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ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge of mass political…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… are Selope Thema , Selby Msimang and Edgar Brookes . 1930 Municipal officials ask Xuma to become a part-time …
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… the Great Depression saw production crash to 15129 tons in 1930, only to recover five years later. Steady advances …
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… The third all-India Satyagraha campaign begins. 1930 March 12, A group of 79 Satyagrahis led by Mohandas …
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… Indians the right to become citizens of South Africa. In 1930 the Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill was …
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… and after the official establishment thereof. During the 1930’s, a special branch of the South African Police was …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… College, a high school for Indian boys, in Durban. 1929 - 1930 29 December - 1 January, The tenth annual conference of …
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
Abstract: For most of his life, Arthur Nortje’s poetry remained relatively unknown, especially since he died very young at 28. Activist Dennis Brutus called…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This 'separateness' put South Africans of different racial groups on their…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
Figure 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is the latest recruit to a dangerous nationalism. Flagrantly authoritarian figures like Donald…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Transkei, undergoes a traditional Xhosa initiation rite. 1930 Again a migrant, Walter returns to Johannesburg to …
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
F. D. Tothill Even now, almost half a century after it collapsed, any conclusions about the working of Fusion and its chances of long-term success if…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… Act of 1927 and the Riotous Assemblies Act of 1930 both had empowered the government with broad ranging …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Palmer, is active in campaign against residential permits. 1930 White women get the vote. This means that in effect the …
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. This may not always involve physical threat or force, but sometimes coercion…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… the government had taken some anti-Jewish stances. In 1930, the National Party , which did not allow Jewish members …
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… and Afrikaner identity. The Great Depression, from 1930 to 1933, made the government’s rule difficult. Britain …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
Introduction The transition from the Apartheid era to the new democratic dispensation was a powerful and fundamental process for South Africans. With many…
ArticleKey sites
… needs of the Gujarati-speaking Hindu community. In 1930, the Shri Surat Arya (Sangeet) Bhajan Mandal was founded …
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… points (Martin, 1999:108). Change during the 1920’s and 1930’s While most of the troupes had names inspired by …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
The passive resistance campaigns led by MK Gandhi in South Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the country but also for world history in…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… Cotton Sharecroppers on an Alabama plantation around the 1930's. Image source Rice was a particularly difficult crop …
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… recruited a core of members and formed AMWU late in 1930 and early 1931. From the start they were confronted by …
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
This article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where is the Non-European Unity Movement? The Non…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… to Black African Writing 1300-1973. [28] He was born in 1930 in Windhoek. Pieterse’s status as a Namibian author is …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… 90. 7 June, Pixely ka Isaka Seme president of the ANC from 1930 to 1937 dies in Johannesburg. His funeral is attended by …
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed 135 World Heritage Sites within the continent…
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…
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…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… Council appoints a Committee to deal with Native Affairs. 1930 The number of houses built at Western and Eastern …