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The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… and the 1980s was a decade which became a turning point in South African history. Popular protest by masses of … Africans against the apartheid regime…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… Analysis of the role of the SACP in formulating the development policies of the ANC: The case … always been determined to establish a socialist republic in…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
… In April 1982 Joe Foster, the General Secretary of the … the keynote address at the second Fosatu national congress in Hammanskraal. Fosatu, with roots in…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… Escombe became one of the most prominent White politicians in the Colony of Natal. Initially he pursued a policy of moderation towards the Indians. Escombe…
ArticleContemporary South African Artists
… For the month of August 2016, in honor of women, South Africa History Online (SAHO) began collaborating with Artthrob in an effort to highlight women…
Local Government
… them a mindset that was essentially rural and agrarian in nature. Their constitution of 1858 divided the country … Landdrost with “the supervision of the…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… 1940 9 October, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal. 1959 Tshabalala-Msimang … of Arts degree from the University of Fort Hare located…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… The events at Lonmin Mine in Marikana in the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history … strike that threatened to destabilize the mining sector…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… 1913 15 June, Trevor Huddleston is born in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England. Huddleston is christened at St Paul’s Church in Bedford. 1921-1937 Huddleston…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… 1924 E.S. Reddy is born in a small village of Pallapalli in India to E.V. Narasa Reddy, a Gandhian who went to prison in the individual satyagraha in 1941,…
ArticleOFFICIAL LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO ANC PRESIDENT
… of the Declaration of Principles and mutual recognition. In the name of our Palestinian people, my brothers members of … Committee of the Palestine…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… would depend on how the reader defines the word "slavery." In ancient times, for example, under the Romans, a people defeated in war were usually taken over…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… In July 2001, The Landless People's Movement (LPM) was formed … by leaders of various landless people of South Africa in response to evictions of farm…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of … the end of the Second World War was a crucial factor in achieving…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of … the end of the Second World War was a crucial factor in achieving…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… Students' Association, edited its handbook and played in its lawn tennis, table tennis and cricket teams. He excelled in ballroom dancing and was very pop…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… PHASE HISTORY - TERM 2 Topic: The first farmers in southern Africa Suggested contact time One term/15 hours … aims and skills and the associated concepts…
ArticleThe Transkei
… Struggles against the Bantu Authorities Act were fought in the Transkei , where the resistance of the peasants culminated in the Pondo revolt which broke…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… a political strike. December , A new leadership nurtured in the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) comes into power in the African National…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… Great Zimbabwe. The cultural, political and economic power in the area shifted to Great Zimbabwe and this area took control of the Indian Ocean trade routes…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… Verdun begins. Verdun, a French fortress town, was located in the western shadow of the Meuse river, close to the … significance to the French as it was the…
Safety and security issues
… of domestic violence has always been alarmingly high in South Africa. Though domestic violence is not limited to … that women are most affected by this form…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… example, the Tlokoa were driven from their villages and, in turn, attacked other settlements in the area. Moshoeshoe realised that his people needed a ……
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… was further fuelled by her conversion to Roman Catholicism in her teens and a desire to become a religious nun. Although … nature was not just put to use at…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… evidence of encounters of colonists with the AmaXhosa. In an attempt to put a stop to cattle raiding and other forms … colonists owned 8 300 head of cattle…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the agenda of second part of the first session of the ……
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… of repatriated ex-indentured workers for India, arriving in Madras on 10 April with 382 passengers on board. Within … about unfair conditions of employment…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… agitated for more political rights and independence. While in some parts of the continent colonial powers reluctantly and grudgingly relinquished power, in…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… Introduction Pretoria is located in the north east of South Africa, to the north of Gauteng , … sandstone. [iii] There is also a strong Afrikaner presence in…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… day of arrival of the Prince of Wales as a day of mourning in protest against the disenfranchisement of the Coloured … The police arrest these resisters. …