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Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
… Congress. Though the CP leaders played a role in the 1950-51 general strike calls, it was also leaders of the ANC … in calling the successful one-day general…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… was to Denmark, at the invitation of the Prime Minister 15 September, Adelaide and the children land in London. 1961 … to Frelimo Central Committee on the…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… accused Gandhi of having sold out the community for £15,000. He swore that he would not allow himself to be … but failed. Naidoo was arrested, but was…
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. …
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… reinstated after the employers accepted their demands. On 15 January 1973, workers at J.H. Akitt & Company also downed … make a decision either to work of be…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… Mass Democratic Movement in the United Democratic Front. 15 October, Several African National Congress leaders are … of the international community, if any;…
PlaceGhana
… was bad. No good rural health or education policy. Up to 1950 the Govt Secondary schools in the country were 2, the … was bad. No good rural health or…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… car bomb at the South African Air Force in Pretoria kills 15 people. 1984 4 January, a guerrilla is killed in Mamelodi. … near the Atteridgeville Development…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… the Terrorism Act. Suppression of Communism Act, No 44 of 1950 In 1950, the National Party passed the Suppression of Communism … the lone female defendant ,…
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…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… Main apartheid laws in broad outline The period of the 1950’s can be described as “Petty Apartheid” where … to the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… paper and delivered them to different combat units”¦" By 15 December the MK soldiers were ready. They had their … Slovo had his story ready, he was aware he…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer, musician, and arranger that became known for his musical work while living in Southern California during South…
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… days before the Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 was approved in parliament in June 1950 and came into force on 17 July of that year. In 1950 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…
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…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… herders in southern Africa Suggested contact time One term/15 hours This content must be integrated with the historical …
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… nationalist liberation leaders such as Robert Mugabe . In 1950, he participated in student protests against the visit … . Accessed 15 September 2023 …
ArticleA Culture of Survival
It was a struggle to survive in the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread line. …
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… townships refused to board PUTCO buses. An estimated 15,000 workers walked to work in Johannesburg. ' Azikwelwa ' … residents, often with reluctance, to end…
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 …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… Party of South Africa (CPSA) was virtually outlawed in 1950 by the introduction of the Suppression of Communism Act … Submission to “100 Years of the SACP”…
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…
ANC Deputy President`s Election Campaign Programme, 6 May 2011
ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Sunday lead a campaign programme in Ekurhuleni as part of the organisation`s election programme to maximise ANC…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… to a constitutional democracy in the 1990s and served for 15 years on the Constitutional Court, the country’s highest …