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ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… 1880-81 Dutch declare war and gain independence from Britain. 1882 Volksraad authorised Piet Joubert to … Struggle feature). 1955 Creation of the Freedom…
BiographyJames la Guma
… Guma decided once more to retire from active politics in 1959. He was nevertheless arrested with the declaration of a …
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… training course at RAF Abingdon. After his training in Britain, he was seconded to the Royal Navy. He started his …
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
… (uncle to Seretse Khama ) of the then Bechuanaland went to Britain in 1951 to negotiate for his return home, Benson …
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… published The Path of Thunder. It did not come out in Britain until 1952. Abrahams went back to South Africa in … closest to his ideal and moved there with…
BiographyGideon Mendel
… Gideon Mendel was born on 31st August 1959 Johannesburg, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the …
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… freedom between his release at the end of 1957 and May 1959, when a new ban confined him to the Lower Tugela …
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… of George M. Houser, African Activist Archive . From 1959 to 1963 African Liberation Day was celebrated in Ethiopia, South Africa, Ghana and by African…
BiographyHenry Burton
… a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and fought in the Battle of Britain. He is said to have crashed his plane deliberately …
BiographySonja Schlesin
… Gandhi and his wife, Kasturba , left with Kallenbach for Britain hoping to meet with Gokhale. Before departure they …
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… to empty her own bucket. She then decided to leave for Britain, where her younger sister, Ramnie, had gone into …
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… stay away was a success. The TIC also played a big role in 1959 in the Potato Boycott. For this campaign we concentrated …
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… against South Africa dates back to the late 1950s. In 1959, the Anti-Apartheid Movement which played a significant … role in fighting apartheid in South…
EventLaurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
… Tribune. Bloomfield became the first person from outside Britain to be awarded the Encyclopaedia Britannica British Press Picture of the Year award in 1959…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… one of the most repugnant systems in the 20th century. Britain took over the Cape in 1795 and, after relinquishing … of 1899-1902 (now referred to as the…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Jimmy Maxwell and Salif Walla, the first Communist MP in Britain. Dadoo’s sudden introduction and interest in Marxist … the 4 September 1939 Parliamentary…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… Army. The group performed all over the world, namely in Britain, Israel, and Norway. After a long battle with …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… for Lodnon where studied for two years. While she was in Britain, she sang in various roles with a touring company for the arts council of Great Britain. On…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… he oversaw the Extension of University Education Act of 1959, which enforced separate universities for the different … and also revealed that a Russian spy…
PAC office bearers
… PAC Presidents from 1959 - present President Period Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe 1959 - 1962 Zephania Mothopeng 1986 - 1990 Clarence Mlamli …
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… The couple had two sons: Mbekezeli Simon Mkize (born 1959) and Mafika Jeremiah Mkize (born 1960). Life Under the … ("Since 1959, the South African government…
ArticleBalfour Declaration
… should have, and Hertzog asked for no subordination to Britain. The declaration finally stated that: Britain and the dominions were autonomous communities…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… at Lovedale Academy was interrupted by a strike in 1959, he completed his studies at home. He later moved to Britain where he completed a Masters degree in…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… The Africanists broke away from the ANC and in April 1959 constituted themselves as the Pan Africanist Congress … PAC, accusing them of being divisive and…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… Abraham and Alida Sachs-Eban. His parents moved to Great Britain while he was still a child. After graduating at … until his election to the Knesset (Israeli…
BiographyMadi Gray
… drive a car for her. Before she left South Africa for Britain, in early 1972, she was involved in the renaissance …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… their children’s safety, she was asked to go into exile in Britain. While Goldberg was in prison, Bodenstein sustained …
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… 1959-1960: Formation, Sharpeville and Banning For many years … confrontation, they decided to break away, and in March 1959 the Pan Africanist Congress …
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… brought to the fore sharp differences over allegiance to Britain leading to a fracture in white South African … homelands where Blacks were ‘allowed…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… ships and planes. In 1944, a huge Allied army crossed from Britain to liberate (free) France. Then Allied armies invaded … showing a newspaper with the…