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EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… Baker in 1908 and the building process began in 1909. On 26 November, 1910, the cornerstone was laid, with completion …
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… Baker in 1908 and the building process began in 1909. On 26 November, 1910, the cornerstone was laid, with completion …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… of the ANC 1948 National Party comes to power 1955 26 June, Adoption of the Freedom Charter 1960 March, …
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
The concepts of a nation state and a plural society are often seen to be at odds with one another. Jon Soske states, in his essay ‘The Impossible Concept:…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… their right of the African voters in the Eastern Cape. In 1950 the Nationalist Party headed by DF Malan changed the …
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… ‘Berlin Blockade’ begins 1949 : July, NATO is ratified 1950 : February, McCarthy begins communist witchunt 1954 : …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
A turning point in the struggle against apartheid came about in the 1960s. This change was the result of combined elements, including the formation of the PAC,…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… do these things. I am as one building castle in the air. 26 June 1976 My arrest for treason on 5/12/56 and the lengthy … happy when I realized that it was…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
Dorkay House, a building at the south end of Eloff Street in downtown Johannesburg, functioned as the headquarters for the Union of South African Artists,…
PlaceRotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
The Victorian Rotunda, a landmark in Camps Bay, is a beautiful, geometrical domed building, was the epitome of high society in Cape Town at the turn of the…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… – 1949 Chapter 3 University Chapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 Chapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance Chapter 6 …
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
Oral interview with Peter Donald Hjul who was a leading figure in the Liberal Party, which existed from 1953 until 1968. Born in Northern Rhodesia in 1929,…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
The government proceeded with the introduction of apartheid laws in the 1950s. An example of this was the hated pass law. This forced Black people to carry…
EventNathaniel Nakasa, South African journalist and writer, dies in exile
… [online] Available at www.sanef.org.za[Accessed: 06 July 2011] Anon, (n.d.), ‘Nathaniel Nakasa’from Pipl [online] Available at www.pipl.com[Accessed: 06 July…
Document 66 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 66 - Letter from the Workers' …
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… house arrest under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. Sobukwe was therefore prohibited from taking part in …
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Albertina Sisulu, a wife to former ANC Secretary, Walter Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… Nathaniel Magwaca, a municipal policeman from Langa, on 26 September 1962. Nqulwana was executed on 23 November 1967. … in Upington. In April 1988, after a…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… defence at Zuurveld.Source: newhistory.co.za [Accessed: 26 January 2012] In spite of the fact that two Government … and that sparked the war.Source: www…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… 1947 White Springbok team tours Australia and New Zealand 1950 In Elisabethville, Belgian Congo, Katanga defeats the … was not mentioned at the FIFA Congress…
PlaceHlobane, Zululand District Municipality
The name is of Zulu origin, it is said by some to mean ‘beautiful place’, and by others ‘place of dispute’. Roughly 26km east of Vryheid, lies the rural…
EventThe Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… farmers were believed to be motivated by this slogan. On 26 July 1993 members of APLA opened fire on a congregation in …
PlaceAlbert Jackson School, Port Elizabeth
… Jackson Primary School which first opened its doors on 26 January 1942 on the corner of Pearson Street and Belmont …
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
… to boycott the first democratic elections scheduled for 26 to 28 April 1994. There had been a walkout and threats of …
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… keeping its end of the agreement, the Accord collapsed. On 26 May 1988 the two countries agreed to revive the Nkomati …
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… the NP in the Transvaal was formed. This took place on 26 August 1914 in the Erasmus Hall in Pretoria. The NP …
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… interviews: Buthelezi, E. ”“ 01.07.2013 Cele, MTC ”“ 10.06.2013 Myeza, TQ ”“ 10.06.2013 Ndlovu, BI ”“ 01.07.2013 Ndlovu, SS ”“ 10.06.2013 Nyathi, G ”“ 08.01…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… wa sallam]. He was brought to the Cape on April 06, 1780 as a "state prisoner" along with Callie Abdol Rauf, … Auwal Masjid: the first in South Africa 20 On…
Indian Opinion
Indian Opinion, a weekly newspaper, was first established and produced by Mohandas Gandhi ("Mahatma"), M.H. Nazar and Madanjit Viyavaharik in 1903 in the Natal…