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ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… 1917 27 October, Oliver Reginald Tambo (OR) is born in the village of Kantolo, Mbizana, in the Mpondoland (eQawukeni), region of the Eastern Cape. His …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… The ANC in exile issued its first January 8th statement in 1972, the founding date of the ANC. This statement outlined the organisation’s …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… on Afrikaner self-determination 23 April 1994 BETWEEN THE FREEDOM FRONT, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/ NATIONAL PARTY…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… This article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where is the Non-European Unity Movement? The Non…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and … No 6: Commenced: 4 March 1988…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, is appointed to inquire into laws concerning the right of Asiatics to trade and…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
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ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners at King William's Town. Source: The Drum Archive / african…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of Defiance'. 1950 Florence Matomela leads an…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… 1902 31 May, The Peace Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Anglo-Boer War that began in 1899. The Treaty is signed …
A new class struggle
… While historians are generally in agreement that the main anti-Indian feeling in South Africa was directed towards the merchant class, these sentiments were…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by … experienced at the Cape through examining the experiences of people …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… close Document 8 Letter on the current situation and suggesting a multi-racial … J. Luthuli to Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom 28 May 1957 The Honourable the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely … for the first time women were admitted as full members of the ANC in 1943, leading…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… in South African Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently been adopted by the South African government. This paper…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… 1497 - 1699 1497 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern Africa,…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Prixley Ka Isaka Seme, President of the African National Congress (ANC), Africans from different … Africa convene at Community Hall,…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… Transition to Armed Struggle The brief respite from the Treason Trial which ended on 29 March 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with little understanding of or regarding for the history of the nations,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… During this period the ANC cooperated with other organisations such as the APO and the NIC to fight increasing segregation imposed … Far from being a united…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links … NASA, JUS, 919, 1/18/26,…
Liberation
… "We the marginalised people of South Africa, who are landless and land hungry, declare our need for all the world to know. We are the people who have borne…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Harry Escombe became one of the most prominent White politicians in the Colony of …
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the … Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed response of…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… The Democratic Alliance (DA), previously named the Democratic Party (DP), was formed on 8 April 1989, when … Democratic Movement merged. Under the combined…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… by non-vernacular-speaking friends. While noting this, the spelling on this site has not adhered to Chief Luthuli's … choice is in order to facilitate…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… The 1940s were characterised by changes that had a profound effect on the political landscape in South Africa. There was closer … campaigns against the…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… close Document 18 The Pretoria Minute 6 August 1990 The government and the ANC have held discussions at the … to the Groote Schuur Minute . 2. The final…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… During this period the ANC consolidated its hold on power but also faced both internal and external challenges. Significantly, the National Party, which was…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… Africa is the world’s second largest continent, both by size and … African. Africa, and being African, has become a core part of the identity of millions of…