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ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… Speaks on "India Today" at the Liberal Book Club October 17, 1940. Speaks on Penetration Commission October 31, 1940. … in opposition to the Bill for any…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… The decision by the IMF to grant Pretoria a loan of 1.07 billion dollars, in defiance of a resolution of the …
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…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… the banning of the South African Communist Party(SACP) in 1950, the Sharpeville massacre in 1961 and the subsequent …
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…
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…
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…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, with the help of Archaeological…
PlaceMontagu Pass
… the Mountain Pass still in use in South Africa and covers 17,1 kms of magnificently scenic narrow, gravel road driving, …
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… At a public sale in 1822, the property fetched only 17,500 guilders and it was bought a Year later for 11,600 …
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Three years later, the 60-year-old Van der Kemp married a 17-year-old former slave from Madagascar. Both missionaries …
PlaceGabon
… On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, … 17 August 1960, Gabon gains independence from France …
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new…
EventThe first 1820 British Settlers arrive in South Africa
… in Table Bay on board the Nautilus and the Chapman on 17 March 1820. From the Cape colony, the settlers were sent …
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… was their adopted son and he was not white. At the age of 17, John Charlton completed and published his novel Broken …
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
On 27 March 1914, Belgian doctor Albert Hustin conducted the first non-direct transfusion, using sodium citrate as an anticoagulant. Initially, blood…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… the following grievances: 1.That Gyapershad aged about 17 years my son who has been sailed per S.S. Pongola on the …
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 April 1936. It should also be remembered that this is not …
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… first church service in the church building was held on 17 September 1853. Land was allocated to it for missionary …
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… labour legislationthe Industrial Legislation Commission (1950) enforced apartheid in the trade unions; under the … was attacked by two police baton charges…
The Battle of Square Hill
… Armardale Castle. Following their arrival in Mombasa on 17 February 1916 they were assigned to a variety of tasks … took place during the day and also at…
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…
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 …
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the AAC, February 15, 1936 46
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews …
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 …
PlaceIsandlwana Battlefield Site, Nqutu
… than those of the rest of the Area. The District has 17 Tribal Authorities. Endumeni is the only B Municipality …
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… by sawing off two outside legs of the steel structure.17 Fortunately operations were to become more sophisticated … was wholly different from the measured…