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BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
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…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the … Online: http://www.hsrc.ac.za…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… after 1994, is born in Lansdowne, Cape Town. 26 August, The state of emergency, declared after the … and charged under inter alia section 9(1) of Act 44 of…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… secretaries. A national work stoppage was organised for 26 June 1950 to protest against the newly-implemented apartheid laws. …
A growing urban African population
… By 1931, the population had increased to 17 000 growing to 26 000 in 1934. Consequently, Sophiatown, Martindale and … that absorbed the majority of the new…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… appointed to set up a British residency in the area. 26 March, Warden's troops, known as the Cape Riflemen, arrive … the convention is opened by the Mayor of…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… expressed his support for the movement in a speech made on 26 November 1913. London finally communicated its displeasure … Gandhi reached his goal and the…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… 18 - Letter from C. I. R. Fortein to John Gomas, 29 April 1950 Document 19 - K. A. Jordaan, "The T.A.R.C. Debacle", Discussion, 1,1 [June 1950] Document 20 -…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
The African National Congress, South Africans and the world at large continues to mourn the passing the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Comrade Nelson Mandela. The…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots, a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape, after…
Gallery
This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from 1900…
Stay-away!
… Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1950 there was a big protest against this law called the …
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…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… He became known as the “Father of Namibian poetry.” [10] 1950 Naro and his Clan: The Lost World of the Bushmen by … it was first published in its English…
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
… from all. This is the message and the call Ever since 1950, June 26 has become a special day in the calendar of the African … of their claims. The call What…
EventOlive Shisana is born
… town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the … Online: http://www.hsrc.ac.za…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… to having accumulated an excess of fluid in her lungs. On 26 February, Jeff Radebe was appointed as acting Health …
BiographyJan Smiesing
… 23 March 1701, Pieter Cornelis (van Leeuwen) baptised on 26 September 1706 and Margaretha Gertruy baptised on 18 …
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… acquired one at that.’ Arriving with his wife in Durban on 26 December, he was given a huge welcome in Natal. He met …
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… there. 1948 The Nationalist Party is elected to power. 1950 Hendrik Verwoerd is made Minister of Native Affairs. W.M. Eiselen is made Secretary of Native…
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 … London for ten days before arriving in…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… of the Unity Movement of South Africa. During the 1950’s education had become one of the principal terrains of …
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… amount to an illegitimate drain of taxpayers’ funds. [26] Zuma was embroiled in another scandal in 2010 following … February 2010. https://www.theguardian…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Act No 108 of 1991) The Aliens Registration Act No 26 of 1936 Provided for the registration and control of … 1950s Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… in its policies during the Annual National Congress on 26 June 1955 in Kliptown where the Freedom Charter was …
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… left PE on the 27th of July 1876 to establish a mission. [26] However, Isaac was sent home in December. It may be due … (Johannesburg: Wits University Press,…
Chronology
… August , Alexandra bus boycott (nine days) September 26 , Inauguration of Paul Mosaka's African Democratic Party … Acting Prime Minister Jan Hofmeyr address…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… African Women, becoming vice president in 1954. [6] In 1950, rumors of new pass laws were leaked to the press. In … East London, Cape Town and…