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Event”Ghetto Act” or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act No 28 of 1946 is passed
… could continue to own land purchased before 21 January 1944 (the date when the Bill was announced), but could no …
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… and was literary editor of South African Opinion and Trek (1944-9). In 1950, Bosman began to write humourous short …
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… LEMBEDE, "Congress on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African National Congress is a fundamental feature … Steady and Satisfactory Progress,"…
Placem'Bashe Lighthouse
… it remained standing until it was demolished in 1944, although a few remains are still evident on the road. …
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… the new four year-old Kgosi’s regent and guardian. In 1944 he was sent to study in South Africa, where he graduated …
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… And so it was that I went in that same week, in February 1944, in search of Ginger and Communism. …
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… to the executive committee of the ANC Youth League in 1944 and in 1949, was instrumental in the ANC's adoption of …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… prior Israel's independence, Eban was chief instructor, 1944-1946 at the Middle Eastern Center for Arab Studies in …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… chief, Houphouët-Boigny formed the first trade union in 1944. He was elected to the French Parliament in Paris, and …
PlaceGoodwood
… was extended Northwards to the national road, and between 1944 and 1946 the Townships of Elsies River and Monte Vista …
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… Gandhi. These two bodies had split in 1939. 18 April 1944 Smuts meets with an NIC delegation led by A.I. Kajee, … acquisition of business and agriculture…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… his own home. 13 The question of who bailed PR out in 1944 remains unresolved up until today, with even his family … suspended sentence if he vacated the…
PlaceMalay Quarter, Cape Town
… of its environment began to deteriorate after WWI, and in 1944 it was declared a slum. This led a number of prominent …
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… is the Press Ombudsman. Mazwai was born on 3 October 1944 in Johannesburg. He worked as a day editor of The …
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… her work as an advocate for African women. Buchi Emecheta (1944-) Buchi Emecheta (Black British Woman Writers, 2015) … was born in the Nigerian city of Lagos…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Natal) Act of 1943 is passed. The Pegging Act is passed. 1944 The ANC Youth League is formed by young radicals form … past Alexandra Bus Boycotts Pensions…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Organisation of South Africa", Workers' Voice, 1, 1, July 1944 Part Five - Building political alliances: Workers' unity … for Full Democratic Rights",…
PlaceWelgelegen Homestead, next to Mosterts Mill
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 March 1944. …
Freedom Charter sold out the dispossessed by Motsoko Pheko (The Sowetan), 2 Feb 2012
… is extremely poor and an 80% black majority. In 1943, 1944, 1948 and 1949, the Congress Youth League had formulated … threw them into the political dustbin…
PlaceMalawi
… party named Nyasaland African Congress was formed in 1944. Initially, it was a moderate party. It only became …
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… was extensively involved in the Alexander Bus Boycotts in 1944 and after joining the ANC. In 1955 he participated in …
ArticleA history of Soweto
… The squatter movements in Orlando grew in size between 1944 and 1946. Some of the squatters came from the Old … later, the party resorted to land invasion…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… continued in 1941 should be recovered and improved upon. 1944 7 July, The All African Convention (AAC) meets in … writes to Molteno stating that a decision…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… interests were another source of conflict, and at the 1944 congress some commercial sectors were accused of making … exorbitant profits at the expense of the…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… and a year later the Bantu Women’s league was created. In 1944, women were granted membership for the ANC. The ANCWL … of discrimination at this time …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… the bona fides of this Agreement. Birth of son Kreesan. 1944 - The Anti-Segregation Council was formed with Dr …
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 1 November 1944. This historic house, situated in Cape Town's City …
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Tambo and Nelson Mandela, in forming the ANC Youth League (1944). He was elected its treasurer, and thereafter rose …
EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… their traditional Igbo culture, were devout evangelical In 1944 Achebe attended Government College in Umuahia. He later …
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
… in 1910, the year of the Union of South Africa . In 1944, on Henry Nours’s death, Dwarsvlei was bought by Nourbet …