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PlaceSenekal
… was Rowe Marshall and Hill. The church was initiated on 17 December 1896. The church is situated in Van Riebeeck … 250 million years old. The longest trunk…
PlaceDe Doorns, Cape Winelands
… from December through until April. The Area exports nearly 17 Million Cartons, of grapes Annually! …
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…
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…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… the police were waiting for them outside the factory, 17 their determination and continuous propaganda amongst … OCCUPATION PERCENTAGE General Dealers and…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… was the editor of the Volksvriend at the young age of 17. About a decade later, in 1871, he became the editor of … Civilisation’. The paper referred to…
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…
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…
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 October 1980. The Grand Old Lady of the city, the …
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… On 17 November 1558 the British Queen, Queen Elizabeth I …
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… basis of his ethnicity, Outarra resigned from his post. On 17 December 1993, Daniel Kaplan Duncan became the prime …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
The Afrikaans language has its origins in Dutch. It developed amongst Dutch-speaking settlers and slaves in South Africa in the 17th century, and has many…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… of 1988. In early 1988 the apartheid government banned ‘ 17 black anti-apartheid groups and the country's largest … union federation from any political…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, which built the Great Synagogue, was founded in 1841. This makes it, after the Sydney Hebrew Congregation, the oldest Jewish…
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…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… from E. Dennis to Comintern, 22 October 1932 Document 17 Letter from S.P. Bunting to ECCI, 26 October 1932 Document … Document 46 Telegram from Five CPSA…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… movement. Born in Alexandra township, Johannesburg in 1950, he attended Orlando West High School in Soweto in the …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… house arrest under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘1971,’ fromO’Malley, …
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… and other anniversaries, the last occasion being in 1950 on Bulawayo’s 60th anniversary celebration. It was then …
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 African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
On 29 July 1951 the African National Congress (ANC) called a meeting in Johannesburg. Executives from the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), the African…
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 …
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…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… debt-servicing costs seen at the R144-billion in the 2016/17 fiscal year. [4] The grounds on which the president made …
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and…
ArticleKora
The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… are defined as children from birth up to the age of 17 whose mothers have died, UNAIDS estimates that there were …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… means that she grew up with two cultures. When she was 17 years old she met an imbongi, or traditional African poet …
The Clanwilliam Arts Project / Lantern Festival 2017
Back for the 17th year in a row! Magnet Theatre in patnership with The UCT Drama Department, The UCT College of Music and The Michaelis School of Fine Arts …