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Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… 1970 Early in 1970, the South African Communist Party (SACP) convenes a special meeting. Apart from members of the Central Committee, leading activists of…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into … racism unseen in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent. Under the…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the position and future role of the UDF…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout apartheid. The South African government needed to rely on the external…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… On 3 September the Tricameral Parliament opened in Cape Town while protest demonstrations began in the Transvaal, marking the start of the longest and most…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political … to advance his political ambitions. Buthelezi used the name Inkhata which was rooted in a…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… 1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the Dutch East India Company to establish an Indian trading empire in…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… The consequence of this promising wealth was that a great … and other towns in South Africa to make a quick buck on the Rand. Moreover, gold mining was…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising that is also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt. It occurred during a period of … companies were…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… 1902 At the cessation of hostilities, Sir Alfred Milner , the former British High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape and now administrator of the two…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… The gains achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under …
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… progress that will be added to over time. Please click on the contribute icon on this page if you would like to add an event. 1880 - 1904 Pageview is still…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… The 1940s saw a growth of African nationalism that positioned itself to challenge the rising Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which was weak in the 1920 and…
Afrikaner
… From European to "Africaander” The modern Afrikaner is descended mainly from Western Europeans who settled on the southern tip of Africa during the middle of…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… June, I t is announced that Security Police have arrested the leader of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC), Dan S. Montsitsi in connection…
ArticleKora
… The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that … called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the Gorachouqua (`-qua’ meaning ‘people of’)…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of the country. A manifesto outlined how Apartheid would be implemented in…
Griqua
… Introduction The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, …
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and the Indian Agent-General, Sir Benegal…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909 1900 The East London Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refugees from war in the Transvaal and the…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… close Document 8 Letter on the current situation and suggesting a multi-racial … J. Luthuli to Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom 28 May 1957 The Honourable the…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre. In …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 1: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… Who are the hunter gatherers of Southern Africa? You may be under the impression that there are no more hunter gatherers living today. But there are! All…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model. This was the original model of colonialism brought by the…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of … students at various schools regionally and nationally. The body first emerged as the African…
ArticleWomens Rights
… It was not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received … recognition as equal citizens. South African women -under…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… spent one year at Wits University and became a member of the Progressive Forum a Trotskyite group which was affiliated to the NEUM. 1944 Raised £1 000 for…
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… In July 1967, the University Christian Movement (UCM) held its founding … with about 90 clergymen and students in attendance. The congress elected an…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… Present day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… The Pondo people fiercely resisted the rise of the Colonisersand their attempts to reshape and re-engineer … erupted around issues such as Chiefs who…