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EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… its name to MLSTP. During the elections MLSTP won all 16 seats in the National Assembly. The constitution, which was promulgated on December 12, 1975,…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Elected at the first annual National Congress held on 16-17 December 1972 in Hammanskraal Winnifred Kgware - … OF MEMBERS WHO DIED DURING THE STRUGGLE Bantu…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… stock market on "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929 when 16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by panicking … in 1933, nearly 25% of the Nation's total…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… , with Albert Luthuli elected the president-general on 16 October 1952. Following his election, Luthuli's movements … being dropped, he was faced with…
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… conflict culminated in the battle at the Ngome River on 16 December 1838, in which the Zulus suffered a severe …
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… pass laws with the aim to free South Africa by 1963. On 16 March 1960, Sobukwe wrote to the Commissioner of Police, …
BiographyNana Sita
… the Soweto massacre of African schoolchildren on June 16, 1976, failed to intimidate the people. Thousands of young …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… long after, Govan and Nelson Mandela became fugitives. In 1961, during his final year at high school, Mbeki was … son. Nokwe agreed to have Mbeki live with…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… created the African Writers Series portfolio portraits for 16 outstanding writers as a piece of publicity for Heinemann [12] . He worked as a freelance…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… was run by 2 white and 24 black staff members working 12-hour shifts. In 1957 the demand increased to such an … of Sophiatown in 1955 and parts of Alexandra…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… membership to the Central Committee was known to a few. 1961 hailed a public campaign spearheaded by Mandela, urging … called for the establishment of a…
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… Dr James Moroka Address at the Opening SAIC Conference, 16 September 1950 (pdf) Dr James Moroka Address to ANC … on the tour of the Native Trust - The Friend…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… Centre on the African continent, Johannesburg generates 16% of South Africa's GDP and employs 12% of the National Workforce. Its infrastructure matches ……
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… the North and the historic student uprising in Soweto on 16 June 1976 were inspired by BPC and its BC philosophy. It … that conceived and organised the…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… , describing the lives of black miners in 1914. On 12 August 1946 African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went … wage gap between the white worker and the…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… The first batch of Indian passive resisters, consisting of 12 men and 4 women (including Mrs. Kasturba Gandhi ) are … born Indians, M.K. Moodley and Rev B.L…
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… According to reports, the security for Mandela included 12 000 city police officers, 4 super-insulated bomb trucks, 16 teams of demolition experts,…
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… The Pass Laws Chapter 11 - The Compound System Chapter 12 - The Wage Colour Bar - A System of Forced Labour Part 3 - … Workers Chapter 15 - White Workers and…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… labour. Writes to Naoroji on same matter. February 16, Enrolls at Bar and settles down in Johannesburg. May 6, … had registered and 6000 were accepted by…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… to discourage the settlement of Indians in Natal. 1860 16 November, the first batch of 342 indentured Indian … this year. The Coolie Consolidation Amendment…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… CPSA was going to deal with the Government's threat. May 12, The Immorality Amendment Act No 21 of 1950 is passed. May … Congress and South African Indian…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… and Black workers were frequently assaulted by whites [12] . It was not only South Africans who worked as cheap … did not have problems with working…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… as a ‘multi-national’ state comprising of between 10 or 12 ‘nations [2] ; hence the formation of the ‘self-governing’ … and the Language of Non-racialism’,…
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… in the (second) Treaty of Aliwal North, concluded on 12 February 1869. Brand was allowed to keep territory on the …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… cannot teach African children”. In 1952, when Ela was 12 years old, her father started going to Defiance Campaign …
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… copies of the paper were compounded. (Potter p118) 1961 June 10- John Worral attacked in The Rhodesian- accused … to an article suspected of an offence …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) and the Armed Struggle
… Sabotage campaigns Between 1961 and 1963 MK was responsible for about 134 acts of …
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… Wits Theatre and Dance Factory from February 20 to March 16, 2002. The main highlights of the festival included … Residency programme also too place and…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… 10 Problems of imprisonment Chapter 11 The escape Chapter 12 Hangings Chapter 13 A negotiated release Chapter 14 Out of prison Chapter 15 Solidarity Chapter…
PlaceFraserburg
… of Worcester and was proclaimed a separate division on 12 December 1853. In about January 1890 its Southern … feet and held under Deed of Transfer 6583/1912,…