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BiographyJames la Guma
… politics in 1959. He was nevertheless arrested with the declaration of a state emergency that followed the …
Paper prepared at the request of the Special Committee against Apartheid, June 1968
… fascism, assembled at the United Nations and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thus the year 1948 witnessed the crystallisation of two…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… The vote was 31 in favour, 19 against and 6 abstentions. 1948 12 July, India again requested consideration of the … and 3 abstentions (France, UK, USA). 24…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… and the Reformed tradition. The alliance adopted the Declaration on Racism, suspended South Africa's white Dutch …
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… President of the Transvaal Indian Congress, signed a joint declaration of cooperation on March 9, 1947 in a bid to … at an international missionary…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… ‘four nation’ thesis as a framework in their manifesto of 1948, stating that “South Africa is a country of four chief … leave open the policy of working with…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… the country according to rigid definitions of race between 1948-1991. These policies reached their apotheosis in the … global human rights practices (as set…
Address at the Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference Johannesburg, 6th May 2003
… of the work that we are doing in this sector as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as adopted by the United Nations in 1948. As we know, the United…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… was acting chair of the Natal ANC. A week after the declaration of the 1960 state of emergency, Mabhida was sent …
BiographyHarry Garuba
Harry Garuba was born in Akure, southwestern Nigeria, in 1958. [1] At the young age of seventeen he was accepted to study English at the University of Ibadan…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
Premanathan "Prema" Naidoo, the youngest son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo, was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1945. He…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… represented the majority of Jews in Palestine form 1920 to 1948. [14] Irgun - This was a Jewish armed group led by … saw the destruction of Palestinian…
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… National Conference Decision", The Guardian, 8 January 1948 JOHANNESBURG. - Everything possible will be done by the … elections as that of advancing the…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… the Nationalist Party, prior to their coming to power in 1948, throws some light on apartheid and the non-European … democratic world opinion, for does not…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… strike action. Nkrumah was imprisoned shortly after the declaration. He was arrested by the colonial government for … within the Gold Coast and the Ewe in…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… - an issue that challenged the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. To the honour of his name, his … bondage in violation of the…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into institutionalized racism unseen … qualifications. Later the party changed its…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… can take a huge toll on lives. Under apartheid In 1948 Buthelezi enrolled to study history and “Bantu … “separate development” policy, by preventing a…
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… Tambo as its Secretary and Sisulu as the Treasurer. In 1948, the National Party (NP) came into power. … as that of James Mpanza’s Sofasonke movement. At…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… - an issue that challenged the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. To the honour of his name, his … bondage in violation of the…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
… King Faku's territory. In the agreement, King Faku made a declaration that there shall be no boundaries separating the …
BiographyDorothy Adams
… Reality; Portraits of women’s lives in the Western Cape 1948-1976, (Cape Town, HSRC). • Williams, C, (2011), Dorothy …
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… on health and development, in particular the Alma Ata declaration. The 1978 Alma Ata Conference provided an … resonated with the language of Black…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… Accessed 20 April 2023 UNITA – Angola Website. (2023). Declaration alluding to the 57th anniversary of the founding …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… the Sedition Trial of 1946 that lasted two years. In the 1948 elections, the National Party seized power and began to … chaired by Professor D. D. T. Jabavu…
The Bill of Rights
… natural disaster or other public emergency; and b. the declaration is necessary to restore peace and order. 2. A declaration of a state of emergency,…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… ESCOM’s output increased by five times between 1933 and 1948. Part of this growth was due to ESCOM taking over … of coal into oil. In the annual report of…