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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 The case is later withdrawn because sufficient evidence … anniversary of the formation of the MK…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…
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…
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 …
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South African artists of all races’. The first iteration of Art South…
ArticleThe San
The San, the first people in South Africa The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. The San were also known as 'Bushmen', a term…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… of the Suppression of Communism Act by the government in 1950 enabled the state to increase its repressive measures …
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan Village outside East London in March 1961. The launch followed a…
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…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
On January 18, the world lost an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer Peter Abrahams died at 97 in Jamaica, where he has…
PlaceWindermere
… Town near the Ysterplaat airbase. The Group Areas Act of 1950 declared that the space be occupied by Coloured … Town near the Ysterplaat airbase. The Group…
Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990
… we understood that the banning of the Communist Party in 1950, was but a prelude to the suppression of all democratic … wrong to have enacted the Suppression…
ArticleGertrude 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…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… Prof. P.S. Dreyer (assistant) 1949-1952: Prof. E.S. Muller 1950-1963: Prof. S.P.J.J. van Rensburg 1952-1967: Ds. P.M. …
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
Apollo Milton Obote (some say Milton Apollo Obote) was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power in 1962 but was ousted by Idi Amin in 1971…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s, and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': Kruger…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… During the Economic and Building booms of the 1930's and 1950's , many Businesses Relocated to Braamfontein. Blocks of …
Document 79 - “What is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?”, Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned in …
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew CALL TO A NON-EUROPEAN UNITED FRONT! TO …
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from the Workers' …
Document 47 - “International Communist League Formed in South Africa”, International Bulletin of the International Communist League, New Series, 2, September 1934
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 47 - "International Communist …
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting …
Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. R. Roux, 10 October 1928
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 16 - Letter from Clements … South Africa's Radical Tradition: 1907-1950 v…
Document 1 - Keir Hardie, “Stoned in South Africa”, 1907
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned in …
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 90 "Hertzog's Native Bill …
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 85 - E. R. Roux, "The Native … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… When The Awakening of A People was first published in 1950, it was intended for the clarification of the real …
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… to become the Provincial President of the Transvaal ANC in 1950 and later Treasurer-General in 1969. Ntate David Bopape …