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EventPassbook laws relaxed
In July 1986, South Africa was in a state of martial law, with a nation-wide State of Emergency having been declared in June of the same year. To counter the…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
Cato Manor, a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George Christopher Cato. The area has…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… she left the mission to work in the slums of Calcutta. In 1950, she received permission from the Holy See to establish …
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… in accordance with provisions of the Group Areas Act of 1950. Following the proclamation, blacks were prohibited from …
EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
… he became part of the British abstract movement of the 1950’s and 1960s. Portway’s work is often classified as …
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… briefly and bartered for cattle with the Khoikhoi on 26 November 1497. With the discovery of the route to India, …
ArticleIndian South Africans
… in South Africa or to return to India. By 1910, nearly 26.85% indentured men returned to India, but most chose to …
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… series of high-ranking posts in the United Nations and in 1950 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as … about 1,1 million in 1936 to approximately…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… of imprisonment is released from prison. He had served 26 years. On the eve of his release, Mandela requested a … by members of the PAC’s armed wing APLA…
EventDeath in detention of Ahmed Timol
Ahmed Timol was born on the 3rd November 1941 in Breyten in current-day Mpumalanga. He grew up in Roodepoort and trained as a teacher. In 1964 he attended the…
PlaceCullinan
… of the Premier Diamond Mining Company, in Cullinan on 26 January 1905. The stone was named after Sir Thomas … of the Premier Diamond Mining Company in…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… submitted work to SASA's annual exhibitions. However, by 1950, overtaken by rapid change, it came to be regarded as … which we associate the Society in the…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… movement. Born in Alexandra township, Johannesburg in 1950, he attended Orlando West High School in Soweto in the …
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… and other anniversaries, the last occasion being in 1950 on Bulawayo’s 60th anniversary celebration. It was then …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… In terms of the notorious Group Areas Act (1950), the following proclamation was made in June 1958: 'In …
EventThe Korean War ends
… without warning and attacked South Korea on 25 June 1950. A SA fighting squadron, No 2 Squadron, known as Cheetah …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… In 1950, the two major pieces of legislation designed to create …
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
… past. Why does the hon. member not tell the House that in 1950 the third reading of the then Bill was passed by this … and it applied to actual carnal…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
The global pervasiveness of racism and segregation in the 1920s and 1930s During the 1920s and 1930s, there were discriminatory policies in different parts…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… She was charged under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 for furthering the aims of the ANC – still a banned …
Women at the start of the 20th century
It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… Laws (commonly known as Defiance Campaign) started on 26 June 1952 as a joint venture of the African National …
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… was held ten days after the battle of Blood River on 26 December 1838. References: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: …
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… On the morning of 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the … Earthweb, The December 26, 2004 Sumatran Tsunami [online], available at: ……
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… with a brick and then beaten and stabbed to death. Amy was 26 years old at the time of her murder. Read Part one and …
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
… Source: Magistrates Records, Correspondence (Durban), file 26, 30 July 1883, Natal Archives. 1.That your petitioners …
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… be the basis of all ANC actions until its banning in 1960. 1950 June, Kotane moves from Cape Town back to Johannesburg, …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded in 1903. The organization was later…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… CPSA. First and Slovo’s first daughter, Shawn, is born. 1950 First and Slovo are among the first 600 to be ‘named’ …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Establishment of Palm Tree Masjid: second in the country 26 After a dispute with regard to succession to the imamate … Ganief [I-Ian3f] [1939-1954], Imam…