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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…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… group as defined by the Population Registration Act of 1950 . The Population Registration Act categorised South …
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… the critically important factor in the rise and fall of 26 civilisations in world history was the success, or failure … exactly who our enemies are and where…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the Passive…
EventJody Scheckter
… On 29 January 1950 Jody David Scheckter was born in East London, Eastern …
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… but the court learned that she had left South Africa. In 1950 the ban on "mixed" marriages was followed by an … , [online] Available at www.rebirth.co.za …
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign was planned in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the African…
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… In 1949 mixed marriages were banned in South Africa. In 1950 the act was followed up with a ban on sexual relations …
PlaceBonteheuwel
… of Cape Town. This was a result of the Group Areas Act of 1950, were the land was divided into: blacks and whites … of Cape Town. This was a result of the…
EventFearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born
… John's College in Cambridge where he became a teacher. On 26 October 1813, Fallows was chosen to be the principal …
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… supported the British public during the World War II. On 26 April 1923, Queen Elizabeth married Albert, the second son …
EventPope Paul VI proclaims 22 new African saints. The saints, known as the Blessed Martyrs of Uganda, were a group of converts who were persecuted and martyred from 1885
… faith. It's not clear if any did recant, but at least 26 individuals, Catholic and protestant, declined. They were …
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… University, [online], Available at www.gwu.edu [Accessed 26 November 2010] Piero Gleigeses, (2002), Conflicting …
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… unchanged when the Republic of Transkei came into being on 26 October 1976. The red-ochre in the flag is derived from …
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… Terrorism Act and was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 26 June 1979. Even after their release, both men remained …
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… Okello. The new government only remained in place until 26 January 1986, when the NRA entered the capital city of …
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… Hospital in Queenstown. George Matanzima was born on 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the Transkei. Together with his …
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve …
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… On 26 September 1897, Prof. James Leonard Brierly Smith was born …
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… The district of Graaff-Reinet was constituted on 26 August 1785 and its boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July …
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… times of the year. In the document reproduced here, dated 26 March 1877, Muslims celebrating the Prophet Mahommed's …
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… non-White civilians and three non-White police officers. 26 Black policemen and 365 Black civilians were injured – no …
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… were charged with contravening section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The case was later withdrawn because there was no …
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
Location: back to this day in history search archive During the summit conference organised by non-racial labour unions at Langa, Cape Town, Trade Union…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950. Strijdom pushed for the establishment of a republic, …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… Address at the Opening SAIC Conference, 16 September 1950 (pdf) Dr James Moroka Address to ANC meeting in …
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… normative, and everything else as marginal or peripheral. 26 The attempt to marginalize Africans as primitive others is … acts with censorship implications…
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… the Minister served him with the banning notices under the 1950 Suppression of Communism Act. Click here for a list of …
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… action’ campaign in Ghana against British rule in 1950. He was released to lead the newly formed government a …