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… After 50 years, the spirit of service and sacrifice lives on …

… comprehensive history of the Liberation Struggle, we rely on public engagement - especially in the form of … In 2000 South African History Online (SAHO) launched the 'Lives of Courage Project' with a virtual 'Wall of … from 1900-1994.  Launch of the Project, 2000 The ‘Lives of Courage’ campaign was launched by SAHO in Durban on …

… 1948 26 May,  DF Malan 's National Party government follows … the countrywide celebration to mark the tercentenary of Jan van Riebeeck's arrival at the Cape in 1652 1952 21 … with both feet in the Reserves and have its roots in the spirit and being of Bantu society”¦. There is no place for …

… Intervention from Above: The 1913 Native Land Act "Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African Native … rent-paying African tenants and cash croppers residing on White-owned land. This was done through restricting African residence on White land to labour tenancy or wage labour, and through …

… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and … workers, trade unions and certain individuals speaks out on the possibility of a political strike. December , A new … white South Africa celebrated the tercentenary of Jan Van Riebeeck's arrival at the Cape. Professor Z. K. …

… 1940 - 1948 1942 August 9, Gandhi is arrested in the early hours of … Khan Palace, Poona. Released unconditionally at 8 a. m. on May 6, 1944. 1943 February 10, Gandhi: (Aga Khan Palace). … Unity. Broke fast at 9.15 p.m. on September 4. 1948 January 13, Gandhi, started fast after first meal. Broke …

… Mine Workers Union (AMWU), over 60 000 workers went on strike at the Witwatersrand Gold Mines on Monday 12 August 1946 . The call on 13 August by the … evidence to back its accusations. Consequently, in May 1948 the case was dismissed as charges were withdrawn by the …

… as to whether or not they should join the war, and if so, on whose side they should fight. Although South Africa was … role in World War II, see our Grade 12 lesson, 1924-1948: South Africa's Foreign Relations. Post-war problems The … In 1943, women were allowed to become full ANC members. In 1948, the ANC Women's League was formed under the leadership …

… segregation of Indians, and Prime Minister General Jan Christiaan Smuts , worked out a subterfuge solution—there … justice to Indians as citizens and not act in a partisan spirit”. The second was the appointment of a Second … to wane. The Joint Council of the PRC decided on 9 January 1948 to change its tactics. It resolved to contravene the …

… Total strategy 1948-1989: A statistical summary …

… Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1869-1948 …

… 1948-City Hall barred to PRC …

… apartheid. The South African government needed to rely on the external community for certain products and as a … against communism, and South African propaganda focused on this Western fear. The country was also of strategic … Initial opposition to South Africa’s racial policies In 1948 apartheid was introduced in South Africa in a post-World …

… shook hands both joined in declaring a political war on the black people by blocking their political expectations … The Young Committee in 1939 and the Fagan Commission in 1948, like the Holloway Commission, were critical of migrant … in Johannesburg’s first market. Image source From 1924 to 1948 an enormous amount of anti-Indian legislation was passed …

… In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began … and action against pass and other restrictive laws. On 26 March 1950, the ANC held a ‘Defend Free Speech’ … Indians, a few coloureds and whites. People were called on to break unjust apartheid laws and offer themselves up for …

… of the ANC, it is an opportune time to reflect on the extent of formal political formations’ involvement … popular protests that erupted across South Africa between 1948 and 1960, showing that they were largely responses to … the factors that loomed large in the general elections of 1948 in the minds of white voters was that the United Party …

… about Prof. James Thaele of Cape Town who passed away on the 3rd June 1948. I was extremely sorry not to be able to attend his … people. Those of us who have lived in towns most of our lives know that it is not a healthy sign, although we would … Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948 …

… Portfolio: Jan Gerard Sekoto …

… emphasized that the campaign should be conducted in a spirit of absolute non-violence and that the PAC saw it as … to ‘train and fit’ Africans for their role in the newly (1948) evolving apartheid society. Education was viewed as a … day, which honors all the young people who lost their lives in the struggle against Apartheid and Bantu Education. …

… indeed to the Western world) by the Soviet Union's designs on the strategic value of South Africa as the industrial … government as the sole bastion of Western democracy on the continent of Africa, whereas the real purpose of total … in the cycles of repression and resistance dating back to 1948 (and earlier, many will argue), it was only subsequent …

… On 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van … for this VOC project. Charles Bell (1813-1882) painting of Jan van Riebeeck arrives in Table Bay in April 1652 … [Accessed 6 March 2012] |SouthAfrica.to (date). ‘ Jan van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 - 18 January 1677) ’ from …

… of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1948-1994 …

… press conference held at India league, London, October 26, 1948 …

… Transkeian Migrant Workers and Youth Labour on the Natal Sugar Estates 1918-1948 …

… part of neo-colonialism in the post World War 2 world (1948-1960)? (under construction) …

… paint, covered in black cloth and has written papers stuck on it. 30 March, The statue of King George V is defaced for … War Memorial which is a statue of a soldier mounted on a plinth is defaced as it is set on fire. 3 April, The statue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer in Cape Town has its plinth draped with …

… Transport on water Ships and boats are as old as the desire to travel … have any content to send us or suggestions please click on 'contribute'. The first sailing ships: Chinese junks, Arab … The Greeks and Romans used big sailing ships to travel on the sea as well, especially the Mediterranean Sea. In most …

… The first form of transport on land was, of course, WALKING! Content Animals Carts, … motor car Common forms of transport of people and goods on land today Then, thousands of years ago, people started to … use donkeys and horses to travel and to transport things on land. Around 3,500 BC, the wheel was invented. The first …

… Commission