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EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
Following the adoption of a Programme of Action in the 1949 annual congress, the ANC began the 1950s with mass action campaigns marked by boycotts, strikes and…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 45 - Letter from the …
Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
ABSTRACT OF THESES This thesis highlights the ebbs and flows of the Indian minority's struggles against the systematic and unjust segregation of mankind…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… A national work stoppage was organised for 26 June 1950 to protest against the newly-implemented apartheid laws. …
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… simultaneously as ambassador to the United States from 1950 until his election to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) …
A growing urban African population
… that absorbed the majority of the new arrivals. By 1950, the population of the Western Areas as a whole had …
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… the convention is opened by the Mayor of Bloemfontein. 1950 18 March, The University of the Free State is founded. …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… including Oliver Tambo , Sisulu’s successor. The period 1950 -1952 began with a commitment to militant African …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His middle…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… are enforced; outdoor exercise is only permitted between 06:00 and 09:00, food and service deliveries operate between …
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… With rapid expansion, the institution changed its name in 1950 to become the University of the Orange Free State – …
PlacePlumstead
Plumstead was developed on the site of an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The Cape Town-Wynberg…
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of …
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of …
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 46 - Letter from the …
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… such as the African National Congress (ANC). By 1950, the ANC's Programme of Action was implemented, which …
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was jailed, but when the CPP swept the 1951 …
EventThe first recognised AIDS cases are reported in the USA
On 5 June 1981, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) reported that 5 gay men in California were suffering from a rare pneumonia (Pneumocystis…
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew THE WORKERS PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA …
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. …
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… of a special notice of the Group Areas Act , passed in 1950, the Nationalist government whittled down the boundaries …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… Party of South Africa (CPSA) was virtually outlawed in 1950 by the introduction of the Suppression of Communism Act …
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
Photography is the common language of modern history. It’s everywhere; and everyone, in some way, understands it. No institution presents and parses that…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… units, and 1742561 units by 1945, to 4083752 units in 1950, after which Eskom set up substations and became the … pounds in 1944, and passed the 30-million…
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference When the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) was formed in…
EventOlive Shisana is born
… town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the …
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
… the 1913 Natives Land Act. The threat of relocation in the 1950's forced some of the Griqua families to identify as …