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Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… such as the African National Congress (ANC). By 1950, the ANC's Programme of Action was implemented, which …
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was jailed, but when the CPP swept the 1951 …
EventThe first recognised AIDS cases are reported in the USA
… s" [online] Available at: sahistory.org.za [Accessed 26 May 2009]| Avert The Origin of HIV and AIDS [online] …
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew THE WORKERS PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA …
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. …
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… of a special notice of the Group Areas Act , passed in 1950, the Nationalist government whittled down the boundaries …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… Party of South Africa (CPSA) was virtually outlawed in 1950 by the introduction of the Suppression of Communism Act …
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
Photography is the common language of modern history. It’s everywhere; and everyone, in some way, understands it. No institution presents and parses that…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… units, and 1742561 units by 1945, to 4083752 units in 1950, after which Eskom set up substations and became the … pounds in 1944, and passed the 30-million…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
… adopted at a conference held at Pietermaritzburg on 25 and 26 March 1961. This conference was attended by 1 500 … All-In African Conference held in…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… makes me forget all my problems. I become full of love. 26 October 1976 I feel sad that I write letters to you and you never receive them. 26 May 1978 You…
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference When the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) was formed in…
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
… the 1913 Natives Land Act. The threat of relocation in the 1950's forced some of the Griqua families to identify as …
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… to accept the accusation that he victimised workers. 26 He defended himself by claiming that productivity was at a … of Census and Statistics, Special…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… yet been disclosed to the public. [i] Born on 25 September 1950 in Mulamula, Limpopo, Mashamba was described as an …
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and by 17 July 1950 a commercial radio service was established, with daily …
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial …
Document 5 - “Trade Union Notes”, The Bolshevik, March 1920 (Extract)
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 5 - "Trade Union Notes", The …
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 2 - Letter from the Cape …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… that of the crude oil extraction in the region. Since the 1950's, Oganiland had been dumped with oil waste, causing …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
Former South African Prime Minister and State President, Balthazar John Vorster was born in in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… of Indiana. His first interest of South Africa began in 1950”²s when he went to study at the School of Oriental and …
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
Congress Resister was published by the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), which was formed at the turn of the twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi. It was not…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
During the weekend of 24th to 26th May, 1986, delegations of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC) and the African National Congress…
Insurrections III: The Storming
The Insurrections Ensemble returns to the Homecoming Centre at District Six for two performances on the 25th and 26th of September. For those of you who…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… Congress and the South African Indian Congress on June 26, 1952 - was initiated in the Natal province at the end of …
EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
… ideology. Berlin won the bid to host the Games on 26 April 1931, before the Nazis came to power, beating …
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… commission of inquiry into the shootings at Winterveld on 26 March 1986 because, according to the homelands minister of …