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EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… systematically dispossessed of their land access via the 1913 Land Act. Later, under apartheid (after 1948) the …
Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 2013
… friends, We meet 100 years since the promulgation of the 1913 Land Act, which dramatically robbed the indigenous … As outlined, the year 2013 marks the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… friends, We meet 100 years since the promulgation of the 1913 Land Act, which dramatically robbed the indigenous … As outlined, the year 2013 marks the…
”Draft Declaration of Unity” [including 10-point Programme]. Statement Approved by the Continuation Committee of the Preliminary Unity Conference of Delegates from the AAC and the National Anti-C.A.D., December 17, 1943
Rustenburg the Segregated city
Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other…
Sadecque Variava
Early life and schooling Sadecque Variava was born on 8 July 1949 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), the fourth of seven…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
Journalist George Arthur Heard was the elder son of Arthur Henry Heard, inspector of works in Bloemfontein, and his wife, Millicent Agnes Elliot. He was one of…
BiographySolly Mokoetle
Solly Mokoetle was also known as Solly Mpoli in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) circles, Solly Mokoetle left the country during the first half of 1976. As the influx…
BiographyDan Sleigh
South African novelist and historian Daniel (Dan) Sleigh was born on 3 November 1938, on a farm, Geelbeksfontein, near Langebaan in the Western Cape. He was…
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
Professor Pieter Steyn was born in 5 January 1940 in Vryburg in the North West. He is currently a senior researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer…
BiographyTlou Theophilus Cholo
Tlou Theophilus Cholo was born in 1926 at Kgakana Village, Polokwane. A son to a trade unionist, his father worked in Johannesburg where he was an active…
BiographyDavid Hepburn Craighead
David Hepburn Craighead was born on 18 December 1918, in Benoni, in what was known as the Transvaal Province (Gauteng). He was born to parents of English and…
BiographyJohn Liebenberg
John Liebenberg was born in 1958, in Johannesburg where he also currently works and lives. He was introduced to Namibia in 1976 when together with his…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
Jeanette Levinson Carlson was born on 21 June 1929, in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape Province). She was the youngest of Israel and…
BiographyMahomed Dawood Barmania
Mahomed Dawood Barmania was the son of Dawood Barmania, owner of commercial and farming properties in both Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Surat in the West…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… of this period was the strike initiated by Gandhi in 1913. The strike achieved a fair amount of success especially … "Indentured Indians; Accommodation and…
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
… was demolished in 1911, then re-built and completed in 1913. The building that Houses the Lady Grey Arts Academy was …
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… in South Africa — noted South Africa’s Native Lands Act of 1913 apportioned only 7 percent of the country’s arable land … “The Native,” Plaatje wrote, had…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… for almost 100 years until the passing of the Land Act of 1913 . Consequently, the Sigweje group was removed soon after … communities dispossessed of their…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… Regardless, the Bantu Women’s League was formed in 1913. The league worked at ‘ uniting African women against …
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… settler population via the Native Land Act of 19 June 1913, organised resistance against colonialism would forever …
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
When the story of the founding of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth League — is told, usually it is only Anton Lembede, AP Mda…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1856-1979
Segregationist Legislation Timeline, 1856-1979 from the 1856 - 1910, Masters and Servants Acts to the Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act No 94 of 1979 which…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
Mohammed Cassim Bassa the estate agent and community leader was born on 11 August 1925 in India. He was the eighth of nine children of Mohammed Bassa, a…
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa, apart from what is revealed in her writings, almost all of…
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso was born on 21 October 1948 in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He…
BiographyPrince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu
Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu, the second son of the king of the Ndebele, Ndzundza-Mabhoko King Mabusabesala II, and Queen Johanna Selepi, was born on…
BiographyBasil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira
Basil D’Oliveira (Dolly) was born on 4 October 1931, in Signal Hill, Cape Town of Indian-Portuguese heritage. According to South Africa’s racial laws, he was…