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South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… and Indian Congresses in the stay-at-home on June 26, 1950, in protest against apartheid, and then to the historic … activities to strengthen the Congress…
PlaceLeliefontein
… of sheep shearers and farm workers through the 1940's and 1950's. Add to that the beat of ' Boeremusiek'- ( Afrikaans …
PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
… coloured people and a few whites lived there! In the 1950's it was declared a “Whites Only” Suburb but people …
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
Hastings Banda was one of the more enigmatic “Big Men” of the post-independence era in Africa. He was Malawi’s first President and ruled the country for 30…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
Doornfontein is a Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, which means thorn…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… . In Cape Town areas affected by the Group Areas Act of 1950 include: ' District Six , Claremont , Constantia , …
PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
The discovery of the Witwatersrand Goldfields provided in 1886, the funds necessary to construct this building that was able to house the first Volksraad…
PlaceRustenburg
… since 1884, only erected a Church in 1936 and a Convent in 1950. …
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 92 " Communist Party of South … South Africa's Radical Tradition: 1907…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew PROGRAMME 1. Chairman's Address …
Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… Marriages Act of 1949, the Population Restriction Act of 1950, and other racial classifications. The most notable law …
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
Thirty-one years after being expelled, South Africa had its membership of the Football International Federation Association (Fifa) reinstated on 3 July 1992…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins and development of …
PlaceGugulethu Township
… along with Nyanga in the 1960's. The Group Areas Act (1950) reinforced the policy of land dispossession and …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… Youth League. He was expelled from the university in 1950 for his political activism, completing his degree at the …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… protest while studying at the University of Fort Hare in 1950 . Set to become a lawyer, and due to do articles with …
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… African enactment of the Suppression of Communism Act in 1950 had all the rhetoric of combating communism, but was … the slew of repressive laws at the…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Ganief [I-Ian3f] [1939-1954], Imam Armien Basadien [1950-1970], Sheikh Gamiet [Hamid] Gabier [1970-1973], Hadjie … at the South Beach [Port Natal, later…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… By this time, policies, such as the Group Areas Act of 1950, the Population Registration Act, No. 30 of 1950 , and the Abolition of Passes and the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… and charged under inter alia section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The case is later withdrawn because sufficient evidence … anniversary of the formation of the MK…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter Abstract: The Black Consciousness…
PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
… to the outside World and those abroad. In the early 1950's a planning committee chaired by Mr FE Mentz responded …
Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald,
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. …
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… it was declared a white area under the Group Areas Act of 1950, and by 1982, the life of the community was over. More …
PlaceLake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early 1950's out of the necessity to generate hydroelectric energy … Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early…
PlaceHotazel
Located around 60 kilometres north of Kathu and just as far from Kuruman, Hotazel is a tiny Northern Cape town that plays a crucial role in the manufacturing…
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
The struggle for freedom is a reckless, foolish and sacrosanct adventure—so believed Albert Luthuli, president of the African National Congress from 1952-1968…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
During the past week, the entire country has been united in mourning the fall of a giant of our struggle. Messages of condolences have come from all over the…