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ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.50 No.5 Feb 1952
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.50 No.4 Feb 1952
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a giant among African American activists. He was a key founder of the NAACP, the largest and oldest civil rights…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
Nelson Mandela's name resonates with the struggle for independence and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration…
APDUSA Views - Issue No 95, June 2009
ArchiveNew Age Vol.5 No.50 Oct. 1959
BiographyBlanche la Guma
Blance la Guma (nee Blanche Herman) was born on 30 November 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively…
BiographyBiddy Partridge
Bridget June Partridge was born in 1950 in Kenya and raised in South Africa. Biddy Partridge first began work as a freelance photographer for the South…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
Gille de Vlieg was born Gillian Ruth Hemson in Plymouth, England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing their home in a later bombing…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew - Introduction
EventRev Allan Hendrikse and 150 Supporters Swim at a Whites Only Beach in Port Elizabeth.
Labour Party Leader, Reverend Allan Hendrikse, who is known for voicing his disagreement with the government publicly despite being part of P W Botha's cabinet…
A three-day strike starts in Soweto by between 150,000 and 200,000 workers.
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
Violet Sarah Matlou (nee Phiri) was born on 4 April 1920 in Rustenburg. She started her schooling in Welgeval and completed it at Mmabeskraal under the…
BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), in 1911. She enrolled in a nursing training course, but eventually took up work as a…
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
St. Peter's Mission 16-6-50 My dear Chief; I am writing you a private letter. The national executive has agreed on the sit down strike on June the 26th…
BiographyEli Weinberg
Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World War and the October Revolution of 1917 as a…
Now You Have Touched the Women - African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960 by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
Introduction The decade of the 1950s was a decade of turmoil in South Africa. In the urban areas, a strong alliance was being forged between racially…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
INTRODUCTION: 1. The year 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked by a number of events which…
Escom intends spending R250 million over five years electrifying 2500 schools and clinics nationwide.
Robert McBride, Barend Strydom, Mehetheleli Mncube and Mzondeleli Nondula are among 150 political prisoners released.
BiographyMohammed Tikly
Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s. He lived in Pietersburg, (now…
Natal Indian Teacher's Society Silver Jubilee 1925-50
ArchiveThe African Communist No 95, Fourth Quarter 1983
ArchiveThe African Communist No 90, Second Quarter 1982
ArchiveThe African Communist No 50, Third Quarter 1972
ArchiveWork in progress Issue 95 February/March 1994
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.50 No.45 Nov 1952
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.50 No.44 Nov 1952
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.50 No.43 Nov 1952
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