Skip to main content
South African
History Online
Politics & Society
Africa
Art & Culture
Biographies
Classroom
Places
Timelines
Archives
About Us
Cite This Page
Share
Print
Timeline Explorer
♥
Donate
South African History Online
Know your
history
Search SAHO
30,000+
Archive records
17,000+
Historical events
10,000+
Biographies
2,800+
Articles
Trending topics
Apartheid
Nelson Mandela
Freedom Charter
Sharpeville
Steve Biko
Anglo-Boer War
Mandela
Zulu
Browse by era
Pre-colonial
Colonial era
Apartheid era
Liberation struggle
Post-1994
World Wars
Explore by type
Politics & Society
Biographies
Timeline
Archives
Classroom
Recent searches
Menu
Politics & Society
Africa
Art & Culture
Biographies
Classroom
Places
Timelines
Archives
About Us
Home
Politics and Society
Sort by
Date
Order
Asc
Desc
Browse Content
Archives
Collections
Article
A tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
2 June 2026
Devadas Paul David was a member of the Natal Indian Congress, the United Democratic Front and the African National Congr...
Article
South Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
18 November 2025
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of dem...
Article
Code Name Rae book launch soon
12 August 2025
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born in 1944 in Pietermaritzburg and grew up in Kimberley. She studied in Bri...
Article
Women and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
3 June 2025
Due to the fact that Black People were detained in separate camps, the issue of Black Concentration Camps is dealt ...
Article
South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
29 November 2024
1952The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime, which in the foll...
Article
Fietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
11 October 2024
This timeline is NOT complete. Any omissions are unintentional as this timeline is a work in progress that will be added...
Article
Student Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
11 October 2024
As part of the governmental process for transformation of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in Post-Aparth...
Article
Nokukhanya (Bhengu) Luthuli’s Life Timeline
11 October 2024
1904, March 3 Nokukhanya born 1913 Began formal education at Ohlange Institute 1914 Death of Noku...
Article
Cato Manor timeline 1650-2007
4 October 2024
1650 Earliest known history - the Nqondo clan occupy the land now known as Cato Manor 1730 They are replaced by th...
Article
1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
1 October 2024
1867 Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley. 1867 Diamond mining begins in Griqualand West. 1872...
Article
Right to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
1 October 2024
1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central an...
Article
Industrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
12 September 2024
1919 The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) is formed in Cape Town after World War I, with a membership of 24. Th...
Article
Student Politics: SASO till SANSCO
12 September 2024
1968 December, SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by ...
Article
The Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
5 September 2024
A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kim...
Article
A decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
22 August 2024
1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a B...
Article
Timeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
22 August 2024
The events at Lonmin Mine in Marikana in the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid So...
Article
South African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
8 August 2024
1902 31 May, The Peace Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Anglo-Boer War that began in 1899. The Treaty is signed between ...
Article
Treks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
1 August 2024
1602 20 March, The Dutch East India Company (VOC) comes into being. 1652 Jan van Riebeeck, a representative of the...
Article
Africa: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
12 July 2024
1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liber...
Article
HIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
28 June 2024
1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps from animals to humans, according to a Washington-based ...
Article
June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
21 June 2024
1976 According to the government-appointed Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted in 451...
Article
Cosatu timeline
11 June 2024
2010 19 January: (Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) ...
Article
SASO till SASCO
7 June 2024
1968 December SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by ...
Article
Timeline of the 2014 general elections
31 May 2024
2013 9 and 10 November 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend for the 2014 National and Provincial electi...
Article
CODESA 2 Timeline
24 May 2024
January 1992: The IFP publishes its constitutional principles. 08 January 1992: The ANC gives it annual statement. ...
Article
CODESA 1 Timeline
24 May 2024
21 August 1989: OUA publishes the publishes the Harare Declaration. January 1991: Nelson Mandela calls for an all-par...
Article
Pixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
17 May 2024
Pixley ka Isaka Seme Life Timeline 1881 1 October, Pixley ka Isaka Seme is born in Natal. 1906 Seme presents h...
Article
South African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
10 May 2024
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow th...
Article
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline
19 April 2024
The Yusuf Dadoo timeline includes the history of one the leading members of the South African communist movement. Starti...
Article
List of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
12 April 2024
ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and t...
Article
NUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
12 April 2024
1971 11 March, A resolution is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student Wages Commission. D...
Article
Sharpeville Timeline
28 March 2024
16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) conference, Chief Albert Luthuli&nb...
Article
Sudan’s Revolution
23 February 2024
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president...
Article
Liberation history Timeline 1960-1969
23 February 2024
The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre. In response to...
Article
Student protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
15 February 2024
Article
Walter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
15 February 2024
1912 18 May, Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu is born in Engcobo District in the Transkei, in the same year, the ANC was forme...
Article
Timeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
19 January 2024
1955 The Freedom charter is adopted. This was the statement, charecterised by its demand that “ the people shall gove...
Article
Indian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
12 January 2024
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1654-1899 1654 Slaves from India and South East Asia are introduced to the Cape. ...
Article
History of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
5 January 2024
1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the Dutch East India Company to...
Article
Boeremag Treason Trial Timeline
14 December 2023
The first treason trial in South African history post apartheid regime is under way amid high security at the Pretoria H...
Current page
1
Page
2
Page
3
Next page
››
Last page
Last »
