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BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… the 1920s. OK Bazaars was founded in 1927, Woolworths in 1930. When Harry Herber entered the fray in 1931, Acker-mans …
BiographyViolet Weinberg
… South Africans. Weinberg’s political activism started in 1930 at the Garment Worker Union, where she worked as a trade …
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… Zaccheus Richard Mahabane 1924 - 1927 Josiah Gumede 1927 - 1930 Pixley ka Isaka Seme 1930 - 1936 Zaccheus Richard Mahabane 1937 - 1940 Dr. Alfred … 1919–1923…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
Dr Frene Noshir Ginwala was born on 25 April 1932 in Johannesburg in what was then the Province of the Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Her politics would be…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
Harry Schwarz (born Heinz Schwarz) was born in Cologne, Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… The WEAU and votes for white women Until 1930 there were no women in South Africa who had the right to … By passing legislation to give the vote to white…
South African Labour history
… read more "The Development of the Trade Union Movement 1930's and 1940's" During the 1930s and 1940s attempts at … more widespread. Some were more successful…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… a teacher's certificate at the Prince of Wales College in 1930. During this period Nkrumah became introduced to …
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of wedlock. His father…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced …
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… supposed to, therefore its membership numbers dwindled. In 1930 the South African Trades and Labour Council (SATLC) was formed. Between 1930 and 1955 it was…
A growing urban African population
As Johannesburg expanded, so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and were growing in…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… real politics, which they did successfully. These were the 40s now. I don't know if you want me to go further than … there's some things I'd like to come…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… to the meeting, a general strike that lasted until 1930 was called In the 1930s the CPSA continued to hold … 16 December. For instance, the meeting held on…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… While in Klawer his sister, Nancy, was born in November 1930. From 1933 at age six and a half he attended the local …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… Women and the Potchefstroom anti-pass campaign, 1928-1930 In Potchefstroom in 1928 the municipal authorities' … A general strike then followed, continuing…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… that the first case of HIV infection occurred around 1930. Where? The first case of HIV infection probably occurred around 1930 in West Africa. One form of…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… 1929 and Natal banished Champion for three years in 1930, the ICU disintegrated and died out in the early 1930s. … One such example was an anti-pass campaign…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… tumultuous with the passing of new Bills. On 5 October 1930, The Asiatics Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill of 1930 was passed and imposed strict segregation on…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
Dr. James Sebe Moroka was the great grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong, from Thaba Nchu in the then Orange Free State. Moroka was born on 16 March…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… with Christopher Phera as captain, but reclaimed it in 1930, winning three of five competitions: the Bushbucks … thanks to Luthuli's efforts, elicited…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… , in 1928, and Plaatje's Mhudi was finally published in 1930. The novel form, however, was taken up after World War …
ArticleStalinism and how Stalin used his power to change Marxism-Leninism
Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia, on 21 December 1879. His father was a shoemaker and his mother a domestic servant. He was expelled from school for…
ArticleThe missionaries
… the Reverend William B. Boyce from England. On 22 November 1930, the Wesleyan mission was officially recognised by Faku, …
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
Formed in 1928 by Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, this was a union of women factory workers that transcended barriers of colour and class. In the late 1920s and…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… and Indians are still a minority at this stage. 1921-1930 Sophiatown’s population grows exponentially as compared …
From Segregation to Apartheid
… of farmers began to change. The labour shortages of the 1930's and 1940s were now turning into labour surpluses. The …
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… (because the material is presented chronologically) was in 1930 in Potchefstroom, a small white-dominated town where …
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… honourable people'. This vivid poster from the September 1930 Reichstag election summarizes Nazi ideology in a single … www.calvin.edu This vivid poster from…