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Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
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- Fietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988This timeline is NOT complete. Any omissions are unintentional as this timeline is a work…
- Grey Street Complex timeline 1800-19991854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European…
- United Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-19941946 22 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of…
- Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 19591859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British…
- Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and…
- Apartheid and reactions to itIn 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a…
- Defiance Campaign 1952 The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional…
- General South African History Timeline: 1930s9 July, The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and…
- Indian South AfricansFrom bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South…
- A history of Indians in South Africa Timeline: 1654-2008This is a collection of timelines of Indians in South Africa from 1654 until 2008.
- Prominent South Africans IndiansThis is an ongoing project and we welcome contributions from the public. Politics and…
- History of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaperThe Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of History,…
- uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African…
- African National Congress (ANC)The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in…
- African nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with…
- The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked…
- Mass Democratic movements, 1976-1983IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in…
- State policies and social protest, 1924-1939One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation…
- Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of…