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EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… among the first major laws of the apartheid government. In 1949 mixed marriages were banned in South Africa. In 1950 the …
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… with 303 establishments and 19 395 workers in 1920). 12 Many of the well-established firms were also given … on the premises as unskilled and semi-skilled…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceKwaDukuza
… granted Township status in 1920 and Borough status in July 1949. …
EventLibya becomes independent
… was under UN trusteeship. A UN resolution in November 1949 called for the establishment of a sovereign state …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… government officials across all spheres of government. 17 March In 1999 a new directorate of the National … that the SAHRC will donate to a gay rights…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… and Nasreen Khan (SAHO), Ohlange Institute Durban, 17 October 2011. © SAHO During 1887 and 1888, Dube worked at …
EventZulus attack Indians in Durban
… The attack on Indians by Zulus in January 1949 has generated a great deal of debate about the …
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… Malan passed the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act in 1949 and in 1950 the Immorality Act became law. This year … to unprecedented levels. Popular…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… that now stands in its place. During the racial riots in 1949 the Temple was not affected and did not sustain any … and creed, suddenly found their lives…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… in the Western Cape 1943-1963 " , Social Dynamics, 12, 1, 1-14. Barrell, Howard (1990), The ANC's Armed … Front (1963b), "Report on Poqo", Liberation, 1, 2,…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… a decline in the Ghanaian feature-length films produced. [12] Furthermore, it seemed as if the television network was … in 1987 he released the feature…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… Armadale Castle The Armadale Castle was a mail steamer of 12 973 tons. A sister ship to the Kenilworth Castle, she was … and was broken up in Japan in 1907…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… to Natal and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became secretary of the Natal branch. Gumede was …
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… novels and adventure stories. Between 1944 and 1949 he developed into a fulltime write, but later joined the …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… of their banning orders. Madikizela-Mandela was given a 12 month sentence to be served at the Kroonstad women’s … Mandela was chosen as Woman of the Year by…
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… their cattle? 11. What work did the Khoikhoi women do? 12. What work did the Khoikhoi men do? 13. Why did the …
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… or due to their jealousy of Indian advancement 1949 13 January, African-Indian hatred reaches boiling point …
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… Conferences Rule 11 Provincial Executive Committee Rule 12 Provincial Working Committee Rule 13 Provincial General … General Council Rule 16 National…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… officials met with Israelite leaders in Queenstown. On 17 December 1920 the group met but nothing was achieved. … condemned for their actions from several…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… forced overcrowding. This contributed to the race riots of 1949. 1949 Race riots By 1949 tension had grown between African and Indian residents …
PlaceLabia Theatre, Cape Town
… ballroom. It was first opened by Princess Labia in May 1949, as a theatre for the staging of live performances. For …
EventThe South African Government passes the Group Areas Act
… such as the Land Act of 1913, the Mixed Marriages Act of 1949 as well as the Immorality Amendment Act of 1950. All …
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… demands, Lembede himself met, while the third was met in 1949 when the Afncanists (known as the Congress Youth League) … the A.N.C. with the popular Nation…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… Greyvenstein 1917-1925: Dr. H.D. van Broekhuizen 1926-1949: Ds. S. Vermooten 1930-1934: Prof. ds. C.H. Rautenbach … (assistant) 1944-1945: Prof. P.S. Dreyer …
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… Trade Unions (FFATU) disintegrated in the 1960's. It had 12 partners representing 45 000 workers. The organisation …
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
… music drawing and some grammar (Vietzen, 1980: 17-18) - or sons could attend a local boarding school or be … pastor, Daniel Lindley, to their own advantage …
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy, 12 May [online] Available at … ‘South Africans on Trial as Reds,’ The New York Times, 17 November. …
PlaceLouw House Museum, Sutherland
… professor of Afrikaans at the University of Amsterdam from 1949-1958. He finished his academic career at the University …