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Liberation organisations
… Relations Act and the establishment of an Industrial Court. The apartheid government changed the laws accordingly. … at nearly every mass demonstration in…
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… Dear friend: Just before I went to Oslo last December to receive the Nobel … Africa on an international scale - pressure for change before it is too late,…
EventThe fall of the fortress town of Tobruk
… as the tactical superior strategies employed by Rommel. Before the fall of Tobruk, Klopper had allowed the defences … the streets of Tobruk, Klopper ordered…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… were going to attack Israel. So Israel attacked first before the Arab States could attack. Israel attacked Syria, …
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… are participating in higher education in South Africa than before. Among the health challenges that women in South …
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… did settle with a Ndebele group in this area for a period before being defeated by the Voortrekkers in 1836, at which …
June 17
… and casualties were even higher than the day before. The violent reaction of the police only made the …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, the Labour Party under Colonel Cresswell was …
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… cannot outweigh his despotic behaviour. Stalin Shortly before his death, Lenin called for Stalin's removal from …
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… having parent’s native to the South Sudanese region on or before January 1, 1956, traceable ancestry in the South Sudanese indigenous population on or before…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… speeches to the press. He does, however, make some notes before delivering a speech, even on the spot shortly before an appearance. There is a great…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… East and North and West Africa. It would be 24 years before his return to Morocco and 29 years before he completed his travels. Sadly, Battuta did not …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… the Africans': The Garvey Movement in South Africa, 1920-1940," In The Politics of Race, Class and Nationalism in …
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… of the ANC, declared the conference closed before it completed its business. Afterwards, continues …
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… overview of the settlements in the Limpopo Valley before Mapungubwe, and a brief concluding overview of Great … of a much larger political scale than had…
The Atlantic slave trade
… colonised by the Portuguese. The Abolition project, Africa Before Transatlantic Slavery visit abolition.e2bn.org Case … feeling it produced, having never…
Women at the start of the 20th century
It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
Traditional authorities were indispensable in the application of the provisions in the 1913 Natives Land Act in areas of rural South Africa designated as …
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… Hotel opens in Nelspruit. Longmere dam is completed. 1940 Nelspruit gets its first municipal swimming pool. 12 …
Indian Community in Lenasia
… nature of the structure, it was used for some 40 years before a more permanent brick construction was erected, on … development The houses in Ext One were…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… at an early age in Johannesburg in the Communist Party before it was dissolved, then participated in numerous ANC … suffered solitary confinement at Pretoria…
EventSASOL plant under attack
… and a final reconnaissance was carried out the night before the attacks. On the night of the attack the teams … remained in the country for approximately two…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… Naidoo argues that Chief Luthuli was not a person to court honours or adulation. She says the awarding to Luthuli …
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Sindile Moya
… but because of his health he was not summoned to appear in court. This era also helped students to unite against bad …
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry Chapter 11. Court Cases Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 Chapter …
PlaceDurbanville
… its own right. It was originally a prison, a magistrate’s court, a school and finally a private residence. Today it is …
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… students burnt schools, libraries and a magistrate’s court. This was followed by huge strike on 15 -16 September …
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… 1825 A Portuguese delegation visits Shaka Zulu’s court to discuss his interest in the ivory trade. 1825 …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… and camped on municipal land designated for whites only to court arrest. As a consequence, some of TIYC leaders like …
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… required to lodge a large amount of money as a deposit before they could publish. This became known as "Black … the Internal Security Act at Johannesburg…