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BiographyBisho Jarsa
Article by Sandra Rowoldt Shell, University of Cape Town. When Neville Alexander used to visit his maternal grandmother Bisho Jarsa as a boy, he never…
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
… progressive aspects". "When I joined the NIC in the 1950's that time socialism was working in overseas countries. …
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would…
BiographyMolly Fischer
… on 1 October. After the banning of the Communist Party in 1950 it reconstituted itself as the South African Communist …
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
Dr Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (more popularly known as Dr Monty Naicker) was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do businessman, and his…
BiographyLeigh Davids
… of black transgender sex workers. She was a sex worker for 26 years and was still active in the industry at the time of …
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
… Special Report, ‘Amnesty Hearings: Eugene De Kock,’ 26 July 1999, … Special Report, ‘Amnesty Hearings: Eugene De Kock,’ 26 July 1999, …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… 1948 26 May, DF Malan 's National Party government follows up its … the tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. 1950 The Group Areas Act, the…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… returned to the Transkei just before its independence on 26 October. For refusing to take part in the Transkei …
BiographyJames Kantor
… James Kantor was born on 26 February 1927 in Johannesburg to Abraham Kantor, a lawyer … Apartheid Prison Memoir Retro-Review from StreetPixWords, 26 April. …
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
Mary Butcher Turok is the wife of the anti-apartheid activist, parliamentarian and Professor Ben Turok, who played a prominent role in the writing of the…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… Available at http://samilitaryhistory.org[Accessed: 06 June 2011] Anon, (n.d.), ‘Building of Delagoa Bay railway … [online] Available at www.sahistory.org.za…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… his side both in his private and public life. On Saturday 26 March some sources 27 March 1960, Albert publically burned … Sharpeville victims and the…
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
… Fort Hare 02:80 - 05:53 - Need for ANC Youth League 05:53 -06:86 - Youth League programme of action 06:86 - 08:40 - Career as a doctor 08:40 - 10:22 -…
BiographyJohn Collins
… organisation formed to fight poverty around the globe.In 1950 he raised funds in order to organize meetings in London …
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… of the 1948 Votes for All Convention, and in March 1950 he participated in the Defend Free Speech Convention as …
Thoko Phillip Mamogobo
… section nine of the Suppression of Communism Act No.44 of 1950 . This created a logistical nightmare for Mamagobo who …
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… Bram was "named" under the Suppression of Communism Act in 1950. Nevertheless, on 2 November the next year he was …
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
Eleanor Kasrils was born in Scotland in 1936. She came to Durban as an infant. In March 1960, Ronnie Kasrils, later, her husband, visited Durban, to visit his…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… Special Report, ‘Amnesty Hearings: Eugene De Kock,’ 26 July 1999, … Special Report, ‘Amnesty Hearings: Eugene De Kock,’ 26 July 1999, …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… South African history that Sisulu led his political home. 1950 January, The ANC, together with its alliance parties, … that all non-whites were to stay away…
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…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… (1921 - 22) W Gilbert (1922 - 24) TM Wadley (1924 - 26) HL Buzzard (1926 - 28) A Eaton (1928 - 29) Rev. A Lamont … Leo Boyd (1947 - 49) Ken Clarke (1949 - 50…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… December, Moroka is elected president- general of the ANC. 1950 Moroka resigns from the NRC. 26 March, Moroka presides over the Defend Free Speech …
ArticleSilverton Siege
… bank hostage, moving them into a corner cubicle. 1:30 – 06:00: As the focus of the siege is on the ground floor, bank …
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… Africa [online] Available at www.justice.gov.za[Accessed: 06 July 2011] Anon, (n.d.), ‘What happened on July 15’from … [online] Available at www…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… nationalist liberation leaders such as Robert Mugabe . In 1950, he participated in student protests against the visit … Africa on the 25th Anniversary of the…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… ----- From: chris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 06 November 2006 01:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: … [mailto:[email protected]] Sent:…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… (last accessed 06 September 2018) …
BiographyMiriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba was born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg, during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, was imprisoned for six months…