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Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories.[i] She was also described as a passionate and…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… is that the whole system is cruel and should be abolished. 26 June, Lord Kitchener, in a telegram to Milner: "I fear … concentration camps, raising money to…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… of technical, narrative and cinematic sophistication. [26] Consequently, the Nigerian film industry, “Nollywood”, … Heritage’”, African Today, (46), (2),…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… for 30 years, he was appointed to Malan’s cabinet in 1950, given the portfolio for Post and Telegraphs. His … Indians and Whites still played cricket…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… is a Suburb of Soweto . It was founded in the early 1950's during the Apartheid era to accommodate Black … Africa, is a Suburb of Soweto. It was founded in…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
In the late 1950s Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.' So runs the song composed to mark this historic occasion. By the middle of 1956…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… and a rift between Abrahams and Padmore begins to develop. 1950 Wild Conquest is published. 1952 The London Observer, …
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
IntroductionDecember 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… foundation of economic exploitation’ (Walshe, 1970: 312). 26 July: Xuma writes to the members of the Natives … Xuma is replaced as ANC President by Dr James…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Act No 74 of 1983; the Fund Raising Number being 06 600177 000 5. The E M Paruk family in 1934 offered its … Africa, Sir Raza Sayed Ali. The children's home…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… first national stoppage of work in South Africa, on June 26, 1950. While there were these three organisations, the Party … of the fascist threat in the…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… were replaced with flat concrete roofs. Since October 1950 a larger restoration process started which included the …
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is a West African nation bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon. The earliest indigenous population of this country…
PlaceAlgeria
… (or province) different from most of its colonies. In the 1950's, the 'Front De Liberation Nationale', (FNL) led a …
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… African film industry for the Cape Times between 1937 and 1950. While she was in Johannesburg, Gutsche enrolled for a …
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… an own building for a school or a clinic. Today more than 26,000 people live in Masiphumelele. There is still no police …
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… times, the Congress leadership had held off from it since 1950-51. Moreover, the one-day strikes in 1950-51 had been essentially regional in character -…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… Eric Clifford “Cliff” Drysdale was born in Nelspruit on 26 May 1941.[i] He was widely regarded as one of the best …
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… Pinnacle Point Caves received World Heritage status today, 26 July . This follows deliberations by the UNESCO World …
ArchiveAppendix 5.1 The First Anniversary of the Declaration of the State of Palestine by Denis Goldberg
… recently seen seven of our great leaders released from 26 years of imprisonment. We have seen our people defy the …
PlaceMtubatuba
… swamp began and Mtubatuba became an official Village in 1950. Responsible for much of the Town's battle with water is … swamp began and Mtubatuba became an…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… within the ranks of the ANC. Developments in the Cape On 26 August 1943 the National Executive Committee of the AAC … as an appendix to this article. The…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… the Rivonia life imprisonments, the Soweto Uprising, June 26 and the SASOL attack, when Umkhonto we Sizwe set racist … that today - this week, set between…
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… the Rivonia life imprisonments, the Soweto Uprising, June 26 and the SASOL attack, when Umkhonto we Sizwe set racist … that today - this week, set between…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… in. In 1949 interracial marriage was made illegal. In 1950 cities were divided into districts by race. By 1951 …
Bibliographical Data
… The Awakening of a People (Johannesburg: People's Press, 1950). Dr. A. B. Xuma wrote "Extracts from the Life Story of … now complemented by Class and Colour…
71.The Group Areas Act
… and Bridglal Pachai When the Group Areas Act was passed in 1950, all Indian political organisations strongly opposed it. … enunciated at each conference…