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A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… became the secretary of the Union after I was banned in 1950 and also secretary of the Rope and Mat Workers Union. K. … and continued harassment by the…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
The 1940s were characterised by changes that had a profound effect on the political landscape in South Africa. There was closer cooperation between the CPSA…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… times, the Congress leadership had held off from it since 1950-51. Moreover, the one-day strikes in 1950-51 had been essentially regional in character -…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
When the story of the founding of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth League — is told, usually it is only Anton Lembede, AP Mda…
The Polly Street Era
… Street. Two of these student exercises are dated 1949 and 1950, and there  fore predate the arrival of Skotnes. 9. …
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
Sol T Plaatje’s ground-breaking work Native Life in South Africa was published 100 years ago in 1916. Janet Remmington, Brian Willan and Bhekizizwe Peterson…
The Story of PR Panther, the gold man of Indian politics in South Africa: Introduction - By Riashnee Pather
… on the Natal Indian political scene in the 1940's and 1950's. However it soon became apparent that establishing …
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to …
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
Why consider the history of a hundred-year old law? Surely the Marikana massacre and farm-workers' strikes are more urgent? In fact, there are direct links…
PlaceBotswana
… influenced by political developments there. In the early 1950's to mid 1960's, many South Africans fled to Botswana …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
ABSTRACT Heinz Klug is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. Klug believed that…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines [writers spell this pidgin…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… commenced on 30 September 1927. It was later extended in 1950 to include a ban on sexual relations between whites, …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… our new constitution. The Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 and the Internal Security Act were some of the pieces of …
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… policies of apartheid into the Springbok program. In 1950 the National Party passed the Group Areas Act defining …
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… Act of 1982 replaced the International Security Act of 1950, the Suppression of Communism Act of 1953, the Riotous …
Community histories of Rustenburg
… Loop and Leyd streets. But when the Group Areas Act of 1950 began to take effect, they were moved out of the centre …
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… policies of migrant labour, the Group Area Act of 1950 and consistent dehumanising treatment (Albertyn, 2003, …
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
This article was written by Peter LaNasa and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract: This essay discusses…
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 …
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… Mention must be made, however, of two laws, both passed in 1950 and both intended to affect everyone in South Africa. The Group Areas Act, 1950, amended…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
… Mention must be made, however, of two laws, both passed in 1950 and both intended to affect everyone in South Africa. The Group Areas Act, 1950, amended in…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… they introduced the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act. 1950 saw the passage of the Population Registration Act and … Congresses were forced to step down a…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… of South Africa (CPSA), although officially banned in 1950, was a large part of this international aspect. The CPSA … Guma travelled to Germany and then the…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
Precolonial and Early History Almost four hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa from the Cape (what is today the…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… self-confident African Christian expansionism (Hewson, 1950:76-80; Christofersen, 1967: 92). The desire for greater …
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 6) A Spiral of Trials In the arrests, indictments and trials that occurred from…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… false. in terms of his own original work in Russia in 1904-06, he should have been aware of the impact of finance … in the early 1950s and then dissolved. By…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… Sections 11 and 12 of the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 – continued to be office bearers and members of the CPSA … to his membership of the former…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… labour legislationthe Industrial Legislation Commission (1950) enforced apartheid in the trade unions; under the …