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BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… state telephone provider, Telkom “announced its sale of 15% of its stake in Vodacom (a mobile phone operator).” …
BiographySydney Kumalo
It is appropriate that the final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a Zulu "imbongi" or praise…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… Steyn commenced practice as an advocate at the Cape Bar in 1950, after clerking to the later Chief Justice Ogilvie …
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… had passed away by then. The notorious Group Areas Act of 1950 , the 1956 Treason Trial , and the arrest of Nelson …
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… been moved there a few months before. He was released on 15 October 1989, at the age of 60. On his release, Kathrada …
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… of all races. On the 64th Anniversary of May Day, in 1950, the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) called for … celebrated as Freedom Day in the future…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… ANC starts to follow a militant approach for its cause. 1950 The African National Congress (ANC) begins the year with … government introduces the Suppression…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… a notable obstacle for the government to overcome. [15] The significance of the unemployment problem was all the … a R9-billion fund with an aim of reducing…
Citizenship and Justice: rethinking Political Theory and Political Philosophy
… La Salada Market, Current Anthropology, Vol. 56, 2015” 05 May, Seminar and Workshop with Carlos Forment 11-1pm: …
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… [online] Available at www.samilitaryhistory.org [Accessed: 05 July 2011] Anon, (n.d.), ‘Otavi Namibia’ from Namibia …
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… of the reputation of Makhanda amongst the amaXhosa. [15] These are some of the primary textual sources that … University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2012), p26 ↵…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… in engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand . [15] However, he quit his studies a few months later, stating … SMWX, YouTube, 24 December 2023. [13]…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… objecting to the statement made on 17 October. 1946 15 March, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Trading Act is amended … Pact (the Three Doctors Pact) is made…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… including Oliver Tambo , Sisulu's successor. The period 1950 -1952 began with a commitment to militant African … but this was suspended for two years. In…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her … . (Accessed on 15 November 2020) Pregs Govender. (n.d)…
The Hawks letter to Pravin Gordhan by Berning Ntlemeza (Politics Web), 28 February 2016
… FOR RESPONSE TO INVESTIGATION QUESTIONS: BROOKLYN CAS 427/05/2015 Our telephonic conversation on 2016-02-18 refers. … that would have happened without your…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… BP = Before present, calculated backwards from the date AD 1950 4 000 000 BP Australopithecus: 'southern ape'. These … 115 000 BP Homo sapiens present in…
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…
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…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… unity based on rejection of apartheid. On the morning of 15 November 1988, an ex-policeman, Barend Hendrik Strydom, …
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… social change through non-violent methods was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther shaped and …
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… management” -Wits SRC statement [101] issued on 28-05-2015, According to the statement: “On the 27th of May … the law.” – Wits SRC statement [101] issued on…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… Pan-Africanism, and the Language of Non-racialism’, 15. ↵ [9] Ibid, 16. ↵ [10] Neville Alexander, ‘100 Years of …
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… – 1949 Chapter 3 University Chapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 Chapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance Chapter 6 … 13 A negotiated release Chapter 14 Out…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… income as a domestic worker. Mzingaye died suddenly in 1950, when Steve was four years old. His mother subsequently … was charged. He was given a sentence of…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… additional classrooms were provided by the beginning of 1950. [xxxix] Even though the school was granted additional … thereof. [xliv] However, because of the…
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… day the district was declared a ‘White area’ under the 1950 Group Areas Act of the Apartheid government. Before the … left standing were places of worship…
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… in accordance with provisions of the Group Areas Act of 1950. Following the proclamation, blacks were prohibited from … from which blacks were barred. This…