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Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… in the harshest and most threatening of situations.The main focus of Cole’s photography was his commitment to humanity. From the late 1950s until 1966 he…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… a prominent member of the APO who played a key role as the main organiser of the TLSA’s founding Conference under the … the league began withdrawing from the…
2002 Introduction By Jordi Martorell
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Lessons of the 1950s addresses all the main questions of revolutionary strategy and tactics and …
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… them to be undisciplined and weak. In Johannesburg in the 1950s, crime was a day-to-day reality, and Sophiatown was the … they considered to be their own…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… were black (98%) and Tswana-speaking (93%). Ganyesa is the main town of the Barolong boo Mariba community, a faction of … as a native reserve, with an area…
BiographyChris Hani
… of the ANC's leaders in the Treason Trial (1956) as his main motivation to begin participating in the struggle for …
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to …
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… and children in White concentration camps Click here for a chronology on Black concentration camps. …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… house, one Mr Lavisa. Mbeki excelled at school. The mid-1950s were the years in which the nationalist government … states had gained their independence from…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… country and disrupt the negotiations. References: UNHCR, ‘Chronology for Europeans in South Africa’, [online], …
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… in international action Click here, to read SAHO's Chronology on United Nations and Apartheid. …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
… established the Matsieng Development Trust, a body whose main purpose was to encourage and promote rural development … L.E. eds (1999) Southern African…
BiographyHarry Garuba
Harry Garuba was born in Akure, southwestern Nigeria, in 1958. [1] At the young age of seventeen he was accepted to study English at the University of Ibadan…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… also continued his service to the community and the main highlight was the Ponnusamy family’s commitment to the …
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… that Coloured politics took another direction in the 1950s. Before the introduction of Apartheid, there were … movements. Its activities were concentrated on…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… problems, known as CODESA. Gender equality was one of the main arguments among these multi-party conferences. With the … president of both the ANCWL and FSAW…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… the rights of Black people in South Africa. However, the 1950s and the early 1960s, showed the intension by the South … leading to the decision to take up…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… to new measures passed by the apartheid government in the 1950s. One of the factors that loomed large in the general … a year earlier. The May Day protest…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… War-priest or war-doctor Second to chief in times of war Main adviser to chief Doctors the army for protection … to rebel. [76] Makhanda lived 1.5km away…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… 1. Pieter G. Cloete (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: A chronology. ABC Press, Cape Town, p.331. Benneyworth, …
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… then in 1956 or today. Issues that concerned women in the 1950s can be described as 'bread and butter' matters, such as … as early as the 1930s Afrikaans…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, mbaqanga/maskhandi of the hostel dwellers, bubblegum … slums and mensetaal (People's language…