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PlaceAiab, Stream in Namibia
… It is the most widespread language of those non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that contain ‘click’ …
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… Johannesburg, rose in protest against the oppressive new Bantu Education policy of Afrikaans as a teaching medium in …
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… served as the president of the Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in South Africa from 1947-1969. Lebowa was …
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… implemented the Irrigation and Conservation of Water Act, No. 8 of 1912. [3] This law primarily gave water to … [6] A year after the Irrigation and…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… to Johannesburg only three days after the new "Sabotage Act", the General Laws Amendment Act had become law. It spelt out the Nationalist government's … for…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… South Africa ... to introduce legislation in order for the Bantu to make the progress which they ardently desire. The … to the natives the conditions which…
EventMandela confirms Kerzner's contribution to the ANC
… a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in …
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955
… Rural areas; Employment; Education - Numbers at school, Bantu education, Primary and secondary education for children …
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… held under the apartheid regime. In 1997, Meyer and Bantu Holomisa formed the United Democratic Movement (UDM), …
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… birthday and marriage to his first wife. The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. de Wet Nel, who …
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in …
EventPass laws are suspended in South Africa
… not being suspended to appease the unfounded protests of Bantu agitators, but because the jails could no longer …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
… afterwards left teaching as part of a campaign to boycott Bantu Education. In 1966 the ANC convinced her to leave South …
ArticleSASO Bannings
… an “affected” organisation under the Affected Organisation Act of 1974. This meant that SASO could no longer rely on …
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… Sachs. In May 1951, the Separate Representation of Voters Act was passed, removing the coloured voters from the common … This proposal had aroused a storm of…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Govan Mbeki and Ma Mofokeng have their fourth child Jama. 1953 Fire destroys Thabo Mbeki's kraal and family shop. … is crime against humanity. 1992 Thabo…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Act 34 of 1995 to help heal the country and bring about a … Deputy President Thabo Mbeki as his successor. 26…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… Inc. Page 45. ↵ [xxxii] Ibid. ↵ [xxxiii] Beckingham, C.F. 1953. “Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African … Oriental and African Studies / Volume 15 /…
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… safely and established considerable contact with the Bantu in the area. Another party was not so fortunate - of a …
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… was accountable to their subjects. The South African Act of 1909 controlled ‘native affairs’ under the … in terms of the then Council of Traditional Leaders…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act , No 34 of 1995, and was based in Cape Town. The mandate … were requested in accordance with the…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… Africa as a republic, to protest against the enabling act “should the minority government ignore this demand”. The … of the various restrictive measures in…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… the festive season Adderley Street Christmas shopping in 1953 Image source During Christmas time, the street comes …
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… activities. Banned under the Suppression of Communism Act in 1954, Cissie studied towards a law degree, and earned … faith. These attributes stood her in…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
… with the appalling conditions in one of the government’s Bantu Homelands. In addition to the circumstances in the …
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… schools, this week prompted renewed protest against Bantu Education and sparked unrest on the reef and Pretoria …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… afterwards left teaching as part of a campaign to boycott Bantu Education. In 1966 the ANC convinced her to leave South …
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… in the world to operate combat jet aircraft, in early 1953, when they began flying combat sorties in F-86F Sabres. …
Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 2013
… We meet 100 years since the promulgation of the 1913 Land Act, which dramatically robbed the indigenous people of our … black people. It is 60 years since…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… We meet 100 years since the promulgation of the 1913 Land Act, which dramatically robbed the indigenous people of our … black people. It is 60 years since…