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Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… segregation in the 1940s. In May 1948 the National Party (NP) led by DF Malan in alliance with the Afrikaner Party led … two parties became a single party…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid … membership rises by tens of thousands. The National Party (NP)…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… up to the Defiance Campaign D.F. Malan's National Party (NP) government followed up its unexpected election victory in … defiers who began the campaign did…
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… , Vereeniging. On 2 February 1990 the National Party (NP) government unbanned political parties and began a process …
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… December 16, holds a special significance in South African history. On this day in 1838, the Voortrekkers fought a … article traces some of the main events…
ArticleThe House in session
… to be wholly incompetent, and even collaborated with the NP in bolstering Apartheid laws in some instances. When …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, the National Party (NP) government, which was formed in 1947, intensified its …
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Photograph by Drum Photographer. Permission: Baileys History Archives Golden City Post Can Themba was born a Black … Photograph by Peter Magubane. Permission…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… the upcoming general election. 26 May, the National Party (NP) contested the white-only national elections with a new … in response. Mandela was "stunned and…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… His celebrity had grown and this element of his history had been largely diluted, focusing instead on his … real pressure on the negotiations between the ANC…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… South African World Heritage Sites Land dispossession history of South Africa 19th century South Africa South … of the ANC, and the ANC Women's League is…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… attended the historic meeting were: the National Party (NP), African National Congress (ANC), South African … Mdladlose (IFP), Selby Rapinga (Inyandza), …
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party (NP), homosexuality was regarded a criminal activity, …
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… 1980s South Africa was ruled by the National Party. The NP government imposed the apartheid system and could only be …
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… in 1914 by the formation of the Afrikaner National Party (NP) under General Hertzog . The NP dedicated itself to racial separation, hierarchical … Land…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… the Johannesburg General Hospital. The Nationalist Party (NP) gains a majority of seats in the Union Parliament, … becomes the scene of the most sustained…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… by the United Party, a coalition of the National Party (NP) of J B M Hertzog and the South African Party (SAP) of J C … Party, opposed to the United Party,…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… Hope, Natal and the Boer Republics. The National Party (NP) , after its ascendance to power in 1948, radicalised it, … and institutionalisation of the…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… in the city was accelerated when the National Party (NP) seized power in 1948. The NP led government began to vigorously implement the policy of … the Cape…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… Germany as it was stated on the Treaty of Versailles . The NP treated SWA as the fifth province of South Africa and … Germany as it was stated on the Treaty…
ArticleClassroom: Educational sites for learners and educators
… about the curriculum topics on Apartheid. BBC's history for Kids We highly recommend this link. The site … more | visit the website To compliment the South…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… personal with [him].” [xvii] He began a masters in African history, but was a few months into this degree when the … December 1991 as negotiations between…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… “Fanakalo in South Africa,” in Language and Social History: Studies in South African Sociolinguistics, ed. …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… of lives particularly among Africans. In August 2012, the history repeated itself when 34 mineworkers were shot and … 1922 mineworkers strike becomes a…
Submissions & winning projects 2009
… Learners First place: Fairouz West (Western Cape), ‘A history of sport’ Second place: Neo Panane (North West Province), ‘A history of my school’ Third place:…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… Hope, Natal and the Boer Republics. The National Party (NP) , after its ascendance to power in 1948, radicalised it, … and institutionalisation of the…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… CAPS Requirements for Term 2 History Term 2 Topic: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa … The Mineral Revolution as a turning point in South African…
References and links: Transport through time
… Berens, P., J. Gurney & Rob SiebÁ¶rger. (1996). Making History Standard 2. Johannesburg: Heinemann. Marneweck, L., R. SiebÁ¶rger & L. Torr. (1995). Making…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… of women are arrested. 1914 1July, the National Party (NP) is formed in Bloemfontein. 1916 28 November, Marthinus …