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ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… 1602 20 March, The Dutch East India Company (VOC) comes into being. 1652 Jan van Riebeeck, a representative of the Dutch East India Company (VOC),…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July 1977. It was being towed…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern Africa, and moored…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… The ANC in exile issued its first January 8th statement in 1972, the founding date of the ANC. This statement outlined the organisation’s programme …
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… 1917 27 October, Oliver Reginald Tambo (OR) is born in the village of Kantolo, Mbizana, in the Mpondoland (eQawukeni), region of the Eastern Cape. His…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and … No 6: Commenced: 4 March 1988…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… For many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with … people should determine their own future - Africa for the…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho Moshoeshoe I. 1878 Sekhukhuni at war with the …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… 1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European population stands at 1,204. 1858 The Umzinto …
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… March 20, 1602 marked the beginning of the inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hundred years ago, a …
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… The 1910 election: The Union of SA The first election that created the modern South African state, held in accordance with the …
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… By the beginning of the twentieth century a number of political organisations … initiated by Coloureds existed, most of which dealt with the question of the…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… Lückhoff High School was established in 1935, as the first secondary school for the town’s ‘Coloured’ population of Stellenbosch. To date no publication…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the organization’s early years…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The …
Indian education in Natal
… day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was attended by both Natives … Governor Keate in Despatch Number 47…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the verandah AMATHURI - Verandah IBADI - Door IBALELO - Used … and could mean either a batten, or a…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… The destruction of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political control had undermined…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of Defiance'. 1950 Florence Matomela leads an…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… Intervention from Above: The 1913 Native Land Act "Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African Native found himself, not actually a slave,…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… Introduction General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his … deputy. Their South African…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his … deputy. Their South African National Party,…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… When the Voortrekkers arrived in the region, they set up settlements in various locations. One of the earliest settlements, in 1836, was in the Zoutpansberg,…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South Africa. … an upsurge of violent and non-violent resistance to…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… Overview, West Africa and the rise of the Songhai Empire West Africa is home to many of Africa's … kingdoms. These kingdoms played an important role in the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was … established on 2 April 1944, by Anton Lambede (who became the League’s first President), Nelson…
Colonial history of Rustenburg
… It is thought that Andries Hendrik Potgieter was one of the first Voortrekkers to settle in the Rustenburg area. David Livingstone, the famous English…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… The section below on the Mfecane can be used as an introduction to this section. … for this is that there are very few written accounts of the mfecane, which…