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… colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western … across Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State. 1950s South African music came into International prominence … and Letta Mbulu gained fanatical followings. Later in the 1950s a new black urban music culture started to emerge in …

… war effort in Europe, North Africa and Asia. This forced people in the rural areas to move into the urban centres to … government policy of separate development, the number of people in urban areas rose dramatically. While the economy … had limited participation in political activities of the 1950s. It openly threw its support behind the demonstrations …

… and worse. However, in the location of Waaihoek black people drew up a petition which they submitted to the Town … also pushed for more stringent measures to control black people. As a result a new pass law aimed at black in rural … to require permits or passes for African women until the 1950s. Although laws requiring such documents were enacted in …

… As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the  African National Congress … was rocked by the events of 21 March in Sharpeville where people had gathered to show the police that they did not have …  into a hopeless position. It had been conceived on the 1950s model of resistance and it was doomed to flounder in …

… of this promising wealth was that a great number of people left their farms, rural homes and other towns in South … not only gold seekers. From its early beginnings, some people realised the potential benefits of opening a business near the mines. Such people were the AmaWasha, Zulu laundry washers, Zulu …

… of South African history. While slaves and the indigenous people, the Khoisan, faced great challenges during this time … Dutch, we see a number of instances  where these oppressed people begin to organise themselves. This is in defiance of … The period is marked by the introduction in the early 1950s of a series of landmark pieces of legislation, …

… African liberation history. On this fateful day, Black people congregated in Sharpeville, a township near … of emergency, giving security forces the right to detain people without trial. Over 18 000 demonstrators were … Frescura. The Suppression of Communism Act, passed in the 1950s gave the government the power to ban publications that …

… allows sojourners To deny us our land Crying that we the people Should pay to get our land back We cry for the … national struggles such as the anti-pass campaign of the 1950s, the struggles around the rejection of the homeland … struggles continued to feed into national campaigns of the 1950s and 60s, they did not lead to broad-based organisation …

… The organisation only accepted Afrikaans speaking white people as part of their organisation. The membership of the … ORGANISATIONS USE AGAINST THE APARTHEID REGIME AFTER THE 1950s? SOURCE 3A  Below is a source which illustrates … to fight against Apartheid in South Africa during the 1950s  (b) Satyagraha (1 x 2) (2) A peaceful manner of …

… practiced slavery introduced the system to the Cape. Those people that opposed the colonization and occupation of their … East Africa, Madagascar and West Africa. Many of these people were skilled artisans, such as silversmiths, … as political prisoners or exiles. It was one such group of people that were brought to the Cape of Good Hope. The first …

… formation the group was less concerned with the plight of people involved as they were with the corrupt alteration of … identity searching within the organization throughout the 1950s, the majority of the members were generally unconcerned … this stigma did not remain, as the Pass laws  in that late 1950s became severely enforced and the Black Sash stepped up …

…  Born into South Africa’s White community in the 1950s, Gilder followed the African National Congress into … to hit back by all means in our power in defense of our people, our future, and our freedom.” [i] Barry Gilder was … The policemen, fearing a violent crowd, killed sixty-nine people and injured one-hundred-eighty. [ii] This was later …

… these. The existence of suburbs like Sophiatown, where people of all races, including poorer White people, mixed … answer to an urgent need. They moved there in the early 1950s, living in barracks that were partitioned off into … in Lenasia, in 1955, was nonexistent. Until the later 1950s, houses in Extension 1 had no piped water, electricity …

… of a South African Academy, where a strong and united people may meet. 1 MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, the launching of … displayed such ineptitude at its very first trial that few people, and certainly no South African artist, can feel the … the love of art ... it fosters the national spirit of the people and is an inspiration to patriotism. A great deal, …

… clash with those who favoured the Congress of the People approach to the struggle which declared that South … against the pass laws from Monday 21 March. He called on people to leave their passes at home and present themselves … together with other leading members of the PAC. More people are detained in Pretoria, Durban and East London. 23 …

