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BiographyJane Gool
Jainub Jane Gool – Tabata was born in Cape Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the sixth of nine children. Her father, an immigrant from India,…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… ‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a … Pretoria march and the FSAW had written to request that JG Strijdom , the current prime…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… The Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of … US$2.8 million). The tower was initially known as the JG Strijdom Tower,…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day
… the carrying of passes by women to the prime minister, JG Strijdom. The march against the pass laws was organised by … instead to be 'everywhere'. Although…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… the carrying of passes by women to the prime minister, JG Strijdom. The march against the pass laws was organised by … instead to be 'everywhere'. Although…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… carrying of passes by women to the prime minister, J.G. Strijdom. This famous march is celebrated and commemorated … instead to be 'everywhere'. Although…
EventPrime Minister, D.F. Malan retires
… at the age of eighty. He was replaced by Advocate J.G. Strijdom as prime minister and leader of the party. Malan, a …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… . 1957 May 27, In a letter to the Prime Minister, J.G.Strijdom , Chief Luthuli defines the aims and objectives of … the office of Prime Minister following…
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
… 1961, was held with the National Party (NP) under Adv J.G. Strijdom, registering a victory. The NP managed to secure 103 …
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… the opinions of DF Malan , Die Volkstem those of General JG Smuts , Die Vaderland those of General JBM Hertzog (and later NC Havenga), and Die Transvaler…
EventThe condition of Edwin Smith, the youngest baby in SA to undergo open-heart surgery, improves
… to undergo open-heart surgery. Edwin was operated at J.G. Strijdom Hospital by Professor Rob Kinsley, head of the …
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… Buildings and personally knocked on Prime Minister J.G Strijdom’s door to hand over the petitions. In 2012, a …
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… on 2 September 1958, following the death of Adv. J.G. Strijdom. On 3 September, in his first speech in parliament …
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… of the day. Brand used English administrators such as JG Fraser and JM Orpen, the Volksraad member for Harrismith, …
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, Verwoerd firmly …
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… Union Buildings to hand over a memorandum to Minister J.G. Strijdom. The Prime Minister was not in the City so the women …
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… and practised as an advocate until 1958. Prime Minister JG Strijdom died in 1958, and Verwoerd succeeded him. A change …
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
… a list including Jan Smuts , JBM Herzog , DF Malan , JG Strijdom , HF Verwoerd and BJ Vorster . When the current Arts …
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… then leader of the new (purified) National Party and J.G. Strijdom and C.R. Swart (provincial party leaders) at the … cell in parliament.9 Ardent Broeders…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… freedom songs, especially the famous “Wathint` abafazi, Strijdom! Wathint` imbokodo uzo kufa!” (Now you have touched the women, Strijdom! You have struck a…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… separate one. The Act was passed after Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom revised the Constitution of the Appeal Court and …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… of the 1956 march sang the now infamous ‘ Wathint’ abafazi Strijdom, wathint’ imbokodo, uza kufa”, translated, “you strike the women Strijdom you strike a…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… separate one. The Act was passed after Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom revised the Constitution of the Appeal Court and …
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… measures amounted to Passes with another name. Malan, Strijdom and Verwoerd all supported and perpetuated … and eliminating competition for Afrikaner votes…
ArchiveNational Womens Day: August 9: 1956-1982
… White poster with black lettering. 'Strijdom...you will be crushed' Black and white sketch of …
The fight against passes continues
… in the Transvaal went to the Union Buildings to protest to Strijdom, the prime minister, that we didn't want these … women from all over South Africa, black…
National Womens Day
… white silkscreen poster; graphic of women marching; text: Strijdom, You have tampered with the women, You have struck a …
EventThe National Anti-Corruption Forum is launched in Langa
The National Anti-Corruption Forum was launched by former Deputy President J.G. Zuma in Langa, Cape Town. The forum was born of a cabinet decision following…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… August 1942 after discussions between Sanlam’s MS Louw and JG van der Merwe in March 1941. Van der Merwe wrote to the … The monthly journal became the AHI’s…