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EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan is born
… an M.A. Degree at the University of South Africa in 1944, he was appointed to the Department of African Languages …
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… and resolutions of the Second Conference, held in 1944. Reporting on the Conference, Bulletin No. 30 January 19th, 1944, said: "to view of the growing,…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… agenda. The emergence of the ANC Youth league in 1944 which demanded freedom from white domination and … the Anti pass Campaign mounted in the Western Cape…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944 Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally … held at Banqueting Hall, City Hall,…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… The two of them got jobs at The Cape Times instead. By 1944, Norton was Chief Subeditor of The Cape times, making …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… supported James Mpanza's establishment of Shantytown in 1944 in defiance of the regulations against squatting. The … not yet have to carry passes themselves)…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was established on 2 April 1944, by Anton Lambede (who became the League’s first … at the Bantu Social Centre in Johannesburg…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… in the ANC, the Congress Youth League was formed in 1944. The ANC Youth League added impetus to the ANC. The … There were two bus boycotts in Alexandra, in…
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… her degree in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1944. In 1946, Dr Singh returned to South Africa and become …
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… when he was assassinated, having come to power in October 1944. Ahmad Mahir, the son to Muhammad Mahir, was one of the …
EventNelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday
… Nelson Mandela first married in 1944. He and his wife Evelyn had 2 children and divorced in …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Union of South Africa. Pretoria: Government Printer. 1944. The Ndebele of J Kekana . Ethnological Publications No …
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… Passive Resistance campaign . Political beginnings In 1944, Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) and … guiding the ANC’s future resistance…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… at Adams College at Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. In 1944 he enrolled at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Science …
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of …
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… City Council meeting statement made on 17 October 1944, in which a detailed report regarding the "Western Areas …
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
… Africa, including the Battle of El Alamein. On 19 August 1944, the 6th Division entered Florence, Italy and was active …
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… one case in which a worker had been beaten to death in 1944. In support of these workers, the South African Congress …
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… of the founder members of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944 with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, and was elected …
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… biographies, novels and adventure stories. Between 1944 and 1949 he developed into a fulltime write, but later …
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
… the first prize in the May Esther Bedford Competition. In 1944 he was commissioned by the Bantu Welfare Trust to paint …
BiographyOliver Tambo
… its Congress in Botshabelo, Bloemfontein and in September 1944, it held its official inauguration. Speakers at this …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… many years, and she died in Aga Khan palace on 22 February 1944, after suffering from numerous heart attacks. She was 74 …
EventSouth African historian Charles van Onselen is born.
… Charles van Onselen was born on 14 August 1944, in the South African town of Boksburg, Gauteng (then …
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… law at the time. The site became a National Monument in 1944 and in terms of current heritage legislation is now …
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
… MB Nhlapho. The founding of the Congress Youth League in 1944 The founding of the CYL in April 1944 at the Bantu Men’s Social Centre was a significant … etc…
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born
… in exile. During the formation of the ANC Youth League in 1944, Tambo became the first Secretary General. He became the …
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… Women Army Auxiliary Services during the World War II. In 1944 she was seconded to undertake welfare among refugees and …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… 12.Signature page, ANC Youth League meeting, 14 February 1944 (A.W.G. Champion Papers) …
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… the construction of African housing to standstill. [15] By 1944 many urban African workers became squatters, who were …