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EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… Artist George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began at school … Anon, George Msimang (1948 -2004 from African Art…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… where Albertina Sisulu was the only women present. In 1948 she joined the ANC Women’s League and in the 1950s she …
Chronology
… Dr. Y.M. Dadoo) begin passive resistance campaign (1946-1948) June 23 , Second National Anti-Pass August 12-15 , … by trial of communist for sedition,…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The Mozambique Liberation Front, popularly known by its Portuguese acronym, FRELIMO (Frente…
ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
It was...a way in which we could give real meaning to people's involvement; to once and for all take away this myth that MK is their highly trained,…
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… On 28 June 1948, Soviet forces had cut off all land access to the … [Accessed: 17 June 2014]|June 28, " On this Day: June 28, 1948 " , from timesonline …
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… with ease. The trams were to remain in service up until 1948, when increased private automobile use and a shift in …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom charter in 1955. 1980 SACTU declares the year as…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… People (NAACP), and Progressive Citizens of America. 1948 24 January, R.A. Pillay and R. Mahabeer, chairman of the … Natal-Transvaal border. They were…
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… Bantu Women`s League in 1931 to the ANC Women`s League in 1948. We also recall the Federation of South African Women … United Nations Universal Declaration…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… Bantu Women`s League in 1931 to the ANC Women`s League in 1948. We also recall the Federation of South African Women … United Nations Universal Declaration…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… The ascendancy to power of the Apartheid government in 1948 under the National Party (NP) took land dispossession …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… leaders in the then Union of South Africa. In 1948, the National Party under the leadership of DF Malan …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinning, St. Georges Hotel, City of Tshwane, 27 September 2005
Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much for your presence here today to support an important project - the South Africa-Mali Project…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… and the Apartheid state When the Nationalist Party won the 1948 election Afrikaners acceded to state power, and they … from the assumption of power by the…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… event as a proud accomplishment of the apartheid regime (1948-94) (Goodhew, xv-xvi). The South African government … 70). This initiative took place in full…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… 11, Colonialism, Capitalism and Conflict) and then, from 1948, to apartheid. At the same time, the transition was also …
EventWorld Health Day
… 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect on 7 April 1948, and therefore this date has been celebrated as World …
EventNamibia gains Independence
… request was turned down by UN, however, things changed in 1948 when the National Party came into power. The NP defied …
EventAlan Paton is born
… the Beloved Country, which was published in February of 1948, during a time in which he studied penal institutions in …
EventKing George VI is born
… 1947, as South Africa was preparing for the elections in 1948, King George and his family visited South Africa and …
Liberation
"We the marginalised people of South Africa, who are landless and land hungry, declare our need for all the world to know. We are the people who have borne the…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
Following on from Part 1, this article seeks to analyse some of the historical and present dynamics bedevilling ESKOM. Over the past twenty years, ESKOM’s…
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
When I got arrested it was through Winnie. I got arrested in Winnie’s car, and when I got to the island I talked to him about Winnie, very strongly, to say…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… In May 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the … or agreeing to submit to arbitration. On the 15th July 1948, a special general meeting of…
Address of the TMF Patron, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occassion of his Installation as Chancellor of the University of South Africa: UNISA Campus, Tshwane, 27 February 2017
Programme Director, Honourable Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Chairperson of Council and Members of Council, Vice-Chancellor and Principal…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… written a multitude of articles for various journals. In 1948, the University of Pretoria awarded Albertyn with a …
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… as a clerk at Lloyds in 1947. The two married in September 1948. Their marriage was prohibited in Botswana and escalated …
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… well as the local ANC branch when he moved to Kimberley in 1948. When the Defiance Campaign started in 1952, Letele …
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… of a retired army officer. They were married in September 1948. Khama’s Uncle Tshekedi ordered him to come home so that …