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EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… On 26 February 1915, Elisabeth Eybers was born in Klerksdorp, in … (The other thirst), 1946. Tussensang (In-between song), 1950 Helder Halfjaar (Bright half…
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… Coal Oil and Gas Corporation) was formed and registered on 26 September 1950. The company has developed world-leading technology for …
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 … ps://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… and landowners. A second son, Fabio, was born in 1950. In about November 1953 the family moved to Rome, where …
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. Ngoyi became …
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… ALBERT LUTHULI ORAL HISTORY COMPETITION MULDERSDRIFT, 03-06 OCTOBER 2014 DAY ONE (Friday 03 OCTOBER 2014) Afternoon …
ArticleList of passenger on the Truro, 16 November 1860
… Missing 32 F Unknown Madras 23 Iyalamdum Page Missing 26 F Unknown Madras 24 Poinamah Page Missing 5 F Unknown … 25 Chelloyee Page Missing 1 F…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… World War and its impact 1939 Aliens Registration Act No 26 is passed James Calata tours the union in the hope that … meets with the Minister of Justice. …
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… founded the Boer republic of Natalia (1840-1843)). [26] Immigrants from England landed a decade later. [27] The … Franca of the mining community,” Mining…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… of International Action against Apartheid in Stockholm 26 June Delivers a Message to the People of South Africa 29 … at the 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro,…
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 to Tom Mann," 26 December 1922 … 26-12-22…
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…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… Makaziwe in 1948 who died at nine months old, Makgatho in 1950 and Makaziwe in 1954. [12] Mandela’s mother also …
BiographySydney Kumalo
It is appropriate that the final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a Zulu "imbongi" or praise…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… Steyn commenced practice as an advocate at the Cape Bar in 1950, after clerking to the later Chief Justice Ogilvie …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… the NP in the Senate. He rose to Cabinet level in 1950 as Minister of Native Affairs. He began to slowly …
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… had passed away by then. The notorious Group Areas Act of 1950 , the 1956 Treason Trial , and the arrest of Nelson …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… at the gift of the State? I answer emphatically, NO!” 26 June, The ANC’s Transvaal branch holds a mass meeting to … of Justice. To read the report of the…
Programme for the High-Level delegation hosted by the African National Congress in Tshwane & Johannesburg from 18 - 22 October 2015
… Private supper Home in Erasmia WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2015 06:00 Departure for Cape Town 10:00 Meeting with Portfolio …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… day the district was declared a ‘White area’ under the 1950 Group Areas Act of the Apartheid government. Before the … 56% of the district’s property was …
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… of this daily paper, and the first issue was published on 26 July 1915. Die Burger was originally published in Dutch, … of the National Party of South Africa…
BiographyWilliam Cock
… paddle-wheeled steamer of” 175 tons burden, 90 ft long and 26 ft. in beam, able to carry 30 tons of cargo and had …
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction through peaceful demonstrations. Workers are also allowed by legislation…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… Farm Security Administration (FSA). During the 1940's and 1950's documentary photography in America expanded to popular … Africans as participants in the…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… house arrest under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘1971,’ fromO’Malley, … Available at www.sahistory.org.za , [Last…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… Riebeeck festival. The Campaign was in fact launched on 26 June 1952 by the ANC and South African Indian Congress. …
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… by the Congress of the People in Kliptown on June 25-26, 1955. A major task of the Federation in succeeding years …
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… [20] The National Day of Protest was held on June 26, 1950. It was the first nationwide strike. Both Africans … Online. (2012). Jean Clarice Middleton…
BiographyWangari Maathai
… Available: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/26/wangari-maathai-nobel-winner-dies ↵ [xliii] Books … Available: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
Ron Press was born in 1929. His father a cinematograph operator became the secretary of the Cinematograph Workers Union, a post he held for over 20 years. He…