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EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… sources, i.e. it is given as 24 June in Illustrated History of South Africa, but 26 June seems to be the most … Rousseau. Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… at heart and used to an ideology of tyranny” and that his history under such kings as Shaka AND Dingaan showed this, …
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 32 …
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 22 … South Africa's Radical Tradition a…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… As one of the longest and deadliest conflicts in history, the loss of lives in World War 1 amounted to over 15 …
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… Location: back to this day in history search archive South Africa received a mandate from …
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… Perhaps one of the most notorious pirates in history, Captain William Kidd, was thought to have become …
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… November 2013] Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B (eds) (2007) New History of South Africa (Cape Town), pp. 116-118 …
EventWorld War I begins
… As one of the longest and deadliest conflicts in history, the loss of lives in World War 1 amounted to over 15 …
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… of KwaZulu-Natal, Department of Plastic Surgery, A brief history of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive …
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… The outcome of the Bambatha rebellion has gone down in history as the last of the primary resistance movements that … 2011]|SAHO, Bambatha Rebellion 1906 ,…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… Oxwagon Sentinel: radical Afrikaner Nationalism and the history of the Ossewabrandwag, (UNISA Press), p.212 Alan T. …
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and …
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and …
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract The history of the African working class is symbiotic with …
The Student Wages Commissions, the 1973 Durban Strikes, and the Politics of Statistics by Grace Davie
… end of the 1970s. Grace Davie is Associate Professor of History at Queens College, City University of New York. She … the author of Poverty Knowledge in…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… the old section. It dates back to the Anglo-Boer War . The History of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain … in South Africa, it has a proud…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… in Pietermaritzburg's architectural landscape. Explore the History of the Comrades Marathon from 1921 when 34 runners … by those passionate about recording…
EventTreasures are discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun
… was relatively unknown to historians of ancient history until his tomb was discovered in the twentieth … could all be used to provide greater insight into…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… people in the world. We were on the wrong side of history. History had placed us on the back of the tiger of white … now expected to withdraw apologetically…
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… compromise nor peaceful coexistence. The very recent history of Europe herself proves this. This was as much the … to haul down their colonial flags and to…
PlacePrince Albert
… in South Africa! (This Pass starts just outside Town.) HISTORY Founded in 1762, Prince Albert's History is deeply rooted in South African Heritage . The Town…
PlaceWorcester, Western Cape
… Kilometers North-East of Cape Town. This town has a rich History covering a time when the Region was inhabited by … Breede River Valley , the Worcester…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 51 … begins far back, but it is in the last…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… found expression for the first time in the architectural history of the sub-region at Khami, and with it were … many of which are on display in the Museum of…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… and hierarchies. We would then be tested on school history and expected to follow local custom to a T. Over the … the names of all the prefects and captains…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women … by thousands of South African women…
PlaceClarens, Eastern Free State
… This became a Village and was named Clarens after the History that President Paul Kruger was in voluntary exile for … of Clarens. The uniquely shaped rock…