A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban

Published May 31, 2011Updated September 30, 2019

This Day in History: May 28, 1950

Additional Date: May 28, 1950

Africans made a unanimous resolution for a “National Day of Mourning and Protest” on which Africans countrywide would be ordered to stay at home. The resolution was taken during a rally held in Durban on 28 May 1950.

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A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban