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ArticleA history of Kwaito music
This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, mbaqanga…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana , in the Transkei on 26 September 1936. During her infant years her father, …
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
… Magxagxa, the first man to die from the shooting here on 06 June 1960, the man who ironically was shot while hoisting … place to electrify three wards in…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… Japan declares war on Germany. Germany invades France 26 August, The Battle of Le Cateau, northern France - BEF suffers 7,812 casualties and is forced to…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… Women and children would also not be allowed to enter. 26 April, Natal Indian Congress meeting in which all … Valliamma Mudaliar dies of a fever contracted…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… conference of the SAIC was opened by J.X. Merriman on 26 January 1919. In his opening address the chairman, Sheikh … held aloft after addressing a Passive…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Mixed Marriages Act (1949), the Immorality Amendment Act (1950), Group Areas Act (1950) and the Group Areas Act (1950). This meant that many … and a…
ArticleThe San
… are in Namibia and have been radiocarbon-dated to be 26 000 years old. The San rock art gives us clues about their …
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 … the People , which adopted the historic…
PlaceBlaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand
… as Blaauwberg Provincial Nature Reserve by means of P.N. 06/2007 dated 2 Mar 2007. The City of Cape Town manages both …
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 …
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… that Passes be abolished they remained in place. On 26 May 1948 the Herenigde, or Reunited, National Party (HNP), … the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act in…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… to the ANC’S National Executive Committee (NEC) in 1950 and, in 1951, Mandela argued against a united racial … initiative of the SACP, inspired by Fidel…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… Goldstone, to monitor implementation of the accord. 26-27 October, A Patriotic Front Conference is held between … followed by a coalition government for up…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… to the 1963 Publications and Entertainments Act No 26; and second, because Dyani and the other members of the … to the work of ANC by using his musical…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… a more assertive and impatient attitude into the ANCWL. In 1950 rumours were also rife that the new government was … the anti-pass campaign. Women and the…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… a more assertive and impatient attitude into the ANCWL. In 1950 rumours were also rife that the new government was …
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… injured her husband on 30 October. November, Arrest of 26 men alleged to be Boeremag members. About 1000kg of … jurisdiction, claiming the government is…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… to Gilbert and Mary. He is the fifth of six children. 1950 Enrols in the Roman Catholic school (he grows up a … makes a televised appeal for a peaceful day…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… date on the basis of an item in The Cape Times dated 26 September 1902.'This date was generally accepted as … of the meeting at Kemp's Cafe, 71 Plain Street,…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… of the Hawks.[viii] Judge Essa Moosa passed away on 26 February 2017 at his Rondebosch East residence after … (26 February 2017). ↵ [ii]DA saddened by death…
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
Introduction
IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
Schlebusch Commission
… banned in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950, on 27 February 1973. In 1974, four senior NUSAS …
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) and the Immorality Act (1950), which made it illegal for people of different race … any time introducing the Population…
Indian Community
… India after completing their contracts. By 1910, nearly 26.85% indentured men returned to India, but most chose to … Ghetto Act paved the way for the Group…
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 … Available at: http://www.sahistory.org.za …
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… Tshuma, Leonard Mncube and C Makiwane were killed and 26 others were injured. Langa township was gripped by tension …