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Side By Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph
Helen Joseph is one of the most well-known South African women to campaign against apartheid. Her autobiography is being published on her 81st birthday and is…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 57 - Letter from the Communist …
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to …
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 19 - Communist Party of South … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
Ray Alexander Simons nee Alexandrowich arrives in South Africa from Latvia where she was born on 12 January 1913. After her arrival in the country she realized…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
From 1960 to 1983, the apartheid Government forcibly moved 3.5 million Black South Africans in one of the largest mass removals of people in modern history…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his father who was a migrant…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in Kimberley on 28 October 1908 to Ernest Oppenheimer and Mary Lina Pollock. Oppenheimer completed his primary education…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… of the Transvaal African National Congress from 1944 to 1950. After J. B. Marks defeated him for the provincial presidency in 1950, he joined a breakaway…
PlaceBishopscourt, Cape Town
Bishopscourt, Cape Town, was a prime example of the Group Areas Act's cruel impact, where non-white families (the Protea Village community) were forcibly…
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
Durban - It is understandable that while meandering through Van Reenen’s pass, negotiating its dangerous terrain, a traveller is likely to miss a most superbly…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… "plotters". Tshwete died while still holding office on 26 April 2002. …
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… African Conference held at Pietermaritzburg on 25 and 26 March 1961. This conference was attended by 1,500 …
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… ↵ [xxvii]Ibid. ↵ [xxviii]Southern Rhodesia 1890 – 1950; A record of Sixty years progress …
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… sanctioned townships created by the group areas act of 1950 (Group Areas Act (South Africa [1950]). This act deterred the domestic workers unionisation …
Control: 1910 - 1948
Intervention from Above: The 1913 Native Land Act "Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African Native found himself, not actually a slave,…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… became the secretary of the Union after I was banned in 1950 and also secretary of the Rope and Mat Workers Union. K. … and continued harassment by the…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… were the forerunners of the freedom strikers of May 1, 1950, against the Suppression of Communism Act, and the tens of thousands who joined the 26 June…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… of African-Americans through the courts. During the 1950's, the NAACP scored a number of important legal … for the observance of South Africa freedom day on…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… to remain in the gay subculture. Simon Nkoli (November 26, 1957- November 30, 1998), a prominent gay rights activist …
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… as Santu Mofokeng’s Black Photo Album/ Look at Me, 1890-1950 and Penny Siopis’ My Lovely Day to much wider audiences. …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… it ruled against their right to cross-examine witnesses. 1950 – The SAIC set up a Joint Consultative Committee with …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
Racial segregation and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious 1913 Land Act, passed…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… of South Africans. The notorious Group Areas Act of 1950 designated residential areas according to race, and many … Citizenship Act or National States…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… person. For the elections to the nine CC positions, 26 nominations were received, and with Kotane and Marks …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… secret military unit, accused of political assassinations. 26 March, Police opened fire on anti-apartheid protesters in … is established to investigate the…
Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, Friday, 24 July 1936 at 8 p.m.
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of …
Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 58 - Letter from the Communist …
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… the moving spirit behind all the great campaigns in the 1950's, as well as the transformation of the ANC in 1960-61 …
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The African National Convention must …