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Women and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
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Mar 21, 2011

Women and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902

Due to the fact that Black People were detained in separate camps, the issue of Black Concentration Camps is dealt ...

Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
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Mar 31, 2011

Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960

At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President Genera...

1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
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Jan 16, 2019

1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban

On Thursday evening, 13 January 1949, violence erupted in the Indian business area in Durban. On the first day there was...

General South African History Timeline: 1940s
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Mar 21, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1940s

1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the Afri...

The Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
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Mar 21, 2011

The Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006

A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kim...

Kasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
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Jun 01, 2012

Kasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944

1869 April, Kasturba Kapadia is born in Porbandar, in present-day Gujarat. 1876 Kasturba Kapadia and Mohandas Kara...

A decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
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May 07, 2015

A decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa

1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a B...

Timeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
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Aug 16, 2013

Timeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013

The events at Lonmin Mine in Marikana in the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid So...

General South African History Timeline: 1990s
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Apr 04, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1990s

1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No...

Liberation history Timeline 1940-1949
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Aug 16, 2011

Liberation history Timeline 1940-1949

The 1940s were characterised by changes that had a profound effect on the political landscape in South Africa. There was...

June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
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Mar 21, 2011

June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986

1976 According to the government-appointed Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted in 451...

Cosatu timeline
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Apr 30, 2015

Cosatu timeline

2010 19 January: (Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) ...

South Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
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May 04, 2011

South Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009

1910 First general election that followed the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Only White males had the rig...

Timeline of the 2014 general elections
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May 09, 2014

Timeline of the 2014 general elections

2013 9 and 10 November 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend for the 2014 National and Provincial electi...

Apartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
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Mar 21, 2011

Apartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's

1856-1910 Masters and Servants Acts of 1856 These Acts, which had been passed between 1856 and 1904 in the fo...

CODESA 2 Timeline
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May 05, 2017

CODESA 2 Timeline

January 1992: The IFP publishes its constitutional principles. 08 January 1992: The ANC gives it annual statement. ...

CODESA 1 Timeline
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May 05, 2017

CODESA 1 Timeline

21 August 1989: OUA publishes the publishes the Harare Declaration. January 1991: Nelson Mandela calls for an all-par...

COVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
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May 11, 2020

COVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020

DECEMBER 2019 31 December – Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, informs its regional World Health Organization (WH...

Pixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
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Mar 14, 2012

Pixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951

Pixley ka Isaka Seme Life Timeline 1881 1 October, Pixley ka Isaka Seme is born in Natal. 1906 Seme presents h...

South African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
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Mar 21, 2011

South African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996

Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow th...

World War I Timeline 1915
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Jun 13, 2014

World War I Timeline 1915

1 January Battle of Artois and Champagne in France begins. 31 January 1915 The German Army makes use of poison gas...

1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
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Jan 25, 2016

1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline

1859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, ...

Transformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
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Nov 24, 2011

Transformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800

1775 Apprenticeship laws are promulgated at the Cape. 1800 A massive drought begins in Southern Africa resulting i...

Sharpeville Timeline
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Mar 20, 2015

Sharpeville Timeline

16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) conference, Chief Albert Luthuli&nb...

Freedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
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Mar 21, 2011

Freedom Charter timeline 1948-1961

1948 26 May, DF Malan's National Party government follows up its election victory with the introduction of new ap...

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
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Apr 05, 2011

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967

Historical Context to Chief Luthuli Chronology While Chief Luthuli himself preferred another spelling and signed his ...

Student protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
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Jun 08, 2015

Student protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline

 

Walter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
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Jul 13, 2011

Walter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003

1912 18 May, Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu is born in Engcobo District in the Transkei, in the same year, the ANC was forme...

General South African History Timeline: 1930s
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Mar 21, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1930s

9 July, The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC's...

History of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
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Mar 31, 2011

History of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841

1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the Dutch East India Company to...

Indian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
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Apr 03, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1960-1969

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1960-1969 1960 19 February, Dr Monty Naicker called for strength in resistance, ci...

Boeremag Treason Trial Timeline
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Mar 21, 2011

Boeremag Treason Trial Timeline

The first treason trial in South African history post apartheid regime is under way amid high security at the Pretoria H...

General South African History Timeline: 1980s
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Mar 31, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1980s

1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom charter in 1955. ...

General South African History Timeline: 1800s
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Mar 21, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1800s

1799-1802 Khoi-San rise up in an unsuccessful but protracted rebellion in the eastern districts of the Cape in what be...

Bureau of State Security (BOSS)
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Jun 23, 2017

Bureau of State Security (BOSS)

The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung by the fact that people from the...

General South African History Timeline: 1950s
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Apr 04, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1950s

1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of D...

General South African History Timeline: 1900s
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Mar 21, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1900s

1900 7 May, Paul Kruger addresses the volksraad for the last time before being forced to travel on the Delagoa line to...

African National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
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Jul 19, 2011

African National Congress Timeline 1920-1929

The ANC in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both organisation incapacity and financial constraints. Duri...

General South African History Timeline: 1960s
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Apr 04, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1960s

1960 1 January, Minister of Bantu Education assumes control of University College of Fort Hare.African students are pr...

General South African History Timeline: 1920s
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Mar 21, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1920s

July, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of South Africa (ICU) is established as national Black trade union in Bloe...