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EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… the issue. Drum magazine took up the story in 1952, after coming in possession of a dossier of trials of …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… the SA Police in the area. After his part in leading the 1952 Defiance Campaign, a non-violent, national, anti- pass … Portrait of Chief Albert Lutuli ANC…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
… Afrikaner nationalism, culture and identity. However, in 1952 the name of the day was changed to Day of Covenant. …
PlaceEdenburg, near Bloemfontein
… Postal Coach Tracks discovered, dating back to 21 February 1952. A variety of accommodation to suit every taste – …
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… meaning “a person is a person by means of other people”. [11] While black South Africans appreciate their own language … Places of Memory. (Rozenberg,…
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… law. This act was passed shortly after the countrywide '1952 Defiance Campaign', which was organised in protest …
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 until his death in 1967. In 1960, he received the Nobel …
EventKenya is granted independence
… (KAU) in 1947 and birth of the Mau Mau rebel movement. In 1952 in response to the Mau Mau rebellion, the government …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… (1985), Govan Mbeki (5 November 1987) and Nelson Mandela (11 February 1990). They were arrested on 11 July 1963 when security police raided Liliesleaf Farm ……
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… which demonstrators burnt their passes. Moreover, by the 1952 the Native Laws Amendment Act tightened influx control … response to the newly implemented laws…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… losses. After three days of fighting the British suffer 11 000 casualties and the Germans 10 000 casualties. 22 April …
EventWorld Population Day
… Each year on 11 July, countries around the world commemorate World … generated by the marking of The Day of Five Billion on the 11 July 1987. On this day the…
PlaceHindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban
… Radhakrishnan. He was the first vice-president of India (1952-1962) and its second president (1962-1967). His birthday …
Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
… campaign which it launched: the DeÂfiance Campaign of 1952. ANC membership mounted from a few thousand to (some … was allowed to dwindle to a ragged halt…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… Act and the Suppression of Communism Act are passed 1952 The Durban City Council acquires land from Indian …
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… Kevin Toolis, a journalist, wrote in the Guardian Weekend, 11 November 1998: Elvis's 'crime' was trespassing on the … 2021 Kevin Toolis, journalist at the…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… Omar Henry was born in Stellenbosch on 23 January 1952.[i] In 1987, at the age of 34, Henry became the first …
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… the unjust laws that led to the Defiance Campaign in 1952/3 and against the introduction of Bantu Education. He …
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… such as the 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign, the 1952 Defiance Campaign and 1960 Sharpeville Massacre. …
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… of the Royal Military Academy in Cairo . During the 1952 revolution which saw the end of British rule in Egypt, …
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… segregation with boycott to induce repatriation ." 11. One may observe that in the typical South African … their abhorrence of the principles underlying it…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… Apartheid Campaign Message to Meeting in Johannesburg JULY 11, 1954 The African National Congress in recent years … the launching in Natal of the defiance…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… officially launched in Mitchells Plain in Cape Town. On 11-12 June 1983, the rival National Forum , a BC-aligned … than 5000 people attended his funeral two…
BiographyAlfred Milner
… the troops be withdrawn within 48 hours, by October 11. The Boers crossed the border, invading Natal on October …
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… to power the economies of Africa’s resource-rich nations. [11] The continent’s two most profitable mineral resources are … world’s languages. [20] In South…
ArticleList of passenger on the Truro, 16 November 1860
… Madras 10 Pragael Abraham 2 F Christian Madras 11 Permall Page Missing 33 M Unknown Madras 12 Kaghery … 18 F Malabar Madras Madras 70 Chinamah…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… (assistant) 1944-1945: Prof. P.S. Dreyer (assistant) 1949-1952: Prof. E.S. Muller 1950-1963: Prof. S.P.J.J. van Rensburg 1952-1967: Ds. P.M. Smith 1963-1965:…
Article2016 in Review
In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… the fisrt Pope in 600 years to resign. Rome February 11 2013 Pope Benedict xvi SA condemns N.Korea nuke test South … becomes the first Black to coach Proteas…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… first journey beyond the borders of his own country. On 11 January 1962 he entered British controlled Bechuanaland …