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A Place of Freedom
Phoenix represented an island of freedom in a society that moved from informal segregation in the early years of the twentieth century to full-blown apartheid…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
The evidence that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon recollections of party…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 October 1984. Emoyeni offers a venue for all occassions. …
EventCongress of the People starts in Kliptown
… Charter, which was adopted by the convention the next day, 26 June 1955. The Freedom Carter is a corner stone of the …
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… Fulbright post-graduate, Amy Elizabeth Biehl (who was 26 years old), was dragged from her car by a 100-strong mob …
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… death is under dispute, as some sources claim it was the 26 April 1986, while others claim it as 17 April 1986. …
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… dysentery resulted in the death of 1 in every 5 people. 26 370 Boer women and children died in the concentration …
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
The Durban Moment: Revisiting, politics, Labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s. 22-24 February, 2013 Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa The Â…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
… of white and non-white sport in South Africa to 1950; A synopsis of the development of white and non-white …
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
… of white and non-white sport in South Africa to 1950; A synopsis of the development of white and non-white …
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
The William Fehr Collection had been on exhibition at the Castle – more or less unchanged – from the 1950s. The core of the collection comprises historical…
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… area before the Group Areas Act was put into place in the 1950’s. …
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
At the height of apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand imposed a blanket ban on virtually all visits by sports teams from South Africa. The move by New…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… [online] Available at www.southafrica.info [Accessed: 06 July 2011]|Anon, (1997), ‘ANC Daily News Briefing’ from … [online] Available at www.e-tools…
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… regarded in many quarters as an accomplished cellist. In 1950 Pack founded the Young South African Chamber Orchestra …
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 24 November 1950. …
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… better known as Mark Twain, visits Port Elizabeth. 26 July, The new Athenaeum is opened. 1899 22 April, Walmer … Coloured and Native (Amalgamated) Workers…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… I wrote to them on CORE letterhead and Sisulu replied on 26 March: "Your letter of the 17th of March has been a source … approach; having judged my people…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… I wrote to them on CORE letterhead and Sisulu replied on 26 March: "Your letter of the 17th of March has been a source … approach; having judged my people…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
… victories with a horse named Chez Monty in 1949 and 1950. [iv] Endnotes [i] C Barends (Charlie), …
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against…
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… a banning order under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 when he was banned by the government only a month before …
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
Journalist, short-story writer and actor William (Bloke) Modisane was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Modisane left South Africa in 1959 and while in exile…
Fighting Talk
… was edited over a period of several years in the mid-1950's by Ruth First. The focus of the content was largely on …
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… Concert Line-up Ismaël Lo 19 November 2017 Zakes Bantwini 26 November 2017 Mi Casa 3 December 2017 Texas 8 December …
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… in the hands of the central government in Pretoria. On 26 October 1976, the Transkei gained independence as a …
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… Arab neighbors. The official agreement was signed on Mar. 26, 1979, in Washington, D.C. by Israeli Prime Minister …
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… to support Boer families at the end of the war. Around 26 000 Boer women and children, as well as 15 000 black …
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… the most horrific strategies of the war as approximately 26 000 Boer women and children and 14,000 Black South …