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EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… prominent opera singer in South Africa, was born on 23 May 1939, in Leipzig, Germany. The daughter of Frederick Dalberg …
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… When the Second World War (WWII) broke out in 1939, the OB opposed South Africa's involvement on the side …
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
… champions. The first-ever Currie Cup final was played in 1939. During the early 1900's the tournament was not played …
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
… World War which started in the early hours of 1 September 1939 when three German Stuka dive bombersshowed up …
PlaceHindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban
… Secondary School, was officially opened on April 12, 1939 by Sri Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. He was the first …
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… were made in manufacturing industry between 1933 and 1939. The number of manufacturing establishments increased by … industrial wages, with the real earnings…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… World War broke out with the German invasion of Poland in 1939. By 1941, the Japanese had launched a military strike on …
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… Karel Schoeman was born on 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free State. He matriculated from …
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on24 February 1939. …
EventWolraad Woltemade drowns at sea after saving 14 people from a sinking ship
… of South Africa instituted the King's Medal for Bravery (1939). In 1970, the Woltemade Decoration for Bravery was …
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party (Purified National Party). In 1939, the UP was split over the issue of South Africa's …
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… Sekoto to quit teaching and move to Sophiatown, where in 1939 he began painting full-time. During this time he …
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… an Agricultural School was started in the same year. In 1939, Grootfontein gained College status. The Grootfontein …
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… [online]. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/world/africa/sudan-agreement.html?searchResultPosition=5 …
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… of a Venetian palazzo. The property was bought in 1939 by Princess Ida Labia. It was declared a National …
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… was renamed Voortrekkerhoogte ("Voortrekker Heights") in 1939 by the government of the Union of South Africa , …
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… Oxwagon Trek of 1938. After the Economic Volk Congress of 1939, he was elected as chairman of the Reddingsdaadbond, an …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… United Front, Non-European United Front, Cape Town (1939) Document 117 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Statement of Passive Resistance Movement …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… Botha Sigcau, the Paramount Chief of Eastern Pondoland (1939-1976), accepted the limitations placed on his power by …
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… of T&GWU on the decision to embark on mass action on the 02 July 1996. The EXCO call on our members to within their …
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… came into the possession of the Cape School Board, who in 1939 attempted to have it Demolished. This was prevented …
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… (a weekly newspaper) writing film reviews from 1938 to 1939. She also wrote a series of articles on the South …
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… family and it remained in the hands of this family until 1939 when it was bought by the government of the Union of …
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… ↵ [4] https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/aug/04/guardianobituaries ↵ [5] …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions
… 2020), Available at: http://liliandabest.blogspot.com/2009/02/2-2.html [2] Abid Bahrami, “From dawn to dusk of …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… ttp://causesofthegreatdepressionfranklind.blogspot.com/2015/02/jobless-men-keep-going.html Accessed on 10 April 2021 …
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… Prime Minister on two occasions, from 1919 - 1924 and 1939-1948, General J.C. Smuts passed away at the age of 80 on … oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human &…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Durban . It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 1939 and became a Borough in 1952. In 1961 Amanzimtoti, … Durban. It was founded in 1928,…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
In March 2015 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Cape, launched a student movement, namely #Rhodes Must Fall which focused on the…
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… is worthy of study in its own right. The Second World War (1939-1945) was ever-present in the background. It was a …