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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 …
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… He is later elected as its chair. 1946 At the age of 17, he leaves school in his matriculation year to work … accident prevents Kathrada from travelling…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… and control to surveil and stop any political activity. [17] By the 1990s the Group Areas Act was slowly being … at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… like the NIC. According to Surendra Bhana, before the 1950's "religion was clearly the most important force in the … of which PR is considered one of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… to a culture of community service and development. 17-20 January, The ANC NEC holds its annual Lekgotla. To read … planning takes place for the Alliance…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… Brink (in Van den Heever) ? ‘colonise[d]’ the language. [17] Concurrently, Afrikaans is connected to racism, … ↵ [16] Jansen, Afrikaans: A Language on the…
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…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter Joachim von Sandrart (1606 – 1688), the…
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on the 17 April 1936. …
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… in a rock half the size of a rugby ball was discovered on 17 May 2009. The juvenile, a young male is believed to be …
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… of flowers in Summer. This Pass was built in about 1950. It still remains a challenging drive even in 4x4 …
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain fresh vegetables and…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… school boycott and the resultant violence peaked between 17 and 18 June 1980 in the Coloured townships of Elsies …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
The Pretoria region was initially occupied by the southern Ndebele people, led by Chief Musi. They inhabited this area about 300 to 400 years ago. The period…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… a 'black weekend' of consumer boycott and stayaway from 16-17 March. Once again the UDF played no role in the …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… by Thambi Naidoo. 16 October, The strike begins in Natal 17 October, More than 2000 workers were on strike in Natal …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… produce results. The Chamber of Mines, which was offering 17-23%, while NUM was demanding 30%, remained intransigent. … came under heavy restrictions when…
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
On 20 June 2016, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria will host a colloquium on South Africa’s ‘long 1970s’, defined…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi …
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… by the British government for thirty years. On 13 November 1950 the British asked Khama to renounce his chieftancy, and … ' [Online] Available at: www.thuto…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at the age of 76 after a 30 minute performance for Roberto Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… have stopped their tactical operation after the killing of 17 miners at "scene one". Instead, police continued to another koppie, "scene two", where 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 …
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… separate raids on Marabastad location near Pretoria netted 17 150 gallons of beer and 8 524 gallons of skokiaan (ibid, … Basotho who are all over the…