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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…
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…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… there or visiting someone in the area (Horrell, 1978: 3). 1950 Introduced in February, the Population Registration Act, No. 30 of 1950 made racial…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) and the Immorality Act (1950), which made it illegal for people of different race … any time introducing the Population…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… amounted to a voluntary submission to that principle’. 17 February 1940 Despite the Nationalist Bloc’s strong … the Second Reading of the Bill scheduled for…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
Early Portuguese name in 1503, of Table Bay. Meaning 'watering place of Saldanha', it was given in honour of Admiral Antonio da Saldanha who was wounded there…
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 March 1989. …
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… features, located at 36 Main Road, St James, declared on 17 March 1989; Villa Capri, declared on 23 March 1979, and No …
PlaceEastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 April 1936. The remains of the Western Battery, located at …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
… On 17 March, 1992, President F.W. de Klerk announced the results … Available at www.africamediaonline.com [Accessed: 17 March 2014]|Refworld, (2004) …
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… This Act was an amendment to Section 17, the ninety-day detention law. This meant that any …
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… On 17 December 1920, South Africa undertook the administration …
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… series before their banishment from Test cricket. Born on 17 May 1947 in Zagazig, Egypt, Traicos returned to … 'John Traicos: Zimbabwean Cricketer' from…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… claim it was the 26 April 1986, while others claim it as 17 April 1986. …
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… Baden-Powel, had set up. A turning point occurred on 17 May 1900, when British forces, led by Colonel Mahon and …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… Land reserved for 2,000,000 Europeans only less than 17'/2 per cent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent …
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… and they had four children. Duncan died in Pretoria on 17 July 1943. Duncan contributed in the founding of the Union …
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… Press), pp. 84-98.| Oral 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…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… change. This UN climate change conference in Durban, COP 17/CMP7 is all the richer because of your attendance and …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… day the district was declared a ‘White area’ under the 1950 Group Areas Act of the Apartheid government. Before the …
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…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… at: www.africanhistory.about.com ,[Accessed on: 17 May 2011]|SAHO, " Cator Manor ",From: SAHO , [online] …
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 …
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… of the National Party of South Africa. This changed in the 1950's, when then Editor Piet Cilliers clashed with Prime …
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 …
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…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… fields, because they have added value to African culture [17] Mugo’s decision to return home to Kenya in 2015 was cause … 31:29, July 28, 2015, https://youtu…
PlaceKruger National Park
… , Satara and Skukuza (then known as Sabi Bridge ) In the 1950's, the emerging of Scientific researchers began … and brother and sister in Lisbon. In 1830 at…