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Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers'…
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… pass Campaign mounted in the Western Cape between 1944 and 1945. In 1945, the government passed the Urban Areas Act which was … ANC leading the initiative…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… at Kutama’s St. Francis Xavier college, graduating in 1945 as a trained teacher. After graduating, he worked at a …
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
On 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van Riebeeck set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 69 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South…
32. An unjust and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1894 the Natal Legislative Assembly…
Doing Oral History
Edited by Dr Johan Wassermann (2002) This publication is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
People banned under ApartheidNameAct/Section/Issued up to: (delivery date)Date on which notice expires:Other: (address, occupation etc.)Aba, LickardAct No. 44…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
On 2 February 1990, the National Party government unbanned political parties, released many political prisoners and detainees, and unbanned many people,…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… Naicker was elected to the organisation's leadership in 1945. Due to more militant protests, by the 1950s and 1960s … people. Naicker was elected to the NIC…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
The Bophuthatswana Territorial Authority was created in 1961, and in June 1972 Bophuthatswana was declared a self-governing state. On 6 December 1977 this …
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
In January 1995 an advertising campaign was launched to elicit public views on what should be in the Constitution. On 19 September the first consolidated draft…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Chapter Three 1945 marked a decisive turnaround in the politics of the … will explore the NIC after its leadership…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… Johnston (1935 - 39) R Ellis Brown (1939 - 45) SJ Smith (1945 - 46) R Ellis Brown (1946 - 47) Leo Boyd (1947 - 49) Ken …
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
… Shafa'at Ahmad , 1941 - 1944. Deshmukh, Ramrao Madhaurao , 1945 -1946. (BACK TO TOP) CONSTITUTION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Introduction 1. All the 12 Commissions had comprehensive and quite lively debate on the major conceptual issues that were identified for discussion. These are…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… elected to the committee of the Natal Provincial pision in 1945 and soon after, he became the president of the pision in …
10 YEARS PROJECT
close Document 6 Africans' claims in South Africa 16 December 1943 (Including 'The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
During the 1990s, behind-the-scenes negotiations between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that process, the ANC, PAC and other parties were…
3. Charge of assault against an estate manager
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There are many cases on record of indentured…
EventThembisile Chris Hani is killed
On 10 April 1993,Thembisile Chris Hani was shot and killed as he returned home to the racially mixed suburb of Dawn Park, Boksberg (Johannesburg), Hani was…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… it was experienced, particularly during its heyday between 1945 and 1960. To read more about the people, politics, …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two organisations are inextricably linked…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… timeline of South African efforts during World War 2: 1939-1945 - Air force squadrons and naval vessels patrolled South … an infantry brigade and an air…
EventGermany signs an unconditional surrender which ends World War II
… In the early hours of 7 May 1945, the Chief-of-Staff of the German Armed Forces High … operations at 23:01 hours Central European Time on 8 May 1945." These…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
ABSTRACT Heinz Klug is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. Klug believed that…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
The HIV/AIDS Crisis Emerges: Reponses of the Apartheid GovernmentIn 1982, the first case of AIDS in South Africa was reported in a homosexual man who…