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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…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… series of high-ranking posts in the United Nations and in 1950 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as …
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 …
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…
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 …
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,…
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 …
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…
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. …
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…
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 …
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 …
PlacePomeroy- Solomon Linda
… Municipality is the District Municipality. On the 26 of August 2022, Nathi Mthethwa (who is the Minister of … and the uMzinyathi District Municipality. On…
PlaceBains Kloof Pass, Western Cape
… towns of Ceres and Worcester, in the Western Cape. It is 26,8 km in length from the bridge over the Breede River to …
PlaceSecunda
… windshield is 292 metres high with an internal diameter of 26 metres. The chimney was constructed by Concrete as part of …
PlaceDurban Harbour and Port
… restrictions are for a ship length of 200 m, a beam of 26 m, and maximum draught of 11.6 m. The Harbour Master has …
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… replaced by JJ Kruger, who served as editor until 1960. In 1950 the newspaper moved its offices from its premises in … of Afrikaans journalism, a remarkably…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… them into real Bantu community schools” (my italics).26 This was in line with his specious statement: “[u]ntil now …
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
The Ndebele and the apartheid state When the Nationalist Party was elected to power in 1948 by a minority of the white electorate, their platform promised…