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PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… is a Suburb of Soweto . It was founded in the early 1950's during the Apartheid era to accommodate Black … Africa, is a Suburb of Soweto. It was founded in…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories.[i] She was also described as a passionate and…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
Early History Few Southern African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of the world as have the South amaNdebele of the central highveld, an area…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) both announced plans to tackle the pass laws for…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Tradition: A documentary history, Volume one 1907 - 1950. Christopher A.J. (1994) The Atlas of Apartheid . …
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
A series of legislations were passed by the NP led government in the 1950s as it sought to deal with dissent and entrench apartheid. Leading political…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… the banning of the South African Communist Party(SACP) in 1950, the Sharpeville massacre in 1961 and the subsequent …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.' So runs the song composed to mark this historic occasion. By the middle of 1956…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… and a rift between Abrahams and Padmore begins to develop. 1950 Wild Conquest is published. 1952 The London Observer, …
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
IntroductionDecember 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… the tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. 1950 The Group Areas Act, the Population Registration Act, …
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
In the late 1950s Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie…
PlaceMtubatuba
… swamp began and Mtubatuba became an official Village in 1950. Responsible for much of the Town's battle with water is … swamp began and Mtubatuba became an…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… were replaced with flat concrete roofs. Since October 1950 a larger restoration process started which included the …
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is a West African nation bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon. The earliest indigenous population of this country…
PlaceAlgeria
… (or province) different from most of its colonies. In the 1950's, the 'Front De Liberation Nationale', (FNL) led a …
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the AAC, February 15, 1936 46
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews …
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… African film industry for the Cape Times between 1937 and 1950. While she was in Johannesburg, Gutsche enrolled for a …
PlaceDullstroom, Mpumalanga in the Emalaheni Municipality District
Dullstroom dates back to the 1880’s and was name after its Dutch founder, Wolterus Dull, and the many Rivers found in the Area, hence the suffix- ‘stroom’,…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… in. In 1949 interracial marriage was made illegal. In 1950 cities were divided into districts by race. By 1951 …
Bibliographical Data
… The Awakening of a People (Johannesburg: People's Press, 1950). Dr. A. B. Xuma wrote "Extracts from the Life Story of … now complemented by Class and Colour…
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… of flowers in Summer. This Pass was built in about 1950. It still remains a challenging drive even in 4x4 …
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… media outlets as mouthpieces to reach the masses. [5] In 1950, the apartheid government recognized the rising … Bunting was arrested and charged with a…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Mixed Marriages Act (1949), the Immorality Amendment Act (1950), Group Areas Act (1950) and the Group Areas Act (1950). This meant that many Coloured people,…
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
On 20 June 2016, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria will host a colloquium on South Africa’s ‘long 1970s’, defined…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi …
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… by the British government for thirty years. On 13 November 1950 the British asked Khama to renounce his chieftancy, and …
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at the age of 76 after a 30 minute performance for Roberto Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama…