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BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… clearly seen in the novel, Wild Conquest , published in 1950. He also clearly expressed this sentiment on British … Mine Boy (1946) The Path of Thunder (1948…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
The 1980s saw escalating state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of back-to-back states of…
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…
Gallery
This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from 1900…
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
… at school; twice he jumped years and he matriculated at 15. He was too young to go to university, so he did an extra …
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
… to move much further north. His people, now numbering some 15,000, streamed out of the Marico valley, and after crossing …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… milestone in the history of the Congress movement. I was 15 years old then, and not really very conscious. I don't …
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from …
EventThe Korean War ends
… without warning and attacked South Korea on 25 June 1950. A SA fighting squadron, No 2 Squadron, known as Cheetah … and 545 men of the S.A. Air Force and 23…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, was elected the ANC’s…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… CPSA. First and Slovo’s first daughter, Shawn, is born. 1950 First and Slovo are among the first 600 to be ‘named’ under the Suppression of Communism Act…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… Kotane attends school for the first time at the age of 15, he feels ashamed when he is taught by the younger more … be the basis of all ANC actions until its…
PlaceChad
… - present Idriss Déby Itno Heads of Stat e 13 Apr 1975 - 15 Apr 1975 - Noël Milarew Odingar 15 Apr 1975 - 23 Mar 1979 … (Accessed the 30.05.2016). BBC News…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… senators. Commenced: 10 July 1936. Repealed by section 15 of the Representation between the Republic of South Africa … 1950s Immorality Amendment Act, Act No…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… there. 1948 The Nationalist Party is elected to power. 1950 Hendrik Verwoerd is made Minister of Native Affairs. W.M. Eiselen is made Secretary of Native…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… supporters. Shortly after the party launch on 8 January 1950, Nkrumah called on the people of the Gold Coast to push …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… of Law from the Glasgow Caledonian University. 12-15 July, President Thabo Mbeki gives the keynote address at … To read the ANC’s election manifesto click…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… The cornerstone of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to prevent interracial contact ‘as far as possible’ … as legislated by the Population Registration Act (30…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… 1955. This was a large, colourful and exciting event. In 1950, 26 June had been declared Freedom Day. In May 1950 the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… Nelspruit Extension Two and West Acres were established in 1950, and Extension Three came into being in 1954/5. … than 16000 people in paid employment in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… These agreements are signed in the “ Pretoria Minute ”. 15 August, Troops are deployed in three densely populated … that it is postponing its national…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… a stroke. Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela died on 15 May 2020 at the age of 67. At the time of his death, he … . (Accessed on 05 June 2020) Paget-Clarke, N. …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… 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…
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… Freedom , New Series, 1, 5, 1 November 1948 Document 15 - "Ruth First , "Progress in Unity Talks: African … 18 - Letter from C. I. R. Fortein to John Gomas,…
PlacePlumstead
… Cape Town-Wynberg suburban Railway reached Muizenburg on 15 December 1882, and included a Railway Station at …
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. … to the bosses, and we left the premises…
PlaceThe Space Theatre
… 2017, https://theatreofsurvival.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/a-bigger-photographic-studio/ ↵ [v] Ibid ↵ [vi] Ibid ↵ … 2017, https://theatreofsurvival.wordpress…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… election and begin to institute apartheid policies. 1950 Nelspruit Extension Two and West Acres are established. 1950- 1970 A mini population boom began in…