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ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… a more assertive and impatient attitude into the ANCWL. In 1950 rumours were also rife that the new government was …
Schlebusch Commission
… banned in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950, on 27 February 1973. In 1974, four senior NUSAS …
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Party (NP) that Sophiatown be destroyed. Between 1950 and 1952 each motion related to the destruction of … grow. When the NP government passed the Group…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… apartheid was the Population Registration Act No. 30 of 1950 . This Act divided the South African population into … other apartheid legislations were the…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 1983 210 15 07 1984 217 13 08 1985 259 23 07 1986 204 11 06 1987 208 08 OS 1988 212 11 06 1989 207 10 09 1990 190 13 15 1991 06 06 1992 15 03 The Darul…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… Farm Security Administration (FSA). During the 1940's and 1950's documentary photography in America expanded to popular … Africans as participants in the…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… Workers Union. African Municipal Workers Union. In 1950, Ponnen was the first person in then Natal to be banned … was one of the Vice Presidents until he was…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… on International Workers’ Day (also named May Day) in 1950. The CPSA, African National Congress (ANC) and South … (SAIC) passed a resolution to hold a strike…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… differently from other Indians. Source: Gov. P.S. 15/12/06, vol. 951, Transvaal Archives. The humble memorial of the …
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… catalogued the final campaigns of the organisation in 1950, when demonstrations were organised against the shortage …
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… ANC activities and expansion. The Final Decade In March 1950, just three months after being defeated in his bid for a … a press release published in the…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… on the Coloured population included the Group Areas Act of 1950, the Population Registration Act of 1950 and the Separate Representation of Voters Act of…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… based on doctrines of racial discrimination" on 2 December 1950. On 1 April 1960, The Security Council of the UN, in its …
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… that clamped down on the Defiance Campaign. In June 1950 the government passed the Suppression of Communism Act …
ArticleGrade 5 term 1 timeline: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… in the Eastern Cape and taken to a South African Museum 1950 Several thousand San people were still hunting …
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… on the Coloured population included the Group Areas Act of 1950, the Population Registration Act of 1950 and the Separate Representation of Voters Act of…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… the school held a special 'Mafukuzela Day’ in 1950. In time, this became 'Mafukuzela Week', with figures …
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
The COSATU Executive Committee met on Friday, 24 May 1996 in its second ordinary meeting of the year. Below are some of the decisions taken by the Executive…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… Institution Press, 1973. Charney, Craig. "Pixley Seme '06: Father of the African National Congress." Columbia …
Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa (FATSSA)
… were published under the sponsorship of the society. By 1950, over 150 companies were affiliated with the Federation …
PlaceLazanou Wine Farm
Josef Lazarus and Candice Stephanou bought the farm in May 2002 when it was operating as a wholesale indigenous plant nursery. At the time it had just one…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… Pact (the Three Doctors Pact) is made. 1950 Indian stand owners start renovating the cottages on … and are removed to Orlando. The Group Areas Act is passed…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… Members like Moosa Moolla actively participated in the 1950 May Day strike, in protest against the passing of the … of Communism Act. On the 64th Anniversary…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… the area and the population is between 45 000 and 50 000 1950 The Group Areas Act, the Population Registration Act, … the only source of income for…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… ministers. Documents covering the period up to the end of 1950 are accessible to the public. There are well-established …
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
1870s-1880s Discovery of a reliable water source. "To the present generation Currie's Fountain is but a name which marks the recreation grounds below Botanic…
Nelson Mandela Family Tree
… 1948 aged nine months) Magkatho Lewanika Mandela (born 1950, died 6 January 2005 aged 55) Pumla Makaziwe Mandela …
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
Civic organisation also experienced problems in organising across the racial divide. Initially the emerging civic organisation in African township and coloured…