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ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1920-1929
… Calcutta and sentenced to pay a fine of Re. 1/- on March 26. Somebody paid the fine without Gandhi's knowledge and …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…