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The 1973 Durban strikes are widely cited by academics as a turning point in South Africa's industrial relations system as it gave rise to the black trade union movement [10] [3] [2] [11] and was a major step forward in the struggle to build a mass democratic opposition to apartheid which played a central role in the struggle for the ...
The South African History Archive Trust, better known as SAHA, is an independent archive dedicated to documenting, supporting and promoting greater awareness of past and contemporary struggles for justice through archival practice, outreach, and the utilisation of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (PAIA). [1]
Following the defeat of the Boers in the Second Anglo–Boer War or South African War (1899–1902), the Union of South Africa was created as a self-governing dominion of the British Empire on 31 May 1910 in terms of the South Africa Act 1909, which amalgamated the four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Colony of Natal ...
The South African History Project (2001-2004) was established and initiated by Professor Kader Asmal, former Minister of Education in South Africa.This initiative followed after the publication of the Manifesto on Values, Education and Democracy and the Report of the History and Archaeology Panel in South Africa in 2001.This report was written by leading scholars who advised the then Minister ...
This WikiProject is part of the WikiProject Africa and aims primarily to help coordinate and improve pages on South Africa, History of South Africa and South Africans. We are associated with the Wikimedia South Africa chapter. This national not-for-profit was created to promote the interests of Wikimedia projects within South Africa (RSA).
Today there is a plaque recording the Lourenco Marques Bus disaster and its victims in the school grounds. The plaque was unveiled thirty years after the accident in 2009. On 8 June 1976 the South African Police attempted to arrest Enos Ngutshane who was the local leader of the South African Students Movement . [ 1 ]
The Australia national association football team tours South Africa and plays four games against the South Africa national football team. 24 June – South Africa wins 3–2 at Kingsmead, Durban. 1 July – South Africa wins 2–1 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg. 8 July – Australia wins 2–1 at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth.
Sharpeville marked a turning point in South Africa's history; the country found itself increasingly isolated in the international community. The event also played a role in South Africa's departure from the Commonwealth of Nations in 1961. [17] The Sharpeville massacre contributed to the banning of the PAC and ANC as illegal organisations.