… The second group of indentured labourers arrive. 24 people died on the journey from suspected cholera. Badshah … wife, collapses during the 1929 disturbances. 1930s-1950s Nicol Square, bounded by Grey Street, Commercial Road, … Indian School in Clairwood, Durban, is established. 1950s Grey Street is the scene of a taxi war involving gangs. …

… African liberation history. On this fateful day, Black people congregated in Sharpeville, a township near … of emergency, giving security forces the right to detain people without trial. Over 18 000 demonstrators were … Frescura. The Suppression of Communism Act, passed in the 1950s gave the government the power to ban publications that …

… declares a State of Emergency and arrests over 2 000 people. At lunchtime, an estimated group of between 30 000 … "hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our freedom". 20 December, The … prevents her from visiting any area where Black people lived and communicating with any listed or banned …

… he said.6 One can scarcely comprehend the struggles of the 1950s outside this context of democratic decline. The … officials to play God and classify (and declassify) people according to what officials perceived to be an … since the beginning of the nineteenth century, but the 1950s race laws segmented the country’s dissection into …

… division of labour in the industry was striking. By the 1950s, Coloured women constituted over 30 per cent of the … of Voters Act No. 46 of 1951 which removed Coloured people from the voters’ roll. Throughout the 1960s Bibi … of the FCWU’s creation of “union schools” in the early 1950s, with the support of a number of political activists …

… the government-appointed Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted in 451 deaths. 3 907 people were injured. The police were responsible for 2 389 … in resistance. It was estimated that at least 250 000 people in Soweto were actively involved in the resistance. …

… been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from the 1950s to today, when she continues to promote equality in … was part of an intentional process to strike all non-white people from the voters' roll. Outraged by the corruption of … of the Black population. The police were removing the people from their homes and forcing them to move into …

… saw the SAIC objecting to the proximity of Coloured people to an Indian area in Newlands, Cape Town. The council … new system whereby half the members were elected by Indian people. The SAIC was still without legislative powers and … and it became the biggest Indian political rally since the 1950s. This was followed by mass leafleting, press statements …

… This was shown during the Second World War when Afrikaner people were split between the pro-German and pro-British … segregation based on race. This became evident in the 1950s as the government passing a series of legislation that … decolonisation across the African continent began in the 1950s, Britain felt the pressure to relinquish control of its …

… school, many described Nortje as very reserved. Not many people would be able to detect that he protested racism and … the Group Areas Act (1950). This meant that many Coloured people, including Nortje, represented an illegality and Black … of Coloureds in apartheid South Africa. Because Coloured people usually enjoyed privileges that other Africans did …

… named were Europeans, Coloured, and Natives. Coloured people and Natives were also subcategorized according to … up to adjudicate disputed cases. Documents were issued to people based on the racial group they were designated. Identity cards were issued to all people over the age of sixteen which accorded authorized …

… Art in Africa Today. Other national exhibitions in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s had included the works of one or two … in 1965, attracted a racially diverse crowd of about 1 000 people to the Durban Art Gallery opening. Judges curated a … According to the Natal Daily News , more than 17 000 people saw the 1973 showing – several thousand more than …

… then detained in Booysens in Johannesburg. A total of 27 people from Pietersburg died in the war. Corporal Vercuiel … sub-economic houses for blacks and initiated a scheme for people to be able to build their own houses. A curfew from … the Transvaal Provincial Library Services. In the mid-1950s, Pietersburg had two cinemas, one each for English and …

… not entirely without precedent. The security laws of the 1950s and 1960s served as clear models for the Terrorism Act. … Between the law’s enactment and 6 February, 1968, 91 people were detained under this act, 38 of whom served … documents to serve as evidence if they were acquired from people, places, or archives associated with an organization …

… apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Zulu people South African citizenship and attempted to confine … are more than 45 million South Africans, and the Zulu people make up about approximately 22% of this number. The … between the Zulus and the settlers took place. The Zulu people obviously saw Natal as their tribal homeland and only …