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… close Document 17 The Groote Schuur Minute 4 May 1990 The government and the …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… 9 May, Nelson Mandela begins a six-nation African tour. 17 May, An Anti-Apartheid Movement Rally is held in London to … axes and spears attacked passengers…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… to open up his creative mind to reach his full potential. [17] What is clear is that Dyani was restless, as he failed to … (13:3-4): 282. ↵ [11] Ibid. ↵ [12]…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee member of TUCSA. …
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… difficult for those living in sub-standard housing. Before 1950 the noted English naturalist, William John Burchell , … years been made to roll back this…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… of government, the Union Buildings, for the celebration of 17 years of freedom. The 27th of April is a significant day … of South Africans. The notorious…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… recognition to the Africans participating in the war. 15-17 December, At the annual ANC conference Dr. A.B. Xuma is … organizations that had supported the…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… Greg Marinovich, The Stand Image source The next day, 17 August 2012, women gathered next to the site of the … police, the government and the mine owners of…
EventJapanese submarines attack naval base in Madagascar
… available at: http://www.nhminiatures.com [Accessed 17 May 2010] Battle of Madagascar (online), available at: http://en.wikipedia.org [Accessed 17 May 2010]…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… 18 November in front of the Mining Commissioners’s office. 17 November, Government abandons the sale of stands on a … in Johannesburg, including No 469,…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… under 'security' legislation has been in operation since 1950, whilst restriction of persons under emergency … of support is shifted from the state to the…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… Geographic's February Issue. 1985 Magubane was shot 17 times below the waist at a student's funeral in …
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
The Mughal India 1526-1858 The Mughal Empire: government and society The Moghuls were a powerful Muslim family who came from lands that are today part of…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
Though first publicized as a respected medium for the liberation struggle in 1967, poetry and literary expression had been popularized throughout the 1950s and…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to fight discrimination…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… 1912-1990’[online] Available at www.sacp.org.za[Accessed: 17 June 2011] Congress of South African Trade Unions,(2008), … Available at www.cosatu.org.za…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… registered with the Registrar of Deeds for Natal on March 07, 1923 [No 8/1923]. The Trust's immovable properties are: * … Masjid are: Maulana Ghulam Mustapha…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… He became known as the “Father of Namibian poetry.” [10] 1950 Naro and his Clan: The Lost World of the Bushmen by … it was first published in its English…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… "History of Despotism" Series, The Torch, 30 January 1950; Ordinance 50, 1828; Selborne Memorandum on the Union of … House of Assembly, 13 March 1945; The…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
The first formal settlement of the Algoa Bay region took place in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the British…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
Introduction On 9 January 1973, workers at the Coronation Brick and Tile factory, outside Durban, came out on strike. Immediately thereafter, workers from…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… Leo Boyd (1947 - 49) Ken Clarke (1949 - 50) Percy Osborn (1950 - 54) RA Carte (1954 - 55) G Vernon Essery (1955 - 56) …
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… December, Moroka is elected president- general of the ANC. 1950 Moroka resigns from the NRC. 26 March, Moroka presides …
Polokwane an Overview
'Street soccer' game on a makeshift field, near Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. 2010. © Chris Ledowchowski The Limpopo Province was the scene of scores of…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… as defined by the Population Registration Act of 1950. The Zanzibaris were first classified by the South … roots in the African continent. 1961 Call of Islam…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… On 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to bring … this call was ignored by the North Koreans, on 27 June 1950, the United Nations (UN…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… nationalist liberation leaders such as Robert Mugabe . In 1950, he participated in student protests against the visit …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… of the Indian Immigration Law Amendment Act, Law No. 17 of 1895 , the Colony of Natal imposes a £3 ‘penalty' tax … State Republic, male suffrage is confined…
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape Seal lighthouse lies within the Robberg Nature … light on the South African coast, Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape…
ArticleThe New Group
… Battiss. Membership was attained by invitation only, and 17 artists were represented at the group's first exhibition, …