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BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, son of Princess Magogo Constance Zulu kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… it, he was replaced as ANC president a year later. In the 1950s, the apartheid government ordered Xuma and his wife to …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… to assume a more racial character, until in the early 1950s most registered and unregistered unions— pushed by the …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… – the style which gained incredible popularity during the 1950s. He was undoubtedly influenced by this type of music in …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Bonner, Philip. African Urbanisation on…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education The1950s and 1960s in South Africa were marked by the…
PlaceTunisia
Tunisia is bounded by Algeria to the west and southwest, by Libya to the southeast, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east and north. Used as a Roman, Arab,…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
William Andrew Hofmeyr, popularly known as Advocate Willie Hofmeyr, was born on 22 November 1954 in Cape Town, South Africa[i] . After matriculating from…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…
BiographyAdam Small
Professor Adam Small was born on 21 December 1936 in Wellington, Cape Province (now Western Cape) to a mother of Muslim Indian heritage and a slave descendant…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…
Formation and launch of the UDF
UDF launch at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. Source: http://www.nelsonmandela.org In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid were set in…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… to white politics. For the Congress movement in the 1950s, the 4 volumes by T. Karis and G. M. Carter, From …
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
Daniël Francois Malherbe was born on 28 May 1881 in Dal Josafat in the Cape Colony, to P. J. Malherbe, a founder of the Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners …
BiographyAlex la Guma
Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his reportage and fiction writing depicting the oppressive measures of…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… been taken very seriously since the late 1940s and early 1950s. It has always been a matter that nobody wanted to take …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
… and non-violent pressures. Throughout the period of the 1950s the policy of the ANC was consciously and deliberately … have been seized of the question of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
… and nonviolent pressures. Throughout the period of the 1950s the policy of the ANC was consciously and deliberately … have been seized of the question of…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… and continued to develop, among them, first in the 1950s, then in prison, in MK, in the underground, and for …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
World War II (1939 to 1945) was the most devastating war in history, accounting for between 50 million to 80 million deaths. What made the war significant was…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
The apartheid era was characterised by different resistances such as the Sharpeville massacre, Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976. The…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… part of the South African Indian Congress which, in the 1950s, had been an affiliate of the Congress Alliance …
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… "Africanist" factions within the ANC during the 1940s and 1950s and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). She recognises … close attention to, the mass…
EventBritish Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
On 29 March 1998, British Airways (BA) prohibited smoking on all flights. Other countries across the world had begun to impose the first restrictions on…
86. Non-racial sport
… sports organisations were established in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Committed to reunite the disintegrated …
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
Zuleikha Mayat was born in 1926 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province). Her father, Mohamed Bismilla, was a prominent business person who first…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
The Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), and had offices in Botswana, England, the…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… became a member of the ANC national executive during the 1950s. President of the ANC Women’s League and the South …