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ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain … waterbutts,…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering': report in the South African Worker 31 January 1929 The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… 1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central and East Africa. On the Southern African…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… 1930 White women get the vote. This means in effect that the weight of the black vote is decreased from 3.1% to 1.4%. The first …
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… land dispossession and segregating South Africa. The Khoikhoi, San and Black Africans under the British and the Afrikaner republics were dislodged from the…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… The Postal system The act of sending letters from one person to another developed soon after the invention of writing, however, the creation of a formal…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 The Housing Act is passed. This Act made funds available for the government to house the poor. “The resultant estates were required to be racially …
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… Context: The Emergence of a Pan-African Rhetoric The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 May 1963, was the culmination of a number of…
ArticleWorld War I
… This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as The Great War. The main belligerent European…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… Context Nelson Mandela traces his lineage back to the Thembu Chief Nxeko, one of the early Thembu Kings who ruled over Thembuland, a territory that…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… On 14 April 1980 the nine accused appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in one of the most highly publicised South African guerrilla trials, …
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… South Africa's Constitution is the first in the world to prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. It thereby guarantees …
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President General of the ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli ,…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is a … leaders and chiefs in South Africa. It seeks to work with the South African government, which is…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… John Barrow indicates on a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity of either the Witwatersrand or the Magaliesberge. 1852 Gold is found near…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg as the first attempt to establish a broad-based women’s…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… By 1980, the Black Consciousness organisations were in a gradual … Congress-inspired traditions were also re-emerging. The Johannesburg-based Sunday Post…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… from attending formerly "open universities" except the University of South Africa and Natal Medical School. 24 … Rioting by Africans in Cato Manor (Durban)…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form the Patriotic Front. The Front deliberated over the negotiation process. During the two days of…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… Great Zimbabwe When Mapungubwe was abandoned, it was to the benefit of Great Zimbabwe. The cultural, political and economic power in the area shifted to…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… Awards In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck was to ensure a constant supply of …
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). The following year its name was changed to the Afrikaner Broederbond (AB). The organisation had…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… The inclusion in the Bill of Rights of a special section on the rights of the child was an important development for South African …
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho) people are concentrated in the Free State, Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces, with small groups in Namibia and Zambia. While…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 25 April, Proclamation issued creating…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… This period began with the intensification of the anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville …
Liberation
… "We the marginalised people of South Africa, who are landless and land hungry, declare our need for all the world to know. We are the people who have borne…
ArticleTswana
… (seTswana [language], baTswana [people]) The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda…