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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
Shanty town women stripped to the waist and confronted bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests…
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. …
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… instructs them to return to work to avoid prosecution. 17 October, More workers go on strike and within two weeks an … for export, in protest against the…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… unsuspecting, peaceful demonstrators on May 1st, 1950. The violence of that murderous act was the violence of … Congress, called on the masses to action. And…
ArticleThe missionaries
Missionaries arrived in Pondoland in 1830 when Faku, the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from 1818 to 1867, allowed Wesleyan missionaries to establish a mission…
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… 16 - Black Workers' Resistance on the Mines Chapter 17 - The Divided Workers Conclusion - The Price of Progress …
EventThe first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga
… captured. On 1 December he was imprisoned at Thysville. On 17 January 1961 he was flown to Elisabethville in Katanga …
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
… On 17 February 1962, the soccer match between Lourenco Marques … 'Portugal Refuse to Play In Durban,' from Cape Times, 17 February, (Available at National…
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… last two years of high school, and won the national under/17 title for the 400m race in 1967. After school, Malan … Thetimes, [online] Available at: thetimes…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… leading to his capture. Police further linked Chauke to 17 murders and 30 robberies in which R82-million was stolen. … ' [Online]Available at: www.news.bbc…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… Land reserved for 2,000,000 Europeans only less than 17 percent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent African …
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
… delegates to the central body known as Heeren XVII (Lords 17). The Chartered Company was established in 1602 and was …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… a site of commeration in later years. Related events: 17 January 1879 - Battle of Isandlwana 20 January 1879 - … Available at www.africanhistory.about.com …
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… world. South Africa and the world were outraged. On the 17 th 300 White students from the University of the …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… majority. General Hertzog becomes prime minister. 17 June, The Pact coalition between the National Party and … and blacks prohibited (Horrell 1978: 8)…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… series of high-ranking posts in the United Nations and in 1950 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as … Statement of policy adopted at the ANC…
PlaceRMS Athens, a Shipwreck between Moullie Point and Green Point
… It was wrecked between Mouille Point and Green Point on 17 May, 1865. This occurred at night, after the boiler fires … ran aground here in the 'Great North…
PlaceThe Space Theatre
… “The Story of The Space”, Theatre of Survival, Accessed 17 April 2017, … “The Story of The Space”, Theatre of Survival, Accessed 17 April 2017, … “The Story…
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…
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 …
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… 14.Marshall Dlamini 15.Mpho Ramakatsa 16.Sam Matiase 17.Alfred Motsi 18.Parks Khayane 19.Patrick Sindane The EFF …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… The African Students Association (ASA) was established on 17 December 1961 in Durban under the auspices of the banned …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… of Cameroon falls to French and British forces after 17 months of fighting. 21 February–19 December The Battle of …
ArticleTransport in the air
… the wing of his last glider broke and he fell from about 17 metres. Another pioneer was John J. Montgomery, who flew …