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ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… in Pietermaritzburg (1946-49), he won a scholarship in 1950 to study at Camberwell School of Art in London, with a … was married to his first wife, Jean…
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…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
One morning, in the middle-class suburb of Johannesburg where he lives, David Goldblatt found his camper van on bricks. "Someone had stolen the wheels during…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
It is with deep sadness and regret that the African National Congress has learnt of the death today (12 September 2004) of Ray Alexander Simons, a champion of…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
The Cape Dutch Homestead known as Stellenberg has played many roles during its long and interesting History – Farm dwelling, manor House, Country Retreat,…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
This Building has since been given over to the National Cultural History Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 September…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, 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. …
Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois”, Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade …
Document 4 - “The Great Native Strike”, “ The International, 27 February 1920
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 4 - "The Great Native Strike", …
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… as an appendix to this article. The Banning of Marxists In 1950 the government passed legislation banning movements that … under the terms of the Suppression…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
This article was written by Skylar Jayes and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectAbstractThe Federation of South…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Africa. Youth in South Africa Born in South Africa in 1950, Barry Gilder was raised in a White South African …
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
South African Indian Council (SAIC) In 1961, Indians were officially recognised as a permanent part of the South African population and the Department of…
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting …
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
Popular violence in the decade between 1984 and 1993 is well documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
… transverses the Municipality and was the scene of the 1950 – 1962 Mpondo Revolt. The Municipal Area is furthermore …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Themes to Think About This Feature has shown how working…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… this dichotomy is made evident: Mbatha Elizabeth (b.1950) Double turkey jar Through Gowenius, [Azaria] Mbatha …
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… 27 524, however more dwellings were being built! Between 1950 and 1974 state housing developments proceeded at some … area as per the regulations of the…
The strangulation of activity
… ORGANISATIONS HRC, January 1989 1. Chronology of bannings 1950 One of the first restrictions on freedom of opinion and … association imposed by the…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… Act enacted by the Union Parliament over six years ago in 1950 may be described as the high water mark of the Union’s … Asiatic Land Tenure Laws Amendment…
The melody of freedom
… made instruments out of reeds. It became popular in the 1950's, thanks to the film Magic Garden, in which Willard …
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 60 - Letter from the Workers' …
Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, “Closer to the Proletarians of the Colored’ Races!”, The Militant, 2 July 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, "Closer to …
Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October 1931
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 39 - Statement by S. P. … Radical Tradition a Documentary History Volume 1…
Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The All-African Convention came into …
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… before a full bench of five judges and, on the 14th March 1950, the court, by a majority of three to two, upheld my …
PlaceUmlazi
… and ‘Asian’ suburbs in terms of the Group Areas Act (1950). African Durban residents were to be moved and …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… for 30 years, he was appointed to Malan’s cabinet in 1950, given the portfolio for Post and Telegraphs. His … Indians and Whites still played cricket…