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The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… The police and army were mobilised from 17 March 1963 to 15 April 1963, and the government rushed legislation through … mine, began when people settled there…
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… in South Africa, 34 km North of Welkom. It was founded in 1950 and administered by a village management board. Named …
PlaceKliptown Museum
The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news…
EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
… groups as set out in the Population Registration Act of 1950. The four groups were White, Coloured, Indian and Black. …
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial …
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
… The University of the Free State was founded on 18 March 1950. The institution began as a small college in what was …
EventJoe Slovo is born
Joe Slovo, the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… and the Concept of Articulation: South Africa ca. 1900-1950, Beinhart states: It is widely recognized that the … and the Concept of Articulation: South…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
Jazz has had an especial role in the social and cultural politics of South Africa. This paper will trace its function in the political struggle waged by Black…
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… international awards, recognition, and accolades. Born on 15 September 1977, in Enugu, Nigeria, Adichie is the fifth of … Igbo culture, the male gender is…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… a policy of statutory racial separation implemented after 1950, has resulted in what has become a prototypical model of … implementation of Apartheid Group…
PlaceRailway Station, Main Road, Wynberg
… to Cape gauge. The extension to Muizenberg opened on 15 December 1882, and a further extension to Kalk Bay on 5 …
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
… On 15 May 1993, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, won the World Boxing …
EventSA actress, Ashley Callie dies
… of Leonie Haines in the soap opera Isidingo, died on 15 February 2008. Callie was involved in a head on collision …
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… growing economic problems and diplomatic isolation. On 15 August, Mr. F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as Acting President … Available at www.nelsonamandela.org…
EventA ferry carrying 200 passengers capsizes near the coastal town of Robersport in Northwest Liberia
… of a well-known local footballer when tragedy struck. Only 15 survivors were pulled out from the water, including the …
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… Agency was speculated to have supplied between US$15 million and US$20 million annually in weapons, medicine, …
PlaceCape Columbine Lighthouse
… 97 steps up a series of wooden ladders to the top of the 15-metre tower where the light is. It was boiling hot in … painted with, with red lantern house. …
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,…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… of the reservoir. The following day they were joined by 15 young Khoi-Khoi who had been persuaded (no doubt at a … encroachment of the ravine towards the…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 March 1985.The gateway to Boshof House was built in 1793, …
EventZola Budd breaks a world record
… magnificent achievement. Kristiansens's record stood for 15 years before Budd broke it. The event took place without …
EventAnnouncement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension
… Agency's (Wada's) side. Sepeng was reinstated on 15 May 2007 for all athletics competitions with immediate …
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), … Rousseau.(2003) 'Milestones' (special insert), The Star , 15 April. |SAHA, (2010), ‘The…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… Act of 1963 and the Suppression of Communist Act of 1950 , but she was not detained without suspicion. Eleanor … Eleanor had been in police custody but had…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… the besieged police garrisons in Brakpan and Benoni. On 15 March, the artillery bombarded the strikers' stronghold at … attack on Fordsburg square click on…