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PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
These days a trip to Robben Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a must-do on the itinerary of any tourist to Cape Town. Forget palm trees and sun-kissed…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… of the second Passive Resistance struggle. For the last 17 months the Indian people of South Africa have waged with …
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… On the afternoon of 17 January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo addressed 20 000 of …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… was forged in struggle. It is only in South Africa that 17 years of freedom we could still have such an Alliance in … of the ANC Alliance continues. A lot…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
PlaceCape Town International Convention Centre
… With over 17 years of service excellence and crafting extraordinary … With over 17 years of service excellence and crafting extraordinary …
PlaceHuguenot Monument, Franschoek
… was completed in 1945 at a cost of £22 000. On the 17 April 1948 marked the beginning or first Public viewing …
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… [iii] South African Labour Bulletin. May/June 1993. Vol 17, no. 3. [iv] A. Sitas. Culture and Production, Natal …
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… General Council Rule 16 National Executive Committee Rule 17 The Electoral Commission Rule 18 Elections and Composition … as soon as possible after the…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… By this time, policies, such as the Group Areas Act of 1950, the Population Registration Act, No. 30 of 1950 , and the Abolition of Passes and the…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter Abstract: The Black Consciousness…
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
The struggle for freedom is a reckless, foolish and sacrosanct adventure—so believed Albert Luthuli, president of the African National Congress from 1952-1968…
PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
… to the outside World and those abroad. In the early 1950's a planning committee chaired by Mr FE Mentz responded …
Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald,
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. …
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… it was declared a white area under the Group Areas Act of 1950, and by 1982, the life of the community was over. More …
PlaceLake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early 1950's out of the necessity to generate hydroelectric energy … Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early…
PlaceHotazel
… name! Not much else happened in the area until the early 1950's, when geologists conducted tests looking for …
ArticleThe San
The San, the first people in South Africa The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. The San were also known as 'Bushmen', a term…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan Village outside East London in March 1961. The launch followed a…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
During the past week, the entire country has been united in mourning the fall of a giant of our struggle. Messages of condolences have come from all over the…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
On January 18, the world lost an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer Peter Abrahams died at 97 in Jamaica, where he has…
PlaceWindermere
… Town near the Ysterplaat airbase. The Group Areas Act of 1950 declared that the space be occupied by Coloured … Town near the Ysterplaat airbase. The Group…
Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990
… we understood that the banning of the Communist Party in 1950, was but a prelude to the suppression of all democratic … wrong to have enacted the Suppression…
PlaceKroonstad
… the eighties!) Minister Sibusiso Joel "S'bu" Ndebele (born 17 October 1948), led this ceremony. He was the Minister of …
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew In submitting the following points for … f 6 to £12. UNSKILLED LABOUR. -2616 per…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… Board, Dr A.J.A. Roux, was complaining of a shortfall of 17,000 engineering technicians, the annual output of 3,000 …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… among the different cultural and religious groups. [17] This was highly important for the Mughal Empire’s … (Accessed: 22 June 2020). [17] Author Unknown,…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… home at midnight or 1 am. But as the impact of the 1950 Group Areas Act began being felt in uprooted communities … worried about her father, with whom she…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… Prof. P.S. Dreyer (assistant) 1949-1952: Prof. E.S. Muller 1950-1963: Prof. S.P.J.J. van Rensburg 1952-1967: Ds. P.M. …