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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…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… of a young child. Neither of these lasted long. At age 17, Makeba became pregnant with a man named Gooli. He was a …
ArticleThe New Group
… Battiss. Membership was attained by invitation only, and 17 artists were represented at the group's first exhibition, …
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… in mourning for those killed in the Boipatong Massacre of 17 June 1992, the Bisho Massacre added to the bleak political …
ArticleBlack South African literature
The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… being banned under the Suppression of Communism Act (1950). Then, in December 1958, SOYA and the New Era …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
On 15 May 2004 in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, made an historic announcement: South Africa…
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…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… media outlets as mouthpieces to reach the masses. [5] In 1950, the apartheid government recognized the rising … Bunting was arrested and charged with a…
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…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… Mr. J.J. Page, the Mayor of Johannesburg at the time. In 1950, the Group Areas Act was passed and sections of Pageview …
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range
… and pinnacle rocks such as the Devil's Tooth. Until 1950, the Devil's Tooth was considered unclimbable, but on 11 August 1950 E. Scholes, D. Bell and P…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… A 17 year-old Indian flower seller was fined R24 or 60 days in … man was only found guilty on 12 counts and not guilty on 17. Too many wayward laws were…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) on 17 January 1996, deposited its Instrument of Ratification on … on 15 June 1947 and its constitution,…
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 … hidden from…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… labour appears in a report in the Durban Observer, 17 October 1851 at a meeting of citizens held at the Durban …
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… _and_Politics_on_the_Ganges_Intro.pdf+Mallah+%22Caste%22&cd=17&hl=en&ct=clnk Mangala - Barbers. …
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… on the apartheid television show, Police File. He was only 17 at the time. During his time in Angola, Anton began … exhausted Anton had positioned himself…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
… of 6 months 28 resisters served a total period of 5 months 17 resisters served a total period of 4 months 24 days 1 … Briardene - Riverside Puntans Hill 281…
EventThe Population Registration Bill is read for the first time
… process. The Population Registration Act (No. 30 of 1950) , promulgated on 7 July 1950, made the Group Areas, Immorality and Mixed Marriages …
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… [online]. Available at www.nelsonmandela.org[Accessed: 17 October 2011]South African History Online, ‘4 November’, … [online] Available at www.sahistory.org…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… established in Cape Town in 1977. Originally located at 17 Main Road, Mowbray, the facility moved to the old St. …
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… group that became known in South Africa as the BCM. From 17 years of age, up until his death on 12 September 1977, …
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area Prehistory of Southern Africa Lying just below the escarpment, Nelspruit is the capital of a region with important…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… ruling Socialist Party of France delivered a petition with 17 000 signatures calling for the release of Mandela, to the … under a banning order for the fifth…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
… and pinnacle rocks such as the Devil's Tooth. Until 1950, the Devil's Tooth was considered unclimbable, but on 11 August 1950 E. Scholes, D. Bell and P…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… In 1950 the apartheid government introduced the Unlawful … Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950 the African National Congress (Transvaal),…
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
… to be issued to all races. This Act was first passed in 1950. It defined racial groups relatively loosely. The …
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… and ‘is learned within the domain of labour relations’. [17] The mine workers thereby transfer this pidgin: as such, … . ↵ [15] Ibid. ↵ [16] Ibid. ↵ [17]…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… agenda through their music. The Group Areas Act of 1950 changed everything. Little did the Apartheid regime know … tolerance throughout South Africa and the…