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ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… 1950s. Among others, two pieces of legislation passed in 1950 played a pivotal role in enforcing residential racial … Africa. The first was the Population…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… Moshoeshoe II, aged 57, dies in a car accident on January 15; Letsie III is sworn in as king. 1997 Lesotho soldiers put …
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… Year Date Name Affiliation Place of death Description 1984 15 July Ngalo, Johannes (26) Parys Found dead in cell due … found hanged in cell. 16 August…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… a more assertive and impatient attitude into the ANCWL. In 1950 rumours were also rife that the new government was …
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… Mar-04 79,696 n/a n/a 11,432 48,825 n/a n/a 30,871 Mar-05 79,696 n/a n/a 10,634 59,345 n/a n/a 20,351 Mar-06 79,696 … 2012 [online], Available at www.pmg.org…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… African Women, becoming vice president in 1954. [6] In 1950, rumors of new pass laws were leaked to the press. In … East London, Cape Town and…
Chronology
… Coloured radicals form National Liberation League December 15-18 , Professor D. D. T. Jabavu and Dr. Pixley ka I. Seme … to Cape Town under Moses Kotane as…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… Inkululeko. When our Party was driven underground in 1950, Comrade Harmel's courage and loyalty to our cause did … conditions of illegality. It was during…
The War
… to Britain. The Boers lost over 34 000 people. More than 15 000 black people were killed. The British government was … Boers as they travelled. The sieges in…
PlaceRustenburg
… since 1884, only erected a Church in 1936 and a Convent in 1950. … Boer War” [online] Available at: www.jstor.org [Accessed 15 July 2010]|Davenport, T.R.H …
PlaceGugulethu Township
… Gugulethu is a township 15 km away from Cape Town. The name is a contraction of igugu … along with Nyanga in the 1960's. The Group Areas Act (1950)…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… Court is formally opened by President Nelson Mandela . 15 February, President Nelson Mandela announces he will not … South Africa wins the tournament,…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… to Britain. The Boers lost over 34 000 people. More than 15 000 black people were killed. The British government was … Boers as they travelled. The sieges in…
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…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… its members, the Lawrence Committee is dissolved in 1942. 15 May 1940 The Government established the Indian Penetration … indicate collusion on their part…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… several attacks unveiled on the MK launch date. By 1966, 15 deaths had been recorded as having resulted from the armed … to the ANC’S National Executive…
Schlebusch Commission
… banned in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950, on 27 February 1973. In 1974, four senior NUSAS …
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom…
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…
PlaceBishopscourt, Cape Town
… Gardens and getting to the city centre is a matter of 15 minutes’ drive. Maynard Park in Wynberg . These Gardens …
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Party (NP) that Sophiatown be destroyed. Between 1950 and 1952 each motion related to the destruction of … grow. When the NP government passed the Group…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… against AIDS at the 13th International AIDS Conference. 12-15 July, President Thabo Mbeki gives the keynote address at … present at the 14th World Conference…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… apartheid was the Population Registration Act No. 30 of 1950 . This Act divided the South African population into … other apartheid legislations were the…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… A Short History of Zanzibar. Annales Aequatoria, 13, 15-37 (p.34). ↵ [ii] Wolff, R. D. (1972). British Imperialism … A Short History of Zanzibar. Annales…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… election. The 1999 general election was open to more than 15 million registered voters, and it was contested by only 16 … votes was 251 320, and the total…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… and charged under inter alia section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The case is later withdrawn because sufficient evidence … meet with Chief Albert Luthuli who was…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… in the Isaac Ochberg Hall in District Six. By the mid-1950’s, fifteen branches were established throughout the Cape …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… of the Suppression of Communism Act by the government in 1950 enabled the state to increase its repressive measures … affiliation on the Witwatersrand…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… Passive Resisters continue to court arrest 1911 March 15, Natal, Transvaal and Cape Indians submit a petition … but to revive the passive resistance campaign…
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… of light materials? 14. Why did the Khoikhoi move often? 15. Why did the Khoikhoi and San make war? 16. What …