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ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… 1940 Mandela was elected to the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Fort Hare. After … low SRC poll, he followed his conscience and resigned. The head of…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of 'apartheid’…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of … Michigan State University Albert…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… Verdict Protests The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests against the death penalty and particularly the death sentences of …
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… Indians were officially recognised as a permanent part of the South African population and the Department of Indian Affairs was established with a White …
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… The Mfecane (a Zulu word which translates to “the crushing”) or Difiqane (a Sotho word which translates to “forced removal) was a series of Nguni and other…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive … by Colonial and successive governments since shortly after…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… The gains achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under … crisis was brought to a head…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… in Transvaal region. 1836 Andries Potgieter's arrives in the area north of the Vaal. 1837 Mzilikazi defeated by the Voortrekkers and …
Mission Stations - T-Z
… Cape: LMS 1868. Emil Holub visited it in 1873 and recorded the following: "Without pausing in the native quarter, we proceeded to the mission-house, a ……
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … all-girls missionary school, played a…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… A resolution is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student Wages Commission. David Hemson , Halton Cheadle … Nupen together with…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their Dutch … formally established the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) of…
Doing Oral History
… Dr Johan Wassermann (2002) This publication is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator was Dr…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… Great Zimbabwe When Mapungubwe was abandoned, it was to the benefit of Great Zimbabwe. The cultural, political and economic power in the area …
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… 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…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre. In response to the banning, both …
South African Constitution 1996
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for …
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… After the French Revolution, the newly founded Republic of France conquered the …
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… Source: www.historywiz.com A new absolute ruler After the fall of Robespierre in 1794, a new group of people took over the government. They were called the…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists and … Parents Association (BPA) and the National Association of Youth…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… 1602 20 March, The Dutch East India Company (VOC) comes into being. 1652 Jan van Riebeeck, a representative of the Dutch East India Company (VOC),…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… Slavery was introduced to the Cape Colony by the VOC in its desire to boost the agriculture and food … Worden points out that slavery “”¦became the mainstay…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… half a century after it collapsed, any conclusions about the working of Fusion and its chances of long-term success if the Second World War had not cut short…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… at Taylor Street Secondary School. 1935 Govan Mbeki joins the African National Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a telegram about a job offer from the…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… from India, arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the Western Transvaal (now Gauteng), where they open a small … Kathrada and his wife Hawa, in…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… ALBERTI, Ludwig. 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape Town: …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… 22 June 1946 — The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of …
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… Though first publicized as a respected medium for the liberation struggle in 1967, poetry and literary expression had been popularized throughout the 1950s…