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ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… gone on to be a radio operator in the Israeli air force in 1948, came home eventually and opened his own place selling … around Johannesburg honing in on the…
EventWorld Health Day
… 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect on 7 April 1948, and therefore this date has been celebrated as World …
EventNamibia gains Independence
… request was turned down by UN, however, things changed in 1948 when the National Party came into power. The NP defied …
EventAlan Paton is born
… the Beloved Country, which was published in February of 1948, during a time in which he studied penal institutions in …
EventKing George VI is born
… 1947, as South Africa was preparing for the elections in 1948, King George and his family visited South Africa and …
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… of their own - an existence more animal than human, nearer death than life. All this was done in an attempt to subdue … bantustan has had to be constituted…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
… of their own - an existence more animal than human, nearer death than life. All this was done in an attempt to subdue … bantustan has had to be constituted…
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… of South Africa from membership of many International bodies, particularly in sports and recreational activities. …
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… were set in motion, the four historically separate soccer bodies came to together in Johannesburg to form the South …
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
… Nationalist Party Government since it came into power in 1948, is the largest in the Unions history. The number … design it has been working on since it…
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… 1133 km away. He died shortly after his arrival there. His death was confirmed by the commissioner of police, General … Gert Prinsloo. Due to local and…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… In May 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the … or agreeing to submit to arbitration. On the 15th July 1948, a special general meeting of…
PlaceMount Currie Nature Reserve, KZN-Kokstad
… is the offspring of a merger between two conservation bodies: the former Natal Parks Board which was formed in 1947 …
Post-detention weapons
… (1989) Political Imprisonment in South Africa (May 1990) Death Penalty in South Africa (October 1989) The repression … Act When the National Party government…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… lb and 18/- or more per bag. By the end of 1901, when the death rate peaks, more than 6 000 accept employment in the … many civilians died outside of the…
ArticleThe Western Front
… paranoia, anxiety, paralysis, tremors, insomnia. The death toll amongst the wounded was very high because antibiotics were not in use yet. A major cause of…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… aim of the German army was to “bleed” the French army to death by capturing Verdun. The Germans launched six … November 19. On the first day, the British…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… Taxi Alliance and National Association of School Governing Bodies in the fight against the e-tolls. In 2015 it was part …
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… the election of Congress sympathizers to legislative bodies through protest and enquiries and finally through …
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… written a multitude of articles for various journals. In 1948, the University of Pretoria awarded Albertyn with a …
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… well as the local ANC branch when he moved to Kimberley in 1948. When the Defiance Campaign started in 1952, Letele …
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… of a retired army officer. They were married in September 1948. Khama’s Uncle Tshekedi ordered him to come home so that …
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
I first came into contact with Comrade Devadas Paul David in 1977, soon after a few of us established the Tongaat Youth Club. We were struck by his youthful…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… examples of wages (including COLA) for 'unskilled' work in 1948 and 1957 were as follows: Industry 1948 1957 Building £2 3s. 4d. £3 4s. 2d. Chemical £2…
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
… The National struggle climaxed during the Apartheid era (1948 - 1994) where gross human rights violations were … 1) and in the Universal Declaration of Human…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… with high treason. They were initially sentenced to death, but their sentences were later commuted to life …
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… manifested in a rapid and marked decline in the political death-toll in the months that followed. Also, as expected, no …
Introduction
… manifested in a rapid and marked decline in the political death-toll in the months that followed . Also, as expected, …
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… Nationalist Party, most of the important and influential bodies of public opinion have clearly decided to talk it out. … Convention movement which has the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… 1984, Elections to the Coloured and Asian legislative bodies were held for the Tricameral Parliament. 77 percent of … in the Transvaal. 12 September, On the…