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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…
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…
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 …
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
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,…
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…
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…
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 ……
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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’,…
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…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… him. On the 100 th anniversary of his birthday in October 1961, Imvo Zabantsundu reflected on model African leaders in …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) and the Armed Struggle
… Sabotage campaigns Between 1961 and 1963 MK was responsible for about 134 acts of …