Life timelines

1970 16 February, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of Communism Act,...

1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at box...

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last lega...

1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from Indi...

1942 12 April, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is born in Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal. 1958 Zuma joins the African...

 

1840s John Dube’s grandmother, Dalitha becomes the first convert of the Lindley Mission Station in Inanda. 1871 22...

The Nelson Mandela timeline tracks the history of the first democratically elected president of South Africa through his...