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ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… 1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… After the advent of democratic rule in 1994, the newly elected ANC led government was faced with the task of dealing with a legacy of centuries of land … A…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… This topic provides a brief introductory overview of the settlements in the Limpopo Valley before Mapungubwe, and a brief concluding … overview of Great…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… Anyone who travels over the vast expanse of South Africa is immediately struck by the great variations in its landscape and the differing contexts and…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… The outbreak of the First World War was precipitated by the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his …
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of diamonds at Kimberly and of gold on the Witwatersrand spurred the…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… The IEC announced that a record 48 political parties have successfully registered to contest the 2019 general elections. Most have been formed recently, … an…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its … such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by … Jeffery, A., 2009. People’s War:…
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… The largest North-Sotho language group in South Africa are the Bapedi group, who arrived in the northern province around the 1650s, and became powerful … P. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside South Africa. Conversely, the government responded by stepping up…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) in 1945. Its…
ArticleEOAN Group
… The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. … and cultural association that offered music training for the Coloured community of District Six …
South African Constitution 1996
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in this country. …
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… in Transvaal region. 1836 Andries Potgieter's arrives in the area north of the Vaal. 1837 Mzilikazi defeated by the Voortrekkers and forced to flee across…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… The outbreak of Bubonic Plague in Cape Town appears to have given a measure of warning to other coastal cities in the Cape, and a number of preventative and…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of 'apartheid’…
ArticleMapungubwe
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa, …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…
Indian Community
… 2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home …
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… 1968 December SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. 1969 July 1 SASO is…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… were formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the African National Congress. 1866 The first attempt to enfranchise Africans on large scale…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… 1968 December, SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. 1969 1 July, SASO is…
ArticleXhosa
… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleZulu
… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… Slavery was introduced to the Cape Colony by the VOC in its desire to boost the agriculture and food supply while retaining control in …
Mission Stations - T-Z
… Cape: LMS 1868. Emil Holub visited it in 1873 and recorded the following: "Without pausing in the native quarter, we proceeded to the mission-house, a stone…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… International responses The Sharpeville massacre was reported worldwide, and received … and this incident fuelled anti-apartheid sentiments as the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds … Trades and Labour Council (SATLC), popularly known as the Trade and Labour Council. In 1944…