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ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
The Black People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella organisation of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). BCM had its origins in university campuses, mainly…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… of Paulina Masuhlo, an ANC councillor and protester, on 15 September 2012. Mashulo was amongst other protesting women …
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
How do we find out about the past? For recent events where there was personal involvement, memory can be relied on. To know about events earlier than this,…
The appointment of Judges
… was subsequently extended to a period of between 12 and 15 years, depending on the age of the judge when first … Yacoob. The first hearing of the…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… musical style. When he moved to Johannesburg during the 1950’s he met musician Spokes Mashiyane. They collaborated … later credited with the breakthrough of…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC In 1950 the Communist Party, faced with banning under the … a lead from it in the struggle to…
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…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
When? The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s (see timeline) and the origin of Aids and HIV has puzzled scientists ever…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
… a meagre 30 million from the original 80 million people. [15] The cause of the Black Death was attributed to fleas who … Spanish trade routes”, Commons…
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… until the 1940s. Boonzaaier died in Cape Town in 1950. In 1973, his work was included in the exhibition ‘South … Boonzaier - South African Artist, Paintings…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… slightest suspicion. The Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 and the General Law Amendment Act of 1963 , popularly … the cleaning for us [white South…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… These agreements are signed in the “ Pretoria Minute ”. 15 August, Troops are deployed in three densely populated … of August and the occupation of cities on…
EventThe South African Government passes the Group Areas Act
… Act of 1949 as well as the Immorality Amendment Act of 1950. All these acts were designed to bring about the … and White South Africans lived side by side. …
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… series of high-ranking posts in the United Nations and in 1950 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as … about 1,1 million in 1936 to approximately…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… a serious and permanent obstacle to a settlement. August 15, Gandhi wrote a letter to Tolstoy. September 7, Tolstoy … amend laws regarding naturalisation of…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… This paved the way for the Group Areas Act of June 1950, which proclaimed certain areas for Whites only. This … Manor, Clairwood and Magazine Barracks, and…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… business rights to a large part of this suburb and, by 1950, property investors had begun to show interest in its … of White opinions prevailing at that time…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
During Apartheid, starting from the late 1950s the South African Government attempted to divide South Africa into a number of separate states, called homelands…
References and links: Transport through time
… and air pollution ’, from Eco-friendly Kids, 15 May, [online], Available at …
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… African enactment of the Suppression of Communism Act in 1950 had all the rhetoric of combating communism, but was … the slew of repressive laws at the…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… is still maintained today for (mainly) these reasons. [15] Fanakalo is therefore connected to ‘a specific domain of … . ↵ [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 … Pukwana has exposed himself to during his…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… in the Teacher Preparation Programme, for the period 15 September 1987 to 31 December 1987. He also visited other …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… missionary, Tiyo Siga, in the 19th century. During the 1950's, the apartheid government was continually introducing … along with 17 other PAC supporters, and…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… account of his time in jail, was published. 1950 The 1950s was the decade in which the African National …
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
By the early 1980s, the Congress movement was becoming established as the most effective force in the fight against apartheid throughout the country. With the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the MK Umkhonto…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… [online] Available at https://www.aluka.org [Accessed 15 December 2014]|Patel D., (2006). List of Demands of …
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… the settlers began to run low of medical supplies and a 15 year old boy, Charles Rawden Maclean, better known to his … arrived in Port Natal. 1835 23 June,…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… of Ratification on 8 March 1996. AFCAC was established on 15 June 1947 and its constitution, signed on 17 January 1969, only came into effect on 15 March…