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ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in …
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
John Jacques William Aitchison was born to Harold Aitchison and Phyllis Jacques, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 2 June 1944. He was brought up by his…
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…
Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1949-1950
A Survey of race relations in South Africa in 1949-1950 and includes chapters on: Rights and duties of liberals in South Africa; Institute activities and their…
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…
”Listen, White Man”, flyer by Mac Maharaj, 1960s
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
… Khama (1960). Returning to South Africa in the mid-1950s (thus ending her partnership and deeply personal …
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 …
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… literary expression had been popularized throughout the 1950s and earlier 1960s. The end of the fifties brought about … entertaining stories published in…