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ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… Context Nelson Mandela traces his lineage back to the Thembu Chief Nxeko, one of the early Thembu Kings who ruled over Thembuland, a territory …
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact Government in which the push for independence …
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 25 April, Proclamation issued creating…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… discriminatory legislation against black groups intact. The Immigrants Regulation Act of 1910 consolidates existing immigration laws of the pre-Union…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… The section below on the Mfecane can be used as an introduction to this section. … for this is that there are very few written accounts of the mfecane, which…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside South Africa. Conversely, … townships, increasing military attacks…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an ambiguity regarding the…
ArticleWorld War I
… This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known … Robert R. and Sapire, Hilary (1999) . African…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and the Indian Agent-General, Sir Benegal…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was … established on 2 April 1944, by Anton Lambede (who became the League’s first President), Nelson…
EPILOGUE
… Dear Mr De Klerk I acknowledge receipt of your reply dated 2nd July, 1992. It is unfortunate that your reply has not addressed the issues I raised in my…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… 1968 December SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. … 1 SASO is officially…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… 1968 December, SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. … SASO is officially…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… West Rand on 5 September. Today, he like many activists of the South African socialist movement and other stalwarts of the liberation struggle, such as…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… 1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport…
ArticleKey sites
… Cafes A number of notable restaurants arose in the Grey Street area. These … restaurants. Later on came Victory Lounge. It was here in the Grey Street area…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… The destruction of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial … labour. These societies attempted to resist the extension of colonial…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… Race and ethnicity have been and still is at the heart of South African history, politics, society and economy since the European colonisation. South Africa…
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… KwaMsiza is a village of 49 families located some 50km north of Pretoria. Its … Ndebele , and belong to three major family groups: the Msiza, the Bhuda, and…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… Please note that this information was part of our old 'history classroom content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… The period 1860-1923 is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the …
Conflict among civic organisations
… Civic organisations in the Western Cape, particularly in Cape Town did not share the same ideological stance, interests and outcomes. One of the major…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… insisted that we had been appropriating more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... … 'It would be of little consequence if you…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was … parties’ leadership in 1946. By the mid-60s…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… MILESTONES 1910 - Birth of Mohambry (Monty) Naicker to Papiah Gangathura, a … Dhanamal, of Leopold Street, Durban. 1917-1926 - Attended the Carlisle Street…
ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid years, black women were forced into the…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the ANC and PAC, the Black Consciousness …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… This period began with the intensification of the anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… The outbreak of the First World War was precipitated by the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his …