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ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
1497 - 1699 1497 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
In this period early African political organisations were formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the African National Congress. 1866 …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. 1870 …
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
BackgroundWhat is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As…
Zulu Community
… outside of prison”like compounds remained rampant. The 1913 Land Act gave legal sanction to the mass enclosures of …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Late Pleistocene (Early and Middle Stone Age) 800 000 years Artefacts in a…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
The International Socialist League (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of the South African Labour Party (SALP) as a…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… also was influential in a miners’ strike on the Rand in 1913. (Walker, 1982 59) These actions by Fitzgerald, although … her life to the trade union movement…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact Government in which the push for independence from Britain…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… sewage farm, near Johannesburg (Swanson, 1977: 388). 1913 The Natives Land Act limited the landmass where Africans … and Land Act was passed, updating the…
National Land Committee
… of all forms of land rights that occurred after 1913. Government should acknowledge that certain communities were dispossessed of their land rights before…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… and Black South Africans lost their land through the 1913 Land Act. Later, under apartheid the division of races …
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
This timeline is NOT complete. Any omissions are unintentional as this timeline is a work in progress that will be added to over time. Please click on the…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
1925 4 May, Ruth Herloise First is born in Johannesburg to Julius and Matilda First, Jewish immigrants (from Latvia and Lithuania, respectively) who helped…
Durban an Overview
In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu, a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. Initially settlement…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… laws and policies included the Native Land Act of 1913 and the Pass laws . National Party victory 1948 National … laws and policies included the Native Land…
Political executions
Name Execution date Remarks (reason for execution) Boesman, Mangena Jeffrey, 35 1989/09/29 Death of informer school teacher…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… population approaches 200 000 1912 Rhodes Memorial opened 1913 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens established 1918 … would be tabled shortly for the repeal of…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
"Without doubt it is a far more costly thing to kill the (indigenous population) than to Christianise them." (Warneck 1888) European missionaries to…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
Introduction Lückhoff High School was established in 1935, as the first secondary school for the town’s ‘Coloured’ population of Stellenbosch. To date no…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… on mines, factories, expanding commercial farms. In 1913, the infamous Natives Land Act, worsened the situation …
ArticleWorld War I
This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as The Great War. The main belligerent European…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… in the Indian freedom movement. He went to South Africa in 1913 and lived for some time with J.P. Vyas in Pretoria, to …
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko Museums of Cape Town Some years ago, a small body of artists clubbed together…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… to defend the rights of disenfranchised blacks. 1913 Muhammad bin Abubakar publishes the epic poem Utendi wa …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… to defend the rights of disenfranchised blacks. 1913 Muhammad bin Abubakar publishes the epic poem Utendi wa …
ArticleA history of Soweto
… revenue of the British Cape colony. The loss of land after 1913 pushed many black people to seek alternative earnings by …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… had become involved in Gandhi's passive resistance of 1913 they did not attempt to form any long-term women's …