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BiographyFred Carneson
… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) railway workshops, in 1924, when Fred was four years old.Carneson, brought up as a …
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… of political influence. In the years leading up to the 1924 election, the South African Party (SAP), led by Louis … Labour Party (LP) joined forces to…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… When JBM Hertzog took over 3 years later, and set up his Pact government in 1924, he used the granting of votes to white women as a …
BiographyDennis Brutus
… Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe) on 28 November in 1924.His parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at …
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
… Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924, in Katama, a Jesuit mission station in the Zimbambe … majority rule and allow for an election. This…
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… political status of Coloured people, most notoriously the Pact Government's Civilised Labour Policy of J.B.M Hertzog's …
BiographyConstance Stuart Larrabee
… months old. Constance’s interest in photography began in 1924 when she was given a Kodak Box Brownie for her birthday. …
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… he found employment as a labourer at a wholesaler. In 1924, he married Francina Pretorius, who was also from …
BiographyEmil Sachs
… at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, in 1924, but went to the Soviet Union for six months during the …
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
… cabinet. But he supported the Botha-Smuts government until 1924. In speeches, he opposed the Native Land Act (1913), …
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… to struggle for freedom. Mr E.S. Reddy was born in 1924 to a politically active family in Andhra Pradesh, South …
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of the PACT government in 1924. The NP was the governing party of South Africa from … This Pact resulted in…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… in South-West Africa, Smuts lost the next election in 1924 to J.B.M. Hertzog and his National Party (NP). During …
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… African leaders. The signing of the Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact in 1947 strengthened the Alliance, which comprised the …
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… attitude was markedly reflected in the Class Areas Bill of 1924. The founding of the SAIC (1919) Mohandas Karamchand … 1947, Transvaal and Natal Indian…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… because it is partly an initiative of labour activists. In 1924 communists are expelled from the ICU, and they turn to the SANNC. 1923 The SANP and the…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
… Imam Abdullah Haron was born on 8 February 1924 in Newlands-Claremont, an area which in the late …
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… of the 1913 Land Act. He was Natal ANC president from 1924-30 and ANC national president from 1927-30. In 1929, he …
EventTielman Roos dies after a long illness
… ill health. He was instrumental in the formation of the Pact Government in 1924 and in South Africa's withdrawal from the gold standard. …
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… assaulted and robbed twice in his own home.) He made a pact with his wide circle of friends, whom he treated …
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… political status of Coloured people, most notoriously the Pact Government's Civilised Labour Policy of J.B.M Hertzog's …
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… new measure. In what became known as the “three doctors Pact” Dr. AB Xuma , President of the ANC, Dr. GM Naicker , …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… Hertzog had joined forces and agreed to form the so-called Pact Government in 1924. However, when World War Two was declared in 1939, … later passed away in…
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… (SAP), J.C. Smuts, decided to hold a general election in 1924. The SAP suffered a defeat at the hands of the … the election, the National Party and Labour…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… published writing was a letter in Ilanga on 18 October 1924 entitled Hardship and Progress. Like many of his … South African intellectuals at the time…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… was further strengthened by its amendment sponsored by the PACT government of the National Party and the Labour Party in … This led to the outbreak of the…
EventNational Party wins national elections
… the second consecutive term, having been victorious in the 1924 elections which resulted in the Pact Government, the Great Depression, from 1930 to 1933, …
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe on 5 December 1924 at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province. He was the youngest of …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… order to oust Smuts South African Party from power in the 1924 election. Industrial and Commercial Workerss Union in … Anti-Indian Legislation: Boroughs…