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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
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. …
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities: see below) Date: 15 May 2014 Time: 12H15 for 12h30 – 13H30 South Africa’s …
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…
PlaceCyphergat Station
… to Stormberg Junction via Cyphergat Station was opened on 15 October 1883. It has been suggested by Historians, that …
EventInternational Day of Families.
… to celebrate families. This day is celebrated on 15 May every year.It is supported by the UN’s Division for …
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1979
… Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from 13 to 15 March 1979, discussing: Headquarter's report, treasurer's …
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…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… Sir Benegal Rama Rau, also attends the inaugural meeting. 15 May, The Indian Penetration Commission , under the … session later that year. The UK delegation…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… until China’s imperial system was abolished in 1911. [15] During the beginning of his reign, Emperor Taizu enforced … from the dawn of civilisation to the…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… on 1 November 1963. Gladstone Nqulwana, already serving a 15-year sentence for sabotage for Poqo activities in the Eastern Cape, was sentenced to death on 15…
PlaceWave Crest, 181 Main Road, Kalk Bay
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 October 1982. …
EventRuben Xulu, SA artist, dies in Marian Hill
… and moved to several mission stations in Natal. He died on 15 December 1985 at Mariannhill, where he worked under Sister …
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 …
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 …
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… buy you a big birthday cake with candles) Letter, November 15 1965 Even though Albertina was under constant surveillance … paper when I began to have some…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
Prehistory of the Region Pre-history of Southern Africa Africans who worked with copper and iron inhabited the area between 350AD to 600AD. Linguistic and…
PlaceDrill Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town
… Engineers, and built by a Mr Kitsch, was inaugurated on 15 December 1885 by Sir John Gordon Sprigg. In 1889 it was …
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
… a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East London …