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The Bill of Rights
The original numbering, as it appears in the South African Constitution, has been retained here, hence it begins at Article 7. 7. RIGHTS 1. This Bill…
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects his first padrÁƒo, or stone cross, at Kwaaihoek near the mouth of the Bushman's River on the Eastern Cape coast…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
The region of the Western Cape which includes the Table Bay area (where the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi pastoralists who…
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
… the full programme: www.vrouemonument.co.za/blog/2013/08/05/100-year-celebrations …
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
Emily Hobhouse addressed public meetings in Britain about the conditions of the Concentration camps during the South African War. These campaigns were aimed at…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP, putting behind the antagonistic relationship between the two parties in…
A growing urban African population
As Johannesburg expanded, so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and were growing in…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 1899 Outbreak of South African War. Timeline: Pretoria 1900-1999 1900 Pedestal erected on Church Square for statue of … Park. Mr. Sammy Marks presents the…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
ABSTRACT Heinz Klug is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. Klug believed that…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… redirected towards this angle. From: kaba Sent: Tue 2008/05/27 04:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Comments on … Yousuf From: HELMA Sent: Wednesday,…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… Police, was greeted with astonishment and anger. On 05 February 1982, Aggett, Transvaal organiser of the Food and …
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… of 1891, subsequently amended by Act 17 of 1895, Act 1 of 1900 and Acts 39 and 42 of 1905, and did not have a valid … powerless to act in the interests of…
PlaceSomalia
… Italians and Ethiopians, and form an Islamic state. By 1900 Hassan had gathered a sizeable number of adherents and …
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
Torpedoes deployed by the U-178 a German submarine sank the SS Mendoza a ship bound for Durban on the Indian Ocean. The SS Mendoza was an ex-Vichy French ship…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… and philosopher, Friedrich Engels died in London on 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. The …
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… in Athens. The second modern Olympic Games in Paris, 1900 The second modern Olympic Games were awarded to Paris in … sub-division of an International Expo…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… South Africa. From Treason Trial Transcript, pages 13,304-05 ES Reddy …
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… conquest. As a result, most of Africa was colonized by 1900. Only Ethiopia and Liberia remained free. After the …
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
1902 31 May, The Peace Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Anglo-Boer War that began in 1899. The Treaty is signed between Boer and British leaders. 1908 12…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British maintained a favourable command of several … of Silkaatsnek led to the Battle of Silkaatsnek on 11…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… art with which we associate the Society in the period c.1900 to 1950 has been variously disparaged since as … 11 Despite this, it cannot be denied that the…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
1919 Peter Abrahams is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in March 1919 to an Ethiopian father and a Coloured mother. His father passed away when he was young…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… HJ Schoeman entered Colesberg unopposed. On 1 January 1900 British troops under Major-General John French attacked … railway line to Colesberg Junction was…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
Introduction The transition from the Apartheid era to the new democratic dispensation was a powerful and fundamental process for South Africans. With many…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
Hugh Masekela is recognized as one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time from South Africa due to his role in spreading awareness about his…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a giant among African American activists. He was a key founder of the NAACP, the largest and oldest civil rights…
EventBelgium annexes the Congo Free State
The central African region in which the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) lies has been pervaded by conflict and instability. This can be traced…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… exaggerated for political reasons. British policy 1788 to 1900 The British began its colonisation of Australia in 1788. … attempted exterminations in history…