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BiographyOscar Mpetha
Oscar Mpetha was born at Mount Fletcher in the Transkei in 1909 and in 1934 sought work in Cape Town, where he was employed as a dock worker, waiter, hospital…
”Listen, White Man”, flyer by Mac Maharaj, 1960s
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… The experiences of Sophiatown's community in the 1940s and 1950s have been captured for posterity by Can Themba , Bloke … of Sophiatown and the stiffening of…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in …
BiographyMoebien Wadee
Moebien Wadee was born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied medicine at Glasgow University in…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan Village township. He attended Welsh High School in East London where…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… account of his time in jail, was published. 1950 The 1950s was the decade in which the African National Congress … with massive treason trials for those who…
BiographyPeter Nkutsoeu Raboroko
Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko was born in 1917 in the Orange Free State where his father was employed as a farm laborer. He grew up in the slums of Sophiatown in…
ArchiveU.C.T. Ballet better than London, December 1950
Indian Opinion Vol.48 No.9 Mar 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.9 Mar 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.4 Jan 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.3 Jan 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.2 Jan 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.1 Jan 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.8 Feb 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.7 Feb 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.6 Feb 1950
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.48 No.5 Feb 1950
Document 64 - Progressive Forum 6 , Johannesburg [June 1950]
ArchiveFighting Talk Volume VIII Number 3 March 1950
Fighting Talk - organ of the Springbok legion
ArchiveFighting Talk Volume VIII Number 1 January 1950
Fighting Talk - organ of the Springbok legion
ArchiveFighting Talk Volume VIII Number 2 February 1950
Fighting Talk - organ of the Springbok legion
Jonathan Berndt 8 November 1950 - 11 September 2010
BiographyLutchmee Marie
Lutchmee Marie (popularly known as Aunty Doris) was born in 1923 in Mooi River but grew up in Clairwood. Her mother worked as a domestic worker, washing…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… an active role in the ANC's Defiance Campaign in the early 1950s, as the organisation in Natal had not been developed …
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
… Khama (1960). Returning to South Africa in the mid-1950s (thus ending her partnership and deeply personal …
BiographyJonas Mosa Gwangwa
Jonas Mosa Gwangwa was born in 1941 in Orlando East, Soweto. The young Gwanga was one of many musicians mentored by Alto Saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi. He then…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
Professor Stanislaus (Stan) Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni was born on 13 September 1933 in Natal, (now kwaZulu-Natal). He studied at some of the best…
BiographyKay Hassan
Kay Hassan was born in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra in 1956. His mother brewed traditional beer at a shebeen, defying apartheid laws and repeated…