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BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
… 1948 - Tate Gallery, London, South African Art Exhibition 1950 - Pieter Wenning Gallery, Johannesburg, Retrospective …
BiographyJonathan Clegg
… visits contravened the provisions of the Group Areas Act (1950) he was arrested. It was at this stage that Clegg met …
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… who had been Mphahlele’s classmate at St Peter’s. In the 1950’s, Mphahlele wrote a series of stories published in Drum …
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
Liz Adriana Abrahams (nee Joseph) was born on 19 September 1925 in Paarl, in the Western Cape. She was born into a large family of 8 children, and attended a…
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… you fight,” he said of joining the liberation effort. In 1950 he completed his law degree at the University of …
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
David Goldblatt, one of South Africa’s most famous documentary photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… and was party to the Torch Commando campaigns of the early 1950’s protesting the unconstitutional Separate …
How the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… The cornerstone of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to prevent interracial contact ‘as far as possible’ … as legislated by the Population Registration Act (30…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately … ANC starts to follow a militant approach for its cause. 1950 The African National…
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…
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… More than just a rapper, https://hiphopafrican.com/2016/02/06/tumi-molekane-more-than-just-a-rapper/ (6 February 2016). … More than just a rapper, https:/…
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… More than just a rapper, https://hiphopafrican.com/2016/02/06/tumi-molekane-more-than-just-a-rapper/ (6 February 2016). … More than just a rapper, https:/…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… in the Isaac Ochberg Hall in District Six. By the mid-1950’s, fifteen branches were established throughout the Cape …
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… of Trade Unions, and the ANC to defuse the situation. On 26 July 1946, he wrote to all the members of the Natives … ANC activities and expansion. The Final…
Working principles
… Front's National General Council. Session 1 held on 06 April 1985. …
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… including Oliver Tambo , Sisulu's successor. The period 1950 -1952 began with a commitment to militant African … economic exploitation and social degradation…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… American crisis http://www.americancrisis.us/docs/2013_06_23_081249_0_zulu_stick_fighting_by_mari-heleen_coetzee.pdf … American crisis http://www…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… In 1950 the apartheid government introduced the Unlawful … Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950 the African National Congress (Transvaal),…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… almost on a war footing, against the unarmed workmen. 1950 27 March, 14 people are killed by South African police … The South African police in the Vaal…
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
… Die uur van die rooi maan (The hour of the red moon) from 1950 also originated in his novels. The biblical themes …
BiographyAlex la Guma
… declared an illegal party by the Nationalist Party (NP) in 1950 and la Guma was listed under the ‘Suppression of …
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… Doornkloof, near Irene close to Pretoria, on 11 September 1950, after suffering a coronary thrombosis and several heart …
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… (address, occupation etc.) Aba, Lickard Act No. 44 of 1950 (Suppression of Communism Act) Section 9 (1) 28 April … 1967 31/8/1968 Kentani Abraham, Eric…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… of Clerkship. The training was to last three years. On 26 April 1909, The Transvaal Leader reported: “ An …
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… arrest to the world in a special press conference on 26 January 1983. Following his deportation to South Africa, …
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… survived the bombing, and went on to continue her work. [26] While in Sweden, Mabuza’s work not only consisted of … [06 December 2016]. Upton, E. M. & Mabuza…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… “here, the bomb is an ordinary, daily, phenomenon.” [26] While in Spain, Krige initially felt removed from South … van Heyningen and J. A. Berthoud: Uys…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
Including Qondiswa James, Mbali Williams, Mihla Hanise, Anya Isabel, Kas and Hunter Hosted by Didintle Ntsie Filmed 5 September 2020 Broadcasted 6…
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… during December disturbances Bakubaku, Golden Nyanga 26.12.76 Killed by migrant workers Balnardo, Gary Sandy … Shot in chest from front Barnes, Sydney…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… Springbok, http://lizmcgregor.bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/06/22/the-first-muslim-springbok/ (22 June 2015). ↵ [iii] … Springbok, http://lizmcgregor.bookslive…