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EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… A national work stoppage was organised for 26 June 1950 to protest against the newly-implemented apartheid laws. …
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… simultaneously as ambassador to the United States from 1950 until his election to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) …
Notes from Books
… freedom and have her baptised with a Christian name. (pp. 15-16). "Not only did the government give its blessing to … Allen & Unwin, Ltd., (and Cape Town:…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… it, black and white. During its founding conference on the 05 and 06 March 1955, SACTU clearly signalled its advanced …
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… and acquire a hidden political significance." [15] Photography in many ways is the first drafter of history. … Collections, The Cordoned Heart Exhibit…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… calls for the re-opening of the land claims process. 2012 15 February, Pieter Mulder leader of the Freedom Front Plus … their plight owing to the slow…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… were reached by the representatives of both sides: [15] ConcIusions reached by the representatives of the NIC and … Ibid, p4-5 [12] Ibid, p5 [13] Ibid, p5-6 …
EventSouth Africa Declares Gender-Based Violence a National Disaster
… protests where women across the country lay down for 15 minutes at noon to honour the 15 women murdered daily in South Africa. The declaration came …
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… under 'security' legislation has been in operation since 1950, whilst restriction of persons under emergency … of support is shifted from the state to the…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… years later. The ANC called for a new protest and 26 June 1950 was set aside as a day of mourning for the dead. Once … Group Areas Act and the Suppression of…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… transportation facilities. The nearest hospital was about 15 - 20 miles away. Two of my brothers worked in the city of … became the secretary of the Union…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… of Macassar, Western Cape, was swiftly evacuated after a 15 000 ton sulphur dioxide stockpile belonging to the local …
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
… people, 46 life-rafts that could support 20 people each, 15 life-buoys and 1319 lifebelts. …
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… when the Liquor Laws Amendment Bill came into effect on 15 August 1962 were Africans allowed to buy liquor freely …
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… A committee was formed. This committee subsequently met on 15 June 1976 to consolidate strategies regarding the planned …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… to the United Nations the Security Council convened on 15 and 16 July to examine concerns about violence in South …
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
… On 15 January 1986, General Justin Lekhanya, the Head of the …
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… night". In another similar incident in 2007, Andrei, a 15-year-old boy from the Urals in Russia, suffered acute …
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… ',[online],Available at www.justice.gov.za [Accessed: 15 August 2013] …
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
… District 6 Museum Homecoming Centre 15 Buitenkants Stree, Cape town Venue:Tuesday 4 March 2014, …
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… the launch of the UDF, AZASO was represented by at least 15 branches from institutions in the Transvaal, Western Cape, …
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… spanned almost four months of deliberations, from 15 November 1884 to 26 February 1885. By the end of the …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… new post at Malacca. There are 40 free burghers with about 15 women and 20 children settled at the Cape to cultivate …
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… units, and 1742561 units by 1945, to 4083752 units in 1950, after which Eskom set up substations and became the … pounds in 1944, and passed the 30-million…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… Distribution 956 - 416 --- 38.0--- 1,009 ----------- 981 15.6 2,911 46.4 6,273 100.0 1970 % Distribution 2,011 - 936 … were allowed to register in this…
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
Photography is the common language of modern history. It’s everywhere; and everyone, in some way, understands it. No institution presents and parses that…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… With rapid expansion, the institution changed its name in 1950 to become the University of the Orange Free State – …
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of …
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of …