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The Order of the Southern Cross
… E Mphahlele for exceptional achievement in the field of literature and to Professor P Tobias in the field of palaeontology. … The Order of the Southern Cross…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… to some extent by the long-term effects of the 1913 Land Act. Effects of the 1913 Land Act The Land Act marked the end … labour both in the cities and on the…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… who was educated at a Mission school, was the headmaster of a high school in Klerksdorp, a small town in the Western … High, a Government secondary school in…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… one of us, South Africans all, has to decide whether we act in the present in defence of a terrible and outdated past … and especially the ordinary working…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… Roman-Dutch law as the basic, or common, law of the land (Cape Articles of Capitulation, 1806). Although the … revisions and amendments. The 1878 Code stated…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… Shanthivathie (Shanthie), the eldest of five children of Ama and Naransamy "Naran" Naidoo (Roy), … was then detained in 1969 under Section 6 of the Terrorism…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… its own law enforcement organisation. With the outbreak of the war in 1899 the Transvaal and Orange Free State police … The first group would function…
Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states
… Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states …
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… Question: Do you favour votes for all women, irrespective of colour Answer: As a woman, sir, yes”¦ but as a South … of Assembly, and 1930, the year when a…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from … occupied by a keenly interested crowd consisting mainly of native…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… return to the Transvaal. The Immigrants Regulation Act (No. 22 of 1913) is passed in the Cape Colony and makes … that such titles are not be transferred to…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… those seeking secular advantage in terms of employment, land, homes or material goods, with outcasts, refugees and … to have been as well a vehicle for the…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… Women in South Africa, since the turn of the century, have emerged as primary catalysts for … in the trade unions; under the Suppression of Communism Act,…
BiographyFort Calata
… Canon James Arthur Calata , was the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1936 to 1949. In … arrested and detained Calata under the…
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic … September 1980 he was detained under the…
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic … September 1980 he was detained under the…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… the Bluff. Probably because of the date, Da Gama named the land “ Terra do Natal ”. It is not known whether sailors … CJ Gibb, and Theophilus Shepstone,…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a triangular pact among three governments; and the latter, … to the 1895 arbitration decision…
BiographyStella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau
… Sigcau was born on 4 January 1937, she was the eldest of the three children of Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau of East Pondoland who became … She was…
BiographyEdwin Cameron
… Cameron later attained his LLB from the University of South Africa cum laude, and was awarded the Johannes Voet … 1986 conducted a human rights practice from…
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
… to a well-known Parsi family in Bombay and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee , a loyal friend of Gandhi . He was a … community wanted to test the Immigration…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government … The Union was formed in 1910 after the South…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
… Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following ……
BiographyHarry Moyaga
… who asked Moyaga to show him some drawings. He bought one of them and then introduced Moyaga to Brother Bral, who … Matsoso (qv.) and Thami Mnyeli responded…
BiographyDoman
… interpreter. But having witnessed first hand the capacity of the Dutch to reduce indigenous people to positions of servitude, he became a staunch opponent of…
BiographyMotsamai Keyecwe Mpho
… found work at the Crown Mines in Johannesburg as secretary of Reverend Anderson, a welfare officer at the mine. When the … year, in 1953 he found work at the…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Related South African World Heritage Sites Land dispossession history of South Africa 19th century … Second World War and its impact 1939…
PlaceAlbertskroon, Suburb of Johannesburg
… Suburb of Johannesburg adjoining Greymont and Montgomery Park. … owned it. The Afrikaans term 'kroon', refers to the brow of a Hill. Fresh water runs through…
BiographyKenneth Hlaku Rachidi
… were both school teachers in the area. He spent most of his early years staying with relatives in Limpopo and … In 1966 Rachidi began a B.Com at the…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern … his mother more often. By 1953, the…