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ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… 1958 Toivo attempts to smuggle the OPC’s petition to New York for presentation at the United Nations, but is … and general directives. The Tanga Conference…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… that were too dry to grow crops. They would also move to a new settlement when food became scarce in their area. Who … from further north around 2 000 years…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… government in South Africa came to an end in 1994, but the new government in South Africa had to work through the … chose not to go the route of the…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… that the majority of South Africans were opposed to the new structure. Coloured and Indian voter turnout was … extremely low, but in early 1985 the…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… the problem of how to sustain the enthusiasm of their vast new following. The National Action Council (successor to the … of Economic Advancement’ announced…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… trials for those who defied it. The 1950s also saw a new generation of black writers talking about the conditions … South Africa's oppressed. At the same…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… a nationwide 'Release Mandela' campaign, with some 1,5-million people signing the petition. The campaign was … The immediate task of the UDF was to oppose PW…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… earned reputation to revolutionize the South Africa’s new constitution. Because of SPEAK’s credible reputation and … important for South African women…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… 000 workers respond to the call and within a few days some 5 000 African workers in the railway yards, in factories and … Kadalie, the founder of the…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… home in Sydenham as the last tramcar had long departed. On 5 June again he worked till 11pm - there was an urgency with which he worked. His goal was to get…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… the school. 1938 Abrahams moves to Cape Town in search of new opportunities. While in Cape Town he writes poems that … to bribe himself on board a freighter…
Hinduism
… Hinduism is a religious tradition that began about 5 000 years ago. The name "Hindu" came from Muslims that … takes the form of Shiva, who destroys…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… not only criminals in the ordinary sense, but of a new labouring population criminalised by laws and controlled in new institutions. De Beers Company went…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… follows up its election victory with the introduction of new apartheid laws as well as the stricter application of … leaders issue A Call for African Unity…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… on 24 June, South Africa wins the tournament, defeating New Zealand 15-12. Following South Africa's victory, Nelson … can you see in the box? Do you think…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… was run like a political party. Membership of the new structure within NUSAS was confined to White students. It … Turner from the Sorbonne in late 1967, that…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… volunteer for service. 1915 The British settlers take 5,186 hectares from the Africans, and the Crown Lands … February – KANU wins the first general election…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… Marques 11- 12-0 From Natal 8-16-0 Local 1- 7-7 Total 5,269-10-7 Gandhi also informed Gokhale that the funds were … during my last stay in South Africa, that…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… of 1952 would catapult the ANC Women’s League into a new era of action and multi-party interaction. From this era … some reservations from male comrades in…
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
… Soweto Homeakers St. Peter Claver School Sunvalley* The New Church of South Africa UBC (Council Office) Vista …
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
… support of other chiefs in the area, refused to accept a new tax that was being implemented by the colonial …
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… many characterised as farcical. It was dissolved when a new interim constitution came into effect which abolished …
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… They advised workers to join the GFWBF and later the new unions. The Black Sash from Durban and Pietermaritzburg …
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… the Junction Avenue Theatre Company activists to make a new play about the workers’ struggle. After three months of … strike takes place during which time…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… rebellion of 1815 brought home to the Dutch the new terms of citizenship that the British imposed on the … inhabitant of the Cape equal before the law, and…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… China reports that the pneumonia outbreak is caused by a new strain of coronavirus. The novel virus is named … of China in the Philippines; a Chinese man…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… Introduction The transition from the Apartheid era to the new democratic dispensation was a powerful and fundamental … and also other imprisoned or exiled…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, New Delhi, India. 1981 4 August, Mandela is awarded the … of Olympia (original site of the Olympic…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… maintenance planning and skilled contract negotiators. [5] From 2005-2006 warnings about a power crisis became more … 2005, which were consolidated in 2010…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… while slaves did most of the work. The European demand for New World cash crops, especially sugar, tobacco, rice, and … servitude and Indian enslavement had…