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ArticleBlack South African literature
… , in 1928, and Plaatje's Mhudi was finally published in 1930. The novel form, however, was taken up after World War …
ArticleStalinism and how Stalin used his power to change Marxism-Leninism
Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia, on 21 December 1879. His father was a shoemaker and his mother a domestic servant. He was expelled from school for…
ArticleThe missionaries
… the Reverend William B. Boyce from England. On 22 November 1930, the Wesleyan mission was officially recognised by Faku, …
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
Formed in 1928 by Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, this was a union of women factory workers that transcended barriers of colour and class. In the late 1920s and…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… and Indians are still a minority at this stage. 1921-1930 Sophiatown’s population grows exponentially as compared …
From Segregation to Apartheid
… of farmers began to change. The labour shortages of the 1930's and 1940s were now turning into labour surpluses. The …
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… (because the material is presented chronologically) was in 1930 in Potchefstroom, a small white-dominated town where …
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… honourable people'. This vivid poster from the September 1930 Reichstag election summarizes Nazi ideology in a single … www.calvin.edu This vivid poster from…
ArticleTransport in the air
Ancient stories tell of people's desire to fly like a bird. The Greek myth about Icarus and Daedalus is one of the most famous stories. According to the story,…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
The global pervasiveness of racism and segregation in the 1920s and 1930s During the 1920s and 1930s, there were discriminatory policies in different parts…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded in 1903. The organization was later…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… in particular, this process extended well into the 1930's and in some peripheral areas, even later. Rather, the … to take place. The Natives (Urban Areas)…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee member of TUCSA. …
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… laymen. Prior to the opening of our National Gallery in 1930, and even before the general development of formal …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
The picture above shows how dire the situation was in America during the Great DepressionImage Source Source 2A The source below describes the impact of…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to fight discrimination…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… aid, which grew to 300 000 impoverished whites in 1930, had to implement a solution to uphold the white racial … River in the Northern Cape, was constructed…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… practice in a rondavel in his home village in Thaba Nchu. 1930 Moroka goes abroad to study surgery in Vienna, Austria. …
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
… in Practice Pressures and Responses in the Transvaal, 1930-1936 Pressures and Responses in Natal, 1932-1936 The …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… helps out by selling firewood and working at the smithy. 1930 At the age of 11 Abrahams is exposed to books for the …
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… flag of India Declaration of the independence of India 1930 In order to help free India from British control, Gandhi …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… methods and ideas, and the ANC even rejected communism in 1930, it was a lasting relationship as result of a strong …
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… (the morning star of Africa) is established by Seme. 1930 Seme is elected President-General of the ANC at its …
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
Traditional authorities were indispensable in the application of the provisions in the 1913 Natives Land Act in areas of rural South Africa designated as …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… African was Mhudi (completed in 1920 but only published in 1930), by Solomon (Sol) Thekiso Plaatje. This epic story … in 1925 and the first English…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
Theories and Practice Scientific Racism These ideas about race were pided into two main theories, scientific racism and social Darwinism. Scientific…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Glossary
American Dream: The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.[1] …
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
Pre-1860s South Africa is still a predominantly agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
… German and Austrian banks and several of them folded. In 1930 the US, the largest purchaser of German industrial …