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ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section…
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
South African History Online, the Wits History Workshop, the Department of History at the University of the Free State, the Department of Development Studies…
PlaceSteenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
… than 8 500 hectares in extent! Opening hours Office hours 07:30 – 16:00 Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools hiking …
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… the city carrying one passenger was stoned. On 29 January 1950 yet another clash between police and residents broke … ANC and CPSA called for a stay at home…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… Contents 1910-1950 Apartheid ideology and implementation from 1950 Conclusion 1910-1950 By 1950, the population of New Brighton had grown from …
Chronology
… Cape Town under Moses Kotane as national secretary May 15-17 , Deputation from the ANC and Congress of Urban Advisory … Front convenes conference December 28…
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…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… Main apartheid laws in broad outline The period of the 1950’s can be described as “Petty Apartheid” where … to the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… once more, to Grace Wanjiku (who died in childbirth in 1950), and he took up the post of principal at the Kenya …
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Repealed by section 20 of the Riotous Assemblies Act No 17 of 1956. The Asiatic Immigration Amendment Act of 1931 … 1950s Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… as result of a strong bond built up in exile post 1950. From the 1930s to the 1950s the CPSA engaged in mass … Bernstein and Brian Bunting. A banned…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
An Invaluable Historical Source The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of prose writers, novelists, playwrights and poets is recognized as…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… resulted in immediate arrest. Between 1948 and 1986, over 17 million arrests were made under the pass laws - an average … 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… almost on a war footing, against the unarmed workmen. 1950 27 March, 14 people are killed by South African police … as the Sharpeville Massacre . Sharpeville…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… as Santu Mofokeng’s Black Photo Album/ Look at Me, 1890-1950 and Penny Siopis’ My Lovely Day to much wider audiences. … Stevenson: Johannesburg and Cape Town…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… in Bengal 1946 Her political career began at the age of 17 when she was a high school student. The Indian community … the resistance, Doctors Dadoo, GM…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… and establish his authority away from his father. [17] This is how the Xhosa people extended their kingdom, in … accessed 17 June 2017, https://mg.co.za…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… Krugersdorp , where explosives had already been planted [17] . When Mfalapitsa left the building, the bombs exploded, … during Apartheid. Terrorism and…
ArticleDrum Magazine
The establishment of Drum Magazine in the 1950s, notwithstanding the newly-elected Nationalist Party’s policy of Apartheid, reflected the dynamic changes that…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… as administrative centre for surrounding region 1852 17-19 March, a full Volksraadvergadering (People’s Council) … pounds in 1944, and passes the 30-million…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… conference of Christian students in Des Moines, Iowa. 1920 17 June: Xuma graduates with an Honours degree in Science … is elected president of the…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… killed in air strike by Algerian forces. Aligeria January 17 2013 Algeria ANC enforced a 50% representation of women in … United Arab Emirates (UAE). United…
Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 58 - Letter from the Communist …
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… Makgatho’s illustrious political career was waning. On 17 June 1933, at a Transvaal Native Congress provincial …
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… (17 April 2016). ↵ [ii] Public Announcement of the ANC … (17 April 2016). …
PlacePeelton
… City and surrounding municipalities. We are open from 07:30 to 16:00, Monday to Friday. Our services are free of …
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
International political processes leading to the "Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa" can be traced back to the year…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… 1992: De Klerk announces that a referendum will be held on 17 March amongst the white electorate to test their support for the reform process. 17 March…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… that they would get their country back”. (WLD Capital case 17/7/22/1340). Having established the fact that the accused …