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Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… threatening to beat those reluctant to attend. The general decline in order saw businesses suffer as they failed … 1992. He shared the stage with Cyril…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… Party (NP) and Labour Party (LP) formed a pact to win the general elections held in the Union of South Africa in 1924. … main opposition was the South…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… co-operate with national organisations for the purpose of general strike in defence of the political rights and civil … S. Moroka says he does not rule out…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… safe seat. It was now uncertain whether the NP could win a general election or whether it could win the referendum De … Mandela threatened mass action, while…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… of Cape Town. However, the ICU soon developed into a more general organisation, including in its membership skilled as … with the police. In the same year…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… for more land. A newspaper commented: 'These are the general conditions of life; poverty growing into hunger, debt … In March 1922 the Aliwal North newspaper…
PlaceMontagu, Route 62
… and take a stroll through the streets, appreciating the architecture, history & a slower pace of life."-Ron …
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
The Cape St. Francis Lighthouse, also known as Seal Point Lighthouse, is a beautiful white Building that forms the focal point of Cape St Francis, in the…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… used to be current years ago as to the uniqueness of its architecture. Two tourists from England, on landing at the … In bewilderment one said to the other, …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Organisational Renewal, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… to the importance we attach to this matter. 2. There is general agreement that the discussions on Organisational … served as a basis for discussions in the…
All Gwede’s horses and all Gwede’s men… can’t put Cosatu together again by Stephen Grootes (The Daily Maverick), 11 November 2014
… Mantashe possesses. He’s been Chair of the SACP, Secretary General of the ANC, and general secretary of Cosatu’s now biggest affiliate once … bad for the ANC…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… are used in mobile electronics such as phones and ipads. Architecture and Engineering (Egypt) The Ancient Egyptian …
Article1994 Cabinet
… 1996 Gill Marcus Foreign Affairs Alfred Nzo Aziz Pahad General Affairs (position created in March 1996 John Mavuso …
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… established in April 1973 in with the assistance of the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF). It was launched …
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… from within the ranks of the White population: in the 1981 general election the Progressive Federal Party increased its …
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… - President of AZASO Aaron Motswaledi SANSCO Secretary-General Simpiwe Mguduso SANSCO President in 1984-85 Batandwa …
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… from the GWIU in 1974. By the time Harriet became the general secretary for the GWIU. Harriet concluded her first …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… and favoured involvement in the international community. General Jan Smuts and General Hertzog had joined forces and agreed to form the … the UP forced…
Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
… has taken away one of the bright stars in our Defence architecture, a committed civil servant who made an … Mluleki George, the Chief of the National Defence…
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… part of the Atlantic area had been established as a general residential area and formed part of an additional … British attack, and the French presence…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… General Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa … resigned from his post following an anti-British speech by General J.B.M. Hertzog , minister of…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… writes, quoting B. Lenkwe, a founder member and the first General Secretary of the organisation: ‘According to one of … Another quote, from an interview with…
EventSADF officers dismissed
… activities by the SADF, set up under Lieutenant-General Pierre Steyn. On 18 December General Steyn presented his preliminary findings to President … Inkatha…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… 1915 the Imperial German Forces officially surrendered to General Louis Botha’s troops at the Khorab Memorial. This … the First World War on 1 August 1914…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
… NIC presses for Round Table Conference Perturbed by the general trend of events in South Africa subsequent to the UNO … Natal Indian Congress has written to…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… Act No 19 of 1930 This Act authorised the Governor-General to prohibit the publication or other dissemination of … of Natives Act No 16 of 1936 The Bills…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… South African Students (Nusas) students, established the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF), and began … in Pietermaritzburg and Port Shepstone…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… General Assembly of the United Nations requested States to … a resolution calling for an arms embargo. In 1965 the General Assembly passed a motion calling…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
… and suggested that Viscount Mountbatten, as Governor-General of the new Indian Dominion, should ask General Smuts to stop South African taking the law into…