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BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… literary career with the publication of Man Must Live in 1946. It was the second collection of short stories in …
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… to 1943, and Pax College, in Pietersburg (Polokwane), in 1946. He obtained his senior certificate through private …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… would follow the conclusion of the Second World War. In 1946, Xuma travelled to New York as an unofficial delegate to …
BiographyRichard Feetham
… (1932””35), and the Witwatersrand Land Titles Commission (1946”” 49). In 1938, Feetham was elected Vice Chancellor of …
BiographyZuleika Sarojini Christopher
… Ghadija Gool was imprisoned as a passive resister in 1946 and served the Durban Indian Child Welfare Society for …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & … the assertion of the Union's Prime Minister before the 1946…
BiographyBilly Nair
… a shop assistant in a hardware store (A.Baker Bros) from 1946-48, and later as a bookkeeper for an accounting firm. … by the impact of the passive resistance…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… in the 1940s, notably the strike of African mineworkers in 1946. As we shall see, women workers of all races, now a … Indian Passive Resistance. A mass…
BiographyIsaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
… from the inside. After surviving a charge of sedition in 1946 for supporting a strike of African gold miners , he was …
BiographyLeslie Massina
… African Laundering,Cleaning and Dyeing Workers' Union.In 1946 he organised a union of laundry workers and was later …
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
… and went to live in Pretoria . Seshammal died in 1935. In 1946, when the Natal Indian Congress and Transvaal Indian … Most of these women were under twenty…
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… for the arrival of the Queen of England at Bulawayo in 1946, and for the Johannesburg Music Festival in 1950. In …
BiographyNathaniel Impey Honono
Nathaniel Impey Honono (Tshutsha) was born on 21 October 1908, in the district of Qumbu, in the then Transkei (Eastern Cape). He graduated with a BA degree…
BiographyFrederick Hutchinson Page
… School of Art, where he studied under Jack Heath from 1946 to 1947. With Heath’s encouragement and the growth of …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… Sanctions or Non-European Unity?" Workers' Voice, April 1946 Document 12 - Non-European Unity Movement. Resolutions … Franchise in S. Africa”, Workers' Voice…
Document 32 - Babeuf [K. A. Jordaan], “A History of the Franchise in S. Africa”, Workers’ Voice, 5, 5, September 1946
… Franchise in S. Africa”, Workers' Voice, 5, 5, September 1946 … Franchise in S. Africa”, Workers’ Voice, 5, 5, September 1946 …
BiographyClarence Mlami Makwetu
Clarence Mlami Makwetu was born on 6th December 1928 in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transkei. He was the second of five children of Minah and Gqongo…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
Ellen Hellmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
Athol Thorne was born in Springs, South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and university. His parents were…
BiographyMassabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa
Massabalala Yengwa, was the son of the Zulu labourer who had been jailed during the African National Congress (ANC) anti-pass campaign of 1919. Yengwa was born…
EventIndia complains in 1946 against racism in South Africa
… India complains in 1946 against racism in South Africa …
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… the Ossewabrandwag Botha's political career bloomed and in 1946 he was promoted to Union Information Officer for the NP. …
BiographyDr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
Jacob Nhlapo was born in 1903 to Isaac Hulumeni and Catherina Maseko. He received primary schooling at his birthplace, Reitz, a town in North-East Orange Free…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
Percy John ‘Jack’ Hodgson born on 17 August 1910 in Roodepoort, was the eldest son of three children born to Jessy (nee Turner) and Percy John Hodgson. An…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… on the Newtown Square, Johannesburg, on Sunday August 4, 1946, and attended by over one thousand delegates, … employed on the Gold Mines, as from the 12th…
BiographyBennett Seitshiro
… Factory worker. Active in the ANC since 1937; helped the 1946 African miners' strike; and a key Congress figure in …
Statement On Release From Prison, September 26 1946
… Statement On Release From Prison, September 26 1946 …
Victor Berrange letter to NYT - 15 November 1946
… Victor Berrange letter to NYT - 15 November 1946 …
BiographyGregoire Johannes Boonzaier
… for stinging criticism in David Lewis's The Naked Eye in 1946. Lewis held that his best work had been done ten years … needle caught in the syncopation of an…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
1815 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg cross the Oranje/Gariep river. June 1836, Van Rensburg leaves Trichardt while Potgieter goes on an expedition to…