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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…
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… has a population of 2 019 023 million people, (21/07/2021). Guinea-Bissau’s Atlantic Ocean coast is composed of … has a population of 2 019 023 million…
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 …
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… wing of the ANC. In 1963, he was arrested and sentenced to 17 years on Robben Island. Ngoyi and Henry Fazzie joined Port …
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… Anon, (2007) 'Arthur Ash' from New World Encyclopedia , 07 May [online] Available at www.newworldencyclopedia.org …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… Tariq now was faced with making choices as a young 17 year old when as a result of his mother and father’s …
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road), was a Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now…
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… acting as arbitrator, decided in favour of Tsipinare on 17 July 1880, ignoring the Rolong custom of ratification by …
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… income as a domestic worker. Mzingaye died suddenly in 1950, when Steve was four years old. His mother subsequently … Neville Alexander Soon after midnight…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… – 1949 Chapter 3 University Chapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 Chapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance Chapter 6 … Chapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More…
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 … copies per issue, with an enormous…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… recognition to the Africans participating in the war. 15-17 December, At the annual ANC conference Dr. A.B. Xuma is … Council in the Union of South Africa…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
The President of the African National Congress Comrade President Zuma will be visiting Upington as part of the launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on the…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… a visit soon, http://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2013/07/30/penny-heyns-to-pay-roodepoort-a-visit-soon/ ↵ [vii] … a visit soon, https://roodepoortrecord.co.za…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
Bessie Amelia Head was born at Fort Napier Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa, the asylum her mother was committed to at the…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… of South African Women (FEDSAW) . FEDSAW was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. It was the brainchild of Ray … She was charged under the Suppression…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg as the first attempt to …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… that ensured privilege to a White minority. The vote on 17 June 1991 that repealed the legal framework of Apartheid … of four Acts, namely, the Population…
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… Shot in right shoulder Gasnola, Suleman Lansdowene 17 9.9.76 Shot in chest from side Gcwabe, Abel Daniso … to left leg. Died of haemorrhage Khubeka, Hilton…
Gallery
This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from 1900…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… clearly seen in the novel, Wild Conquest , published in 1950. He also clearly expressed this sentiment on British … Mine Boy (1946) The Path of Thunder (1948…
A growing urban African population
… three townships. By 1931, the population had increased to 17 000 growing to 26 000 in 1934. Consequently, Sophiatown, … that absorbed the majority of the new…
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 …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… to members of the South African Communist Party. June 26, 1950 The South African government passes the Suppression of … He helps to re-form the party in the…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… Von Schlieckmann himself was killed in battle on November 17 1876, to be succeeded by Alfred Aylward, an Irishman. But …
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt was born on 17 October 1945 in Swakopmund, Namibia. At the age of four …