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EventJames La Guma dies
… the South African Coloured People's Organisation from 1957-1959, dies in Cape Town. Source: Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New …
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… opening of the following parliamentary session in January 1959 announced plans for pressing ahead with the … of the Nationalist regime." Likewise, to the…
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic: Answers to Questions by May 1961
… Question: Do you advocate peaceful demonstrations for May 31? Answer: The South African Indian Congress is in full … should take place on the eve of republic…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… Available at www.africanhistory.about.com [Accessed: 31 August 2011] Schippke W. ‘Annabon Island (Pagalu)’ from … 425dxn.org [online] Available at www.425dxn…
ArchiveBiography of Tseko Simon Nkoli
… Simon Nkoli. Simon was born in Soweto on Boxing day in 1959 but grew up on a farm in Heilbron in Orange Free State. …
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… closest to his ideal and moved there with his family in 1959. He has lived in Jamaica ever since working as a …
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
… Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959, jailed for several years as a result of the PAC …
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… the war which continued for almost another two years. On 31 May 1902, the final treaty, the Peace of Veneering, was …
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from 1947 to 1 December 1959, then Acacia Park after the Port Jackson Willows growing …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… the Manhattan Brothers as a backup vocalist in 1954. In 1959 she left the group to join an all-female group called … her appearance in Come Back Africa,…
ArchiveInterview with Potlako Kitchener Leballo
… as its secretary general from its founding in April 1959, and later as its acting president in exile. A man of …
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… one of the accused. The Trial was relocated to Pretoria. 1959 Albertina is elected to be the treasurer of the ANC … in which blacks were instigated to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… Unlawful Organisations Act used to ban the ANC and PAC. 31 March, Four more regiments of the Citizens Force are … of University Education Amendment Act No 67…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… represented him until the peace was signed in Pretoria on 31 May 1902. The delegates at conference appointed five … colonies with 54 votes to 6. The peace…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… are open to the public. The sessions are: 15 February to 31 March; 1 to 31 May; 1 August to 30 September; and 1 to 30 November. The … are open to the public…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… led by Nelson Mandela would open in Cape Town on 11 April. 31 March, The ANC decides not to hold talks with the South … to attack Zulus and drive them out of…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… of George M. Houser, African Activist Archive . From 1959 to 1963 African Liberation Day was celebrated in …
ArticleThe Homelands
… and the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act, Act 46 of 1959, which separated Black people into different ethnic …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… and Orange River Police forces. With unification on 31 May 1910, colonial and city forces were still serving the … being prepared. In 1913 the Defense Act…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… 26 July 1886, and Pietersburg was officially proclaimed on 31 July 1886. By 1888, the railway from Pietersburg to … out in October 1899. The capitulation of…
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
… The state of emergency in Kenya which had lasted from 1952-1959, probably the longest in the history of Kenya, came to …
History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 1932 - 1949 History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 History …
EventThe SA government grants 'Independent' status to Venda
… of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' …
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… (accessed10/05/2016). ↵ [15] A. Mazrui & L. Mhando. Julius Nyerere: …
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… (accessed10/05/2016). ↵ [15] A. Mazrui & L. Mhando. Julius Nyerere: …
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… ↵ [vi] www.sowetanlive.co.za/goodlife/2012/07/31/history-of-zion-christian-church ↵ …
PlaceLesotho
… residents 295 literate District of Leribe ............. 31,434 residents 43 literate District of Thaba Bosigo ....... … and older are literate, compared to…
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) from 1957 - 1959 was born in Bloemfontein. He joined the Communist Party …
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone is born 23 March 1923
… when he signed for the English Club Coventry in 1955. In 1959 he was elected Europe’s best soccer player. He is …