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EventSouth Africa allowed to compete in the Olympics again
After being banned from the Olympic games for 21 years, the Olympics Committee ends it ban on participation by South Africa. This allowed South African…
BiographyDulcie Howes
… established by her and her husband, Guy Cronwright, in 1950, left this country's dance community a price less asset. …
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
Dorothy Mary Benson – known as Mary Benson – was born on 8 December 1919 in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), where she received her early education…
BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
Humphrey Phakade ‘Pax’ Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). He was one of…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… the accused. The trial was postponed till 9 June 2003. 17 June, The treason trial of 22 alleged Boeremag members is … were behind the disappearance of vital…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… CPSA. First and Slovo’s first daughter, Shawn, is born. 1950 First and Slovo are among the first 600 to be ‘named’ … First delivers a speech at the Centre…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… which draws up a document on African Claims. 1942 17 June, Kotane and Sophie Human have their second son … in helping to organise the 1946 Mineworkers Strike…
BiographyHenry Burton
… (see: National Library, Burton Collection, MSC 8 10 (17) ‘Native Affairs’ folder). Several obituaries note that he …
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… Jacqueline Daane was born on 17 December 1937. A White South African, her first encounter …
BiographySonja Schlesin
… expressing the women’s intention of resistance. On 17 October, Gandhi led the Great March, which was a strike …
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… days before the Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 was approved in parliament in June 1950 and came into force on 17 July of that year. In 1950 the…
BiographyDorothy Adams
… basic teacher training where she qualified by the age of 17. Over time, Adams became disassociated from the church, … May, [online], Available at www…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… 1984.She continued with her political involvement and on 17 June 1986, she was arrested at her school under the State …
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… Debonair, Delightful, http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/07/dynamic-debonair-delightful/48330/. ↵ [vii]David van Lill, … Debonair, Delightful,http://www…
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
George Teboho Mokgalagadi, with his hair dyed golden, won a Paralympic world record gold medal 100m sprint in his first international competition at the…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… 72 28 8,178 12,094 293 n/a 56,491 Mar-02 68,878 72 28 17,783 29,877 48 n/a 38,953 Mar-03 79,694 n/a n/a 6,609 … Mar-06 79,696 n/a n/a 10,842 71,645 n/a n/a 8…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… on International Workers’ Day (also named May Day) in 1950. The CPSA, African National Congress (ANC) and South … (SAIC) passed a resolution to hold a strike…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… had always been near and influenced by missionaries. [17] Uitenhage was a dispossessed region devoid of Xhosa … (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2009),…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… Workers Union. African Municipal Workers Union. In 1950, Ponnen was the first person in then Natal to be banned … was one of the Vice Presidents until he was…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… and the transition to the apartheid regime in 1948, and in 1950, he and his family were forced to register as Coloured, …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD … 18 - Letter from C. I. R. Fortein to John Gomas, 29…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Nelson Mandela , I.C. Meer and J.N. Singh. At the age of 17, he left school to work full-time in the offices of the …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… In terms of the notorious Group Areas Act (1950), the following proclamation was made in June 1958: 'In … beer, or utshwala. The riots in Cato Manor began on…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC In 1950 the Communist Party, faced with banning under the … a lead from it in the struggle to…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… as President of ANC with the backing of youth leaguers 17 December, ANC adopts Programme of Action which abandons … the tactics of boycotts, strikes and…
BiographyChris Hani
… itself in response to the Suppression of Communism Act (1950). Ex-Communist Party members had to operate in secret, …
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… Cape after strike meetings were banned by the government. 17 protesters were killed, as well as an Irish Nun who was … in Johannesburg and other major city…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… home to become an administrator of tribal affairs. For 17 years he immersed himself in the local problems of his …
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… the junior school’s choir. Graduating from high school in 1950, Prof Khumalo then spent the next year working to earn …
PlaceClarens, Eastern Free State
Clarens, a small Town situated in the Eastern Free State which was established in 1912. The Village of Clarens, was a result of two Farms being sold: …