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ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… go to the polls in the second general election since 1948. The Congress Alliance called for a national work …
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… the National Party's victory in the national elections of 1948. Upon their election the National Party - with the …
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… White representatives. The law was repealed, however, in 1948 as one of the first legislative acts of the Nationalist …
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… Apartheid was introduced by the National Party in 1948 following their election success; the system was …
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… that include interethnic violence see Alan Paton’s 1948 Cry the Beloved Country in which a white civil rights …
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… a month before the National Party came to power in May 1948.36 In this trial, the prosecution had for its own … anti-communist stance) withdrew the charges…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… to ‘train and fit’ Africans for their role in the newly (1948) evolving apartheid society. Education was viewed as a … of black South Africans. Long before…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… A Dutch Woman the star The 14th Olympic Games, London, 1948 As Jesse Owens was the star of the 1936 Olympic Games, … Dutch woman Fanny Blankers-Koen who was…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
<< back to term 1 Contents: WHO ARE THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA? LIFE OF THE SAN CHANGES FOREVER: The arrival of the Europeans WHO…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… of supporting the family as the sole bread winner. 1948 The election victory of the Nationalist government …
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… to deal with rising levels of crime in the townships. In 1948 the National Party won the general elections and set up …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… Jan Smuts on restarting the Native Representative Council. 1948 April: Xuma is invited to deliver the opening address at …
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… the apartheid. The apartheid government was in power from 1948 to 1994 and created unfair laws in order to segregated …
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
In the 1980s the National Party witnessed a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… and Indian Representation Bill in the House of Assembly. 1948 The Asiatic Land Tenure and Representation Act /46 …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… policies must take account of it". Between 1910 and 1948, successive South African Governments had steadily …
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… Africa’s Apartheid regime, which officially lasted from 1948-1994 (Thompson, 1990). Millions were affected by …
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… Since the beginning of the struggle of apartheid in 1948, women were at the forefront of resisting the government …
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… tool after the National Party came into power in the 1948 elections when white Afrikaners were given preference in …
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… in the parliament to push their agenda. In the election of 1948, the Nationalist Party ran on platforms of White …
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… after the Nationalist Government came into power in 1948. At the time of formation the group was less concerned …
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… elements, including the main architects of apartheid after 1948, declared their support for Germany. In a close vote in … and reappeared in the annals of the…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… simply accept it. The Nationalist Party came to power in 1948 and it said it would implement residential segregation …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Walter plays a key role in re-shaping the ANC after WW2. 1948 The election victory of the Nationalist government …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… at the International Women's Day Meeting in Johannesburg. 1948 ANC Women's League is formed, with treason trialist …
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… disposable camera: The Kodak Fling. Image source In 1948 Polaroid cameras began being sold. For the first time …
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
Timeline 1958 The photographer, Peter Magubane, is the first black South African to win the Press Photo of the Year Award. Albert Newall re…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations Organisation in 1948. It is the basis for human rights protection and … The white racist government that came to…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… church-funded CARFO/KARFO film company was established. 1948 Cecil Kellaway became the first South African actor to …
ArticleSita’s story
… he was assassinated. Sita returned to South Africa in June 1948. To Sita, 6 January 1948 I have your letter. The previous one was long and I … extent. Who…