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PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… area before the Group Areas Act was put into place in the 1950’s. …
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
At the height of apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand imposed a blanket ban on virtually all visits by sports teams from South Africa. The move by New…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… [online] Available at www.southafrica.info [Accessed: 06 July 2011]|Anon, (1997), ‘ANC Daily News Briefing’ from … [online] Available at www.e-tools…
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… regarded in many quarters as an accomplished cellist. In 1950 Pack founded the Young South African Chamber Orchestra …
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 24 November 1950. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was established on 2 April 1944, by Anton Lambede (who became the League’s first President), Nelson Mandela,…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… unsuspecting, peaceful demonstrators on May 1st, 1950. The violence of that murderous act was the violence of … Congress, called on the masses to action. And…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
… victories with a horse named Chez Monty in 1949 and 1950. [iv] Endnotes [i] C Barends (Charlie), …
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against…
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… a banning order under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 when he was banned by the government only a month before …
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
Journalist, short-story writer and actor William (Bloke) Modisane was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Modisane left South Africa in 1959 and while in exile…
Fighting Talk
… was edited over a period of several years in the mid-1950's by Ruth First. The focus of the content was largely on …
ArticleThe missionaries
Missionaries arrived in Pondoland in 1830 when Faku, the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from 1818 to 1867, allowed Wesleyan missionaries to establish a mission…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… group as defined by the Population Registration Act of 1950 . The Population Registration Act categorised South …
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the Passive…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… Congress (the ‘Doctor’s Pact’ ). Political campaigns In 1950, when the CPSA, the Transvaal and Natal Indian … moment in the struggle against apartheid came…
EventJody Scheckter
… On 29 January 1950 Jody David Scheckter was born in East London, Eastern …
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… but the court learned that she had left South Africa. In 1950 the ban on "mixed" marriages was followed by an …
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign was planned in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the African…
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… (The other thirst), 1946. Tussensang (In-between song), 1950 Helder Halfjaar (Bright half-year), 1956 Versamelde …
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… In 1949 mixed marriages were banned in South Africa. In 1950 the act was followed up with a ban on sexual relations …
PlaceBonteheuwel
… of Cape Town. This was a result of the Group Areas Act of 1950, were the land was divided into: blacks and whites … of Cape Town. This was a result of the…
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… were charged with contravening section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The case was later withdrawn because there was no …
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… Gas Corporation) was formed and registered on 26 September 1950. The company has developed world-leading technology for …
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
Location: back to this day in history search archive During the summit conference organised by non-racial labour unions at Langa, Cape Town, Trade Union…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950. Strijdom pushed for the establishment of a republic, …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… Address at the Opening SAIC Conference, 16 September 1950 (pdf) Dr James Moroka Address to ANC meeting in …
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… February 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/06/jacob-zuma-apology-affair-khoza ↵ [24] Pumza Fihlani,2012. … February 2010. https://www…