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BiographyJonathan Clegg
Jonathan ‘Johnny’ Clegg was born in Bacup, near Rochdale in England on 7 June 1953. His father was from England but his mother was from Southern Rhodesia (now…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… activists were tried in the notorious Treason Trial in the 1950s. When the trial was in Drill Hall in Johannesburg, Dr. …
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…
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 …
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…
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 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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… idea of Nation building was firmly anchored in the late 1950s when the document called the Freedom Charter was …
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…
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…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… the assumptions which underpinned Ruth’s research in the 1950s, researchers found that mine wages fueled a dynamic … “had always proved a more difficult…