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South African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
Article
Apr 01, 2019

South African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties

The IEC announced that a record 48 political parties have successfully registered to contest the 2019 general elections....

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Indian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
Article
Jan 18, 2019

Indian South Africans timeline 1930-1939

1930 The Durban Municipality was a major employer of Indian labour, employing an average of 2 000 workers through the...

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1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
Article
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...

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South African General Timeline 1976
Article
Nov 20, 2018

South African General Timeline 1976

January 1976, a group of people with Mosima Sexwale are taken by two cars a Fiat and a Soviet-origin vehicle to Dar es S...

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No Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
Article
Nov 13, 2018

No Land, No House, No Vote Timeline

2004 The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) organised a ‘No Land, No Vote’ campaign to coincide with the 2004 South Afr...

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Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
Article
Sep 28, 2018

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969 1960 March 16, The Boycott Movement, in London, is renamed the Anti-Apartheid Mo...

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Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
Article
Sep 25, 2018

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959

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

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Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
Article
Sep 12, 2018

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940 - 1949 1940 Within a year of his joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), Dr...

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United Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
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Aug 20, 2018

United Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990

1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) ...

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Indian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
Article
Jun 05, 2018

Indian South Africans timeline 1654-1899

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1654-1899 1654 Slaves from India and South East Asia are introduced to the Cape. ...

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Timeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
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Nov 17, 2017

Timeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present

1955 The Freedom charter is adopted. This was the statement, charecterised by its demand that “ the people shall gove...

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Simon van der Stel Timeline
Article
Nov 10, 2017

Simon van der Stel Timeline

14 October 1639:  Simon van der Stel is born to parents Adrian van der Stel and Maria Leviens aboard le Cappel on r...

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Bureau of State Security (BOSS)
Article
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...

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Student Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
Article
Jun 14, 2017

Student Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline

As part of the governmental process for transformation of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in Post-Aparth...

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CODESA 2 Timeline
Article
May 05, 2017

CODESA 2 Timeline

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

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