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Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… the words of Hendrik Verwoerd, Minister of Native Affairs (1950-58) and Prime Minister of South Africa (1958-66), the … On four occasions between November…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial … to Politics. 14. Consideration of…
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… that of the crude oil extraction in the region. Since the 1950's, Oganiland had been dumped with oil waste, causing … head of the Nigerian operation at the…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… conference Gumede and La Guma travel to the Soviet Union. 15 April, At the Convention of Bantu Chiefs held under the … commenced on 30 September 1927. It was…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… Kerke in Suid-Afrika. (Bloemfontein: N. G. Sendingpers 1950), p. 140. [10] K. Van der Waal. “Bantu: From Abantu to … Legacy of Steve Biko and Black…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… them. It introduced the Suppression of Communism Act in 1950. However, in a determined reaction, the liberation … on which apartheid rested: Population…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… almost on a war footing, against the unarmed workmen. 1950 27 March, 14 people are killed by South African police … National Congress (ANC) in Matola,…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… on Grootvygenboom (high up in the Lulu Mountain ), some 15 miles from Thaba,Mosega. There he was cut off from all …
BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
… Oral History Review Advance Access, July 21, 2015, p.15. ↵ [xxx] You tube ‘The funeral of Hermanus Loots’ 6 …
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… and rapidly growing Black population. In 1852 there were 15 000 White settlers and 100 000 Black residents between the … the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… donations to allow Xuma to continue his studies. 1925 15 June: Xuma receives his four-year certificate in medicine … of Political Differentiations Based on…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… the city carrying one passenger was stoned. On 29 January 1950 yet another clash between police and residents broke … ANC and CPSA called for a stay at home…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… Contents 1910-1950 Apartheid ideology and implementation from 1950 Conclusion 1910-1950 By 1950, the population of New Brighton had grown from …
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 32 - League of African Rights, … pending a national Conference to be held…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… Cyril Ramaphosa called for a “five-point emergency plan” [15] to address GBV in South Africa (the full sitting can be … at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za…
BiographyLouis Botha
… A meeting of sixty representatives of the commandos met on 15 May 1902 at Vereeniging to ascertain the views of the … chief of the citizen force, General…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… program of doing three years of school in one. 1934 At 15 Abrahams is forced to leave school in order to work to … and a rift between Abrahams and Padmore…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… to challenge the restrictions of the Urban Areas Act. From 15 December to 18 December 1935 the All-African Convention …
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… death Age Date Cause of death Adams, Sandra Joyce Kew Town 15 16.9.76 Shot in front of head (ricochet) on 3rd floor … Shot through lungs from behind Finch,…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1940-1948
… at 9.34 a.m. 1947 September 1, Gandhi, started fast at 8.15 a.m. For Hindu-Muslim Unity. Broke fast at 9.15 p.m. on September 4. 1948 January 13, Gandhi,…
Article“Fees will Fall, Not Us”: A glance at Stellenbosch University
In Kadzamira Modjadji’s MatieMedia newspaper article about Fees Must Fall he quoted students who described the movement as revolutionary since protests against…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… the Communists and fought with them in the mountains. In 1950, Tsafendas was arrested in Portugal and interrogated …
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… place 1 July). Over 1.5 million shells are fired along a 15 mile front. 1 July 1916 The Battle of the Somme begins … of the most colossal slaughter of men in…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
An Invaluable Historical Source The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of prose writers, novelists, playwrights and poets is recognized as…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… Ivor Powell, ‘Africus Another Planet’, Mail & Guardian, 05 May 1995 ↵ [8] Kay Hassan cited in Sean O’Toole, ‘Bowie in …
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… Court's hearings are open to the public. The sessions are: 15 February to 31 March; 1 to 31 May; 1 August to 30 … deadlines are: The application must be…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… Executive Committee met in a special session today. (04.05.96) The Executive Committee received a report on the …