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… From the very beginning, settlement in Lenasia was a contentious … with and resistance to apartheid. Calls were made by the Indian Congress to reject the plans of the newly elected Nationalist government, but …

… 1970 Early in 1970, the  South African Communist Party  (SACP) convenes a special meeting.  Apart from members of the Central Committee, leading activists of the Party, including MK cadres who experienced armed …

… During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise … unions. There was a need for solid trade unions after the failure of the African-based Industrial and Commercial Workers Union …

… 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 former Boer …

… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into … racism unseen in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent. Under the leadership of Dr DF Malan , the National Party (NP) … Vigne R, (1997), Liberals against Apartheid : A History of the Liberal Party of South Africa, 1953”“68, (London)| …

… 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 widespread period of black …

… In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two … Nkondo, K, (2009), In the Twilight of the Revolution, The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 1959 to …

… 1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the Dutch East India Company to establish an Indian trading empire in the East. 1652 The Dutch East India Company started a …

… 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 previous Zulu cultural …  In 1975, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi formally launched the Inkatha Cultural Liberation Movement to fan Zulu …

… 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 faced with rising costs and a fall in the price of gold.... Build-up to the rebellion The …

… The gains achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under …

… The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout apartheid. The South African government needed to rely on the external community for certain products and as a market …

… The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. Though the Act’s stated … Dugard, John. 1978. Human rights and the South African legal order . Princeton, N.J.: Princeton … (accessed 20 April, 2012).|Harrison, David. 1982. The white tribe of Africa: South Africa in perspective . …

… 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 labour intensive and, as a result, attracted more labour away from the countryside to Johannesburg. It was also …

… 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 known as the ‘Malay Location’. The population is largely ‘coloured’, ‘cape coloured’ and …

… 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 1930s was consolidated …

… 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 the 17th century. Portuguese mariners … [Accessed 5 October 2010]|Dooling, W. Turning Points 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism, Chapter 2: The …

… Introduction The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, …

… who later becomes known as Chris Hani , is born in the village of Sabalele in Cofimvaba (then named St Marks) … Eastern Cape), South Africa, to Gilbert and Mary. He is the fifth of six children. 1950 Enrols in the Roman Catholic school (he grows up a devout Christian – …

… This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as  The Great War. The main belligerent European countries … Robert R. and Sapire, Hilary (1999) . African Apocalypse: The Story of Nontetha Nkwenkwe, a Twentieth-Century South …

… 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, the territory was …

… The Pondo people fiercely resisted the rise of the Colonisersand their attempts to reshape and re-engineer … erupted around issues such as Chiefs who collaborated with the Apartheid state, the land reclamation programme, the …

… 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 eventually became known as the Transkei. The historical record shows Xhosa lived on the …

… 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 the social and even legal control of their fathers or …

… 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, while meat would be obtained by barter with the indigenous peoples, the Khoina. First contact with Blacks …

… Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering': report in the South African Worker 31 January 1929   The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from …

… 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 developments in indigenous jazz took place. Early beginnings In the 1920s and 1930s the urban culture of the slumyards, …

… 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 sub continent, it is Angola that is …

… 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, …