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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing apartheid by passing … of the different countries during a session of the…
EventHelen Suzman is born
… legislation. She entered politics when she represented the United Party (UP) in Parliament in 1953. Six years later she founded … doctorates. Her struggle…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… to the description for the location of the location of the United Presbyterian Church’s Teacher Training School for …
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… the anti-war (World War II) campaign of the Non-European United Front . Kathrada helps to distribute Dadoo’s court … ‘Kathy’ Mid 1940s Kathrada is admitted…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… and brought the matter before the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). The meeting began on 23 October 1946 … In December 1946 the majority of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… and external challenges. Significantly, the National Party, which was renamed the New National Party (NNP), was … 11 September. 29 September, Nelson Mandela…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… of the Union, held on 15 September 1910, the South African Party came to power. The election saw the SAP win 68 seats, … in the election of 18 May 1938, but…
BiographyAdam Small
… Service (Gold) from former President and last National Party (NP) leader, F.W.de Klerk . Additionally, he accepted …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… After the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, the National Party (NP) government, which was formed in 1947, intensified … Congress (PAC) after the Sharpeville…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… and 1989 meeting with President George W.H. Bush. Keywords United Democratic Front, FEDTRAW, Alberta Sisulu, Koornhoff Bills, United Women Organization…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff agrees with SA veto of UN visit
… Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party, the official opposition, agreed with the apartheid government that the composition of the proposed United…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… in 1990, SWAPO became the country’s leading political party. The Formation of the People’s Liberation Army of … The South African government responded by…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… from South Africa who is involved in the local Communist Party. Through this friend he finds work at a communist book … steadily growing. Abrahams breaks…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… apartheid was the ideology supported by the National Party (NP) government and was introduced in South Africa in … governments existing before the Afrikaner…
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
… a Republic on 31 May 1961, was held with the National Party (NP) under Adv J.G. Strijdom, registering a victory. … electoral victory up to that time, while…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… On the night before they left, Dr Monty Naicker held a party at his home for them. 17 July, Dawood Seedat was … a meeting under the auspices of the Non…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… range of people. By chance he has contact with Communist Party member Rusty Bernstein, who loans him the first piece … Johannesburg, "We are educated people,…
The Afrikaner Bond
… organisation that was effectively the first political party in South Africa, was founded in 1880 in the Cape Colony … of the Farmer or Merchant’. He wanted…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… is widely documented, considered as the Nationalist Party (NP) government's model for its urban apartheid … NP government succeeded in destroying Sophiatown…
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… Peter Donald Hjul who was a leading figure in the Liberal Party, which existed from 1953 until 1968. Born in Northern … social conscience and a dislike for…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… that these issues are hardly unique to South Africa. The United States experiences similar ambivalence in the … African Parliament omitted Shaka Day, the…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… monarch and Chief Leabua Jonathan of the Basotho National Party (BNP) as prime minister. 1970 Chief Leabua Jonathan … loses the January election to the…
ArticleBlack Sash
… The Black Sash was formed in 1955 and it began as a tea party of six women, Jean Sinclair , Ruth Foley, Elizabeth … worked with a number of organisations,…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… implemented in practice which was enforced by the National Party (NP) when they won the election. The focus of this … (UDHR), also known as the Magna Carta,…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… office as president for being too close to the Communist Party, and is replaced by Pixley Seme . The formation of the … General Hertzog and General Smuts…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… was in the hands of the pro British South Africa Party and United Party, which were led by Prime Minister … against the Apartheid government in the OAU and…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… On 23 February 1962, a member of Progressive Party Helen Suzman condemned the Immorality Act, saying that … of Parliament (MPs), including Suzman, broke away…
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… Former leader of the National Party (NP) in Gauteng, Sam de Beer, resigned and joined the United Democratic Movement (UDM), led by former NP colleague ……