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BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
Born on the 3rd November 1933, community worker Florence Barbara Ribeiro was the fourth of five children. Her father, Henry Mathe, was a labourer in a Coal…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957,…
ArchiveAfrapix - Social Documentary Photography in 1980s South Africa by Amy McConaghy
ArchiveThe Black Conciousness Movement in South Africa in the late 1960s
The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the development of the Black conciousness movement in South Africa in the late 1970's and 1980.s
ArchiveSoccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries, 1960s
1960s, Soccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries.
BiographyJohn Collins
John L Collins was born on the 23 March 1905 in Hawkhurst in Kent, England. He was the youngest child on the four children born to Arthur Collins, a master…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe…
BiographySarah Carneson
Sarah Rubin, later Carneson, was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1916. Her parents were both immigrants; her father, Zelic Rubin, was…
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Roux
Edward Roux was born in the northern Transvaal in 1903, the son of an English mother and. an Afrikaner father. He grew up in Johannesburg, where his father…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1950 Jamiatul Ulama Natal, Durban 82 The Jamiatul Ulama Natal was founded in 1950…
BiographyGlenn Moss
Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School…
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not offered at the Van der Kemp Mission Primary…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
EventSuppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 severely limits what the media could report
Suppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950: One of the most infamous of all security laws during the apartheid era, it severely limited what the media could…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… Resistance to the pass laws intensified during the 1950s, and various protests took place. These included … aftermath of World War II and continued growing…
The Population Registration Act, No. 30 of 1950 is promulgated.
Document 19 - K. A. Jordaan, “The T.A.R.C. Debacle”, Discussion, 1,1 [June 1950]
BiographyEric Magamana Lubisi
Eric Magamana Lubisi was born on 11 October 1946 in Highlands, near Eastwood in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the only son and had five sisters. At…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… have been forced to adopt a different way of life. In the 1950s, several thousand San people were still hunting large … several years living with the !Kung…
"Apartheid Spells Disaster", Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party's National Conference, Johannesburg, 6 to 8 January 1950,29
BiographyJudith Mason
Born Judith Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938 in Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She matriculated from the…
Emma Thandi Mashinini
Emma Thandi Mashinini was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to Orlando in Soweto;…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa. His…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
Gerald Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kearney was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 28 August 1942. He was educated at Catholic schools and for some…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk was born in Vredendal, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… the first full-length published work of this kind. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was followed by several other … political Drum . Most of the best-known writers…
BiographyTheresa Solomon
Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945. Solomon lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked as a community…
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee was born to German and English parents in Cape Town on 9 February 1940. Coetzee spent his childhood in there, as well as in Worcester, a…
BiographyBenni Gwigwi Mrwebi
… scene and international recognition of African jazz in the 1950s and 60s. …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… Mugabe became involved in nationalist politics in the late 1950s. In Ghana, Mugabe took himself as a Marxist and …