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ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… further establishing their prevalence in the means of the death of the pass laws (Brooks, 204). The poster highlighted … of how women once asserted…
ArchiveWho was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
… of KwaZulu-Natal. A government inquest concluded his death was an accident - that he was hit by a train. His … of KwaZulu-Natal. A government inquest…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack is assassinated.
… when he was murdered. The escalating violence after the death of Jack developed a suspicion of police involvement and …
PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
The University of the Witwatersrand is the 1st picture in the Banner! With an interesting Link availible to read in Further Reading.The History of Wits is…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… accelerated when the National Party (NP) seized power in 1948. The NP led government began to vigorously implement the … pass laws in the Cape Peninsula, but…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… state When the Nationalist Party was elected to power in 1948 by a minority of the white electorate, their platform … the election to power of the…
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… remain determined to be free. The MK cadres crushed to death by a Casspir flattening their shack when they refuse to …
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… remain determined to be free. The MK cadres crushed to death by a Casspir flattening their shack when they refuse to …
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
… days of ‘Northern Rhodesia’. She would point out the high death rate among children under colonial rule in Africa as a …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… to get to the truth of what had caused the huge death toll and the collision initiated by the SS Darro that …
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… one of the longest serving MEC’s and at the time of her death had been the Limpopo MEC for Agriculture and Rural …
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… on May 24 1921. Leaders of the church dispute the 163 death toll as cited in history records. …
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… Party than the continued oppression, physical ruin, & death by starvation of hundreds of their white brethren of …
EventThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic (AIDS) is causing increasing concern in the United States
… the disease were spreading in the United States due to the death of 75 people who were thought to have been infected. …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… he was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death by hanging. On 11 November 1995, Saro Wiwa was …
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… ending with 100 Bondelswarts fatalities. This included the death of Morris and many women and children.. …
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… the Declaration by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 had a special significance. The failure of South Africa …
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… St John’s College in Johannesburg, which he attended from 1948 until 1957, and whose school history block is now named …
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… but loss of life was against Congress policy. A single death occurred in December 1960 at the launch of Umkhonto, … sentence of five years’ imprisonment and…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… of the accession to power of the Nationalist government in 1948 right up to the dying days of the eighties, a period of … been executed by hanging and…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 1942 The White suburb of Danville is established. 1948 National Party comes to power under DF Malan. The White …
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… period is the National Party winning the white election in 1948 and the process of instituting formal apartheid. The …
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… to be, they were ignored. The reason is that after the 1948 general election the Nationalist Party (NP) emerged …
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… Show is held on the grounds of Hoerskool Nelspruit. 1948 The National Party win the general election and begin to …
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
… true meaning if, at this historic gathering, we sound the death knell of the apartheid system. That we meet here must … has for centuries known the bitter…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… the Christian explorers, who again narrowly escaped death. The Portuguese squadron sailed from India on 20 …
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… Natal on the Native Representative Council until his death in 1946. 1937 Dube is elected as Natal’s delegate at …
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… Dutch apparently for refusing to give them food. Coree’s death made trade between Europeans and Khoikhoi even more …
The Black Face of Apartheid
… fact that some of the incidents took place after Biko’s death, his supporters upheld his philosophy and continued to …
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… review were led by the Industrial Union and its affiliated bodies, but at the same time many trade unions consisting … accused the Federation of siding with …