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PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… miners mainly from Cornwall, who were also active in the union labour movement. In 1909 Langlaagte Deep was taken over …
PlaceTogo
… Togoland became an autonomous republic within the French Union. Togo gained independence in 1960. The economy rests …
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
… what they call "irresponsible" utterances against the Union's apartheid laws and first to see that Holland "casts …
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… formation of the Organisation of African Unity(now African Union -AU) in 1963. Nkrumah was deposed in a military coup in …
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… in the rebellion. The Great War, 1914-18 Although the Union of South Africa had its own defence force since 1912, … in a British war.(1) On 29 July and 1…
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… blind prejudice, which is the deformed offspring of the union of these two, has usurped its place. True learning is … form of government remained unaltered…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… the races had to be divided by law. [9] This enabled the Union of South Africa to pass legislation that gave 93% of … Land Act, Britain refused to intervene,…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Association, which was known as the Natal African Teachers Union (NATU) for professional Black teachers. Dube played a …
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… that the pass laws were subject to the authority of the Union government and not in the power of local government …
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… to Mark Alexander, President of the South African Rugby Union, Nkohla was a legend of black rugby in the Eastern …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… David Marais. Rhodesian Liberals on Dilemma: The Road to Union, Frank Boston. Keep Britain White, H.A. Naidoo. Brown …
EventNigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of EEC
… step in Europe's movement toward economic and political union. In the same year Nigeria experienced a major crisis. A …
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… Hall, Johannesburg. SACTU was the leading non-racial trade union co-coordinating body, and ally of the African National …
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… for any organized resistance against the laws of the Union. In addition, the Act stated that anyone accompanying a …
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… agreed to the terms of this convention, including the Union of South Africa, Belgium, the United Kingdom of Great …
EventThe first OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg
… as it was willing to negotiate with the Shopworkers' Union in the 1940s, and OK Bazaars employees were seen to be …
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) a White, student …
EventMinister of Defence, P.W. Botha, reports to the Senate on the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of South Africa’s defence policy.
… uprising by Black South Africans, supported by the Soviet Union and the reluctance of Western Governments to supply …
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… by the Managing Director of the South African Cricket Union Dr Ali Bacher but was opposed by the the ANC and the …
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… South Africa, who was mandated in May 2007 by the African Union (AU) to help Zimbabwe out of its economic and social …
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… in honour of General J.B.M. Hertzog, former premier of the Union of South Africa and a champion of the Afrikaans …
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… the sport. On Thursday 7 May, South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) s executive committee voted informally 22 - 15 …
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… Of the four colonies that would later make up the Union of South Africa (Transvaal, the former ZAR, the Free …
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… couples of 18 years or older to register a voluntary union, either by marriage or civil partnership. Deputy …
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… dos Santos and the rebel organisation, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) of Jonas …
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… 1915 when General Louis Botha, first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, ordered South African troops into the …
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… like Soweto." He attended art classes at FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists) and the Johannesburg Art Foundation. …
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… protest against incorporation South West Africa into Union. Pray urge control territory by UNO Trusteeship …
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… 2002 the OAU was dissolved and was replaced by the African Union (AU). …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
… Africa by Yonah Seleti Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan Chapter 3 - The …