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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…
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…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… national convention statement appears in the Bantu World 15-18 December, Five hundred delegates arrive for a … State. December, The ANC hosts its Jubilee…
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…
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…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement on the update of Conference Proceedings,28 June 2012
… and exhibition 12:30 media photo opportunity of delegates 15:00 onwards will be media briefings at the media centre. …
EventHumphrey Khoza, former chief executive officer of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd and director of several other companies, is born in Germiston
Humphrey Mbuyiseni Khoza is the former CEO of Uthingo Management, the first company awarded the bid to operate the South African National Lottery. Born in…
EventThe first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa
… On 15 July 1960, the first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrived in …
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… for failing to allow Namibia to become independent. On 15 February 1978 BJ Vorster, the Prime Minister of South …
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… settled in Botswana. She was a refugee in Botswana for 15 years. Head was granted citizenship in Botswana in 1979. …
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… was held at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 12 to 15 September 1998 to mark the 80th anniversary of the …
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… on 8 September 1914, on the side of the Allied Forces. On 15 July 1916, the S.A. Infantry Brigade under Major-General …
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… the concentration camps and it is estimated that more than 15 000 Black African people died in segregated concentration …
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… on 11 October 1899, there were attempts to reach peace. On 15 May 1902, thirty delegates from each republic, Transvaal …
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Madline Alexander Pillai wrote on 22 January…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… On 15 February 1962, B.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice announced …
PlaceClairwood Hospital, Durban
Clairwood Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Durban South, KwaZulu Natal. Hospital services include a…
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference When the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) was formed in…
EventOlive Shisana is born
… town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the …
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
… the 1913 Natives Land Act. The threat of relocation in the 1950's forced some of the Griqua families to identify as …
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and by 17 July 1950 a commercial radio service was established, with daily …
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
Document 5 - “Trade Union Notes”, The Bolshevik, March 1920 (Extract)
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 5 - "Trade Union Notes", The …
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 2 - Letter from the Cape …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
Former South African Prime Minister and State President, Balthazar John Vorster was born in in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… of Indiana. His first interest of South Africa began in 1950”²s when he went to study at the School of Oriental and …
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
Congress Resister was published by the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), which was formed at the turn of the twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi. It was not…
Stay-away!
… Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1950 there was a big protest against this law called the …
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… designed in a neo-Gothic style, was laid by Lord Milner on 15 March 1905. It was officially opened on 8 October 1905 by … foundation Stone of the new …
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…