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Vella Pillay
… and it was from there we gradually began our settlement in Britain. I had already arranged before leaving Johannesburg … saw a growing number of S.African…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… A woman describes this struggle in a Drum article in 1959. She says, ‘ We do not get enough food. Our husbands pay … in taxes. The employers do not pay them…
Archivetwo portraits of rural S.Africa
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1950-1959 1950 A.K.M. Docrat , a popular activist, was named under … November, Dr Monty Naicker issued a statement…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… No 38 of 1958 The Act provided that as from 1st January 1959, every male African of the age eighteen years and over, … tax. Extension of University Education…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… all-Black South African musical which opened in 2 February 1959. The musical chronicles the rise and fall of champion … night was set for the Wits Great…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… women from entering the Union without special permission. 1959 Extension of University Education Act, Act 45 of 1959 , The Extension of University Education…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa … chiefs about the inauguration of the Protectorate by Great Britain…
ArchiveDrawing near to the quick of S.Africa
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… breakaway in Durban emphasises unity in the movement. 1959 The ANC and PAC organised separate anti-pass campaigns. … Nelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959 …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1950-1959
… Liberation history Timeline 1950-1959 …
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… lesson on Slavery 1820 Settlers After the Napoleonic wars, Britain experienced a serious unemployment problem. … Republics, though this was short-lived - in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… breakaway in Durban emphasises unity in the movement. 1959 Dr. H.F. Verwoerd announces the plan to remove all … regime. The Extension of University…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… confrontation, they decided to break away, and on 6 April 1959 the PAC was formed. They elected Robert Mangaliso … speech which was given when the PAC was…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the … cells and commence work towards the armed struggle in 1961 1959 4-6 April, An Africanist…
’Half-ally, half-untouchable at the same time’: Britain and South Africa since 1959
… ’Half-ally, half-untouchable at the same time’: Britain and South Africa since 1959 …
BiographyIan David Kitson
… at the University of Natal then and spent eight years in Britain. Later he studied politics and economics at Ruskin … Technician’s Association. He returned…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… has shaped the societies we live in today and more so in Britain and in Southern Africa. It brought about not only … changes that occurred during the…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
… Umtata and then Lovedale before proceeding to Fort Hare in 1959. Ganyile’s interest in politics was sparked by the … National Congress (ANC) 1952 Defiance…
ArchiveContact 1959, Volume 2 No 4, 21 February 1959
… Contact 1959, Volume 2 No 4, 21 February 1959 …
BiographyNelson “Nana” Mahomo
… of Cape Town to start a law degree in 1957.In April 1959 he was elected secretary for culture in the PAC. With … on political missions. For a period in the…
ArchiveAfrican Communist, 1959 - 1994
… communist policies led to the publication in October 1959 of The African Communist in cyclostyled quarto form. … African Communist, 1959 - 1994 …
BiographyCecil Williams
… he lived. Amongst his productions is the Kimberley Train (1959) which was an anti apartheid production. With him being … Levy , Rusty Bernstein , Ruth First…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… level 'The Gereformeerde Kerk, inaugurated on 13 June 1959' (Totiusdal, Pretoria, 1983. pl. 139) is shown to … Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… Kwame Nkrumah's resolution demanding independence from Britain. The British Government stated it would agree to a … Ghana became an independent state on…
Activity: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… Activity: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860 …
Lesson: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… Lesson: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860 …
BiographyMazisi Raymond Kunene
… Masters degree in the Arts from the University of Natal in 1959 for a paper entitled “An Analytical Survey of Zulu … went to England on a scholarship from…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1940 - 1959
… the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1940 - 1959 …
EventBotswana gains independence from Britain
… known as Bechuanaland, Botswana gained independence from Britain on 30 September 1966 under the leadership of Seretse … Botswana gains independence from…