo American and 15 per cent by the Government of the Republic of Botswana … influenced by political developments there. In…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
A series of legislations were passed by the NP led government in the 1950s as it sought to deal with dissent and entrench apartheid. Leading political…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… law. 1949 Walter Sisulu is elected ANC Secretary General. 1950 At birth South Africans are classified and registered in … arrest, and prohibition on…
Report of the Joint Planning Council of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, November 8, 1951
… commemorate the National Day of Protest held on 26th June, 1950, the day on which on the call of the President-General … conditions, the one-day protests on…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… Interview, 0:55-1:02. ↵ [ix] Klug 2016, Phone Interview, 2:15-2:45. ↵ [x] An Interview with Professor Heinz Klug, N.d.; …
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… demonstration which took place on 16 June. On that day 15 000 children converged on Orlando West Junior Secondary … 12-year old Hector Pieterson and Hastings…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… violence and resistance in South Africa in this era. On 15 August 1989 Frederik Willem de Klerk was sworn in by the …
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… violence and resistance in South Africa in this era. On 15 August 1989 Frederik Willem de Klerk was sworn in by the …
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… On 15 November 1988, 21 year-old Barend Strydom went on a … 2016. Smith, Janet. “What Became of the White Wolf?”, IOL, 15 November 2008, …
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… leaders and the heads of the armed forces in Lesotho. On 15 January forces led by Maj-Gen Metsing Lekhanya who had …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… Circle: Face-to-Face with the Special Branch - Chapter 15 The Final Prize: On Trial - Chapter 16 The Final Prize: …
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… Constabulary, and following the armed uprising of 1914-15, its leader, General CR de Wet, as well as many of his …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… populations as they had not yet encountered this disease. [15] In conclusion, the colonization process and slave trade … GR 10 Exemplar 2012 Memo Eng.pdf [14…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… obtained through interrogation needed to be kept private [15] . Killings Tlhomedi Mfalapitsa who was also an askari … Apartheid Death Squads, 1979–1994. Pen…
Event5 bodies found: Kempton park killings
… a 37-year-old woman, was found near the R21 on July 15. A second body, belonging to a 32-year-old woman, was …
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… the banning of the South African Communist Party(SACP) in 1950, the Sharpeville massacre in 1961 and the subsequent …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.' So runs the song composed to mark this historic occasion. By the middle of 1956…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… the tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. 1950 The Group Areas Act, the Population Registration Act, …
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… building and a barracks for the troops were constructed. 15 Houses were also built for the officers just north of the … 160 yards long. Passing down an…