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EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
A 90 year old Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community worker in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, received the Order of the Baobab in Gold for her "exceptional…
EventTrevor Manuel predicts SA economic growth
… in the coming year. "Our outlook for fiscal year 2005/06, which begins on April 1, would see growth in excess of 4 …
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… and the transition to the apartheid regime in 1948, and in 1950, he and his family were forced to register as Coloured, …
References and links: Local History
Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria:…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
QUESTION 1: HOW WAS AFRIKANER NATIONALISM PROMOTED IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE 1930s TO 1940s? Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… against a threat posed by the DA march, in the morning at 06:00 at the South Gauteng High Court. This is necessary in …
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… (address, occupation etc.) Aba, Lickard Act No. 44 of 1950 (Suppression of Communism Act) Section 9 (1) 28 April … 1967 31/8/1968 Kentani Abraham, Eric…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
ANC Deputy President, Secretary General and Treasurer General will on Tuesday lead the movement`s election campaign in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free…
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… African science, s2a3.up.ac.za/bio/Main.php, as on Tuesday 06 May 2008. …
BiographyChris Hani
… itself in response to the Suppression of Communism Act (1950). Ex-Communist Party members had to operate in secret, …
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… the junior school’s choir. Graduating from high school in 1950, Prof Khumalo then spent the next year working to earn … ps://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… and landowners. A second son, Fabio, was born in 1950. In about November 1953 the family moved to Rome, where …
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… ALBERT LUTHULI ORAL HISTORY COMPETITION MULDERSDRIFT, 03-06 OCTOBER 2014 DAY ONE (Friday 03 OCTOBER 2014) Afternoon …
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… Makaziwe in 1948 who died at nine months old, Makgatho in 1950 and Makaziwe in 1954. [12] Mandela’s mother also …
BiographySydney Kumalo
It is appropriate that the final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a Zulu "imbongi" or praise…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… Steyn commenced practice as an advocate at the Cape Bar in 1950, after clerking to the later Chief Justice Ogilvie …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… the NP in the Senate. He rose to Cabinet level in 1950 as Minister of Native Affairs. He began to slowly …
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… had passed away by then. The notorious Group Areas Act of 1950 , the 1956 Treason Trial , and the arrest of Nelson …
Programme for the High-Level delegation hosted by the African National Congress in Tshwane & Johannesburg from 18 - 22 October 2015
… Private supper Home in Erasmia WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2015 06:00 Departure for Cape Town 10:00 Meeting with Portfolio …
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction through peaceful demonstrations. Workers are also allowed by legislation…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
Bessie Amelia Head was born at Fort Napier Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa, the asylum her mother was committed to at the…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
The African National Congress, South Africans and the world at large continues to mourn the passing the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Comrade Nelson Mandela. The…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots, a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape, after…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… ----- From: chris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 06 November 2006 01:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: … Lynn From: Carolynn Sent: Wednesday,…
Gallery
This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from 1900…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… clearly seen in the novel, Wild Conquest , published in 1950. He also clearly expressed this sentiment on British … Mine Boy (1946) The Path of Thunder (1948…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… there. 1948 The Nationalist Party is elected to power. 1950 Hendrik Verwoerd is made Minister of Native Affairs. W.M. Eiselen is made Secretary of Native…