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ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… launched in Duncan Village outside East London in March 1961. The launch followed a conference of the Non European … two months before South Africa became a…
Activity: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
For the student Discussion Questions Who was the founder of the Mali Empire? Which city was considered a centre of learning during the Mali Empire? …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Council (NRC) at the AAC conference in Bloemfontein. 14-16 December, The ANC holds its annual conference. During his … Declaration of Unity” of this…
ArticleCAPS Document Collection
… listed in the National Curriculm Statement for Grades R to 12. Each document provides South African schools with …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… of Michael Harmel in Prague, Czechoslovakia. December 16, Dadoo speaks at the laying of the memorial stone at the … French Communist Party. June, Dadoo…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… and Zulu programmes. Dadoo visited Moscow again in October 1961, accompanied by Moses Kotane, who had studied in the … move required circumspection…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… of Apartheid" (Norman Phillips, George Allen & Unwin, 1961). Some of the Dead. (Norman Phillips ibid) Sunday 27 … The cell measured about 7 x 10 feet, with a…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… "dumb pass" - required all African people over the age of 16 to carry documentation that controlled every aspect of … executions in South Africa by the…
Sadecque Variava
… headed by Shabeer Randera. The next few years saw the 16 June 1976 uprising in Soweto, the death of Steve Biko in …
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… the padrao de Sao Gregorio , was erected at Kwaaihoek on 12 March 1488. The second one was called the Padrão de São … arrived back in Portugal in December…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… France, Belgium and Germany. The aftermath of the June 16 unrest in Soweto witnessed thousands of students leaving … had been killed by security police while…
The girl child
… done by the Department of Education (DoE), in the Grade 12 Senior Certificate Examination and assessments, girls seem … but thereafter, girls outnumber boys…
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
… 1960 , the organisation had no choice but to close. In 1961 the De Bruyn Committee, which was instituted to …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… the ANC and SACP jointly formed uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1961, and most of Sactu’s leaders, who were also members of … Foods became the first large employer…
Adriaan Oosthuizen
… whose hobby became an occupation for the past 16 years. I work as a commercial photographer but decided to …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… publishers established in the post-war publishing boom. [12] The book was written while the author was in an … by H.D. Namuhuja is published by Finnish…
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
… Deutsche Ostafrika, was transferred to Britain and in 1961 became independent as Tanzania. The greater part of the … the British as British Cameroon North …
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On Trial State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others … mentioned, we had – in contravention of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… that the SAHRC will donate to a gay rights organization. 12 July Journalist Jacques Dommisse calls Floyd Shivambu , … (4) SA 191 (CC) that McBride may be…
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… the adoption of the policy of armed struggle at the end of 1961, our people had already taken a firm resolution which … the Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe…
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… subsequently known as Heliopolis. This was located 16 km south-east of Mafeking. On 6 August 1883 a second group … 683 Division of Gordonia 8 811 2 108…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… as part-time volunteers. Total casualties amounted to 12 046 dead (including 4 347 who were killed in action or died of wounds), 14 363 wounded and 16 430…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… February, Abu Baker Asvat is born in Vrededorp, Gauteng. 1961 Asvat graduates from Johannesburg Indian High School and … been sexually abused while living at…
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… On 10 March 1961, members of the Anti-apartheid Movement (AAM) ended … for the better to all human beings. References: The Star,(1961), 'Message sent to…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… against oppressive measures of Apartheid increased after 1961, so then the Black suburbs of Port Elizabeth and its …
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… realized in South Africa's interim Constitution. In the 1961 election only Helen Suzman kept her seat in Parliament …
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… clause on the constitution to speed up land reform. 12 September, The Democratic Alliance (DA) responds to the … people had no historical claim to 40% of…
ArticleMcGill University Project
… History Online (SAHO). Over the course of two months, 16 students in this programme liaised with a team of SAHO …
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… Disciplinary hearings and suspension from the ANC On 16 August 2011, the ANC served charges to Julius Malema and …
Exhibition Opening: Tales of History Retold
… inaugural international workshop in Culture & Technics (10-12 November). With thanks to the AVA, for collaborating on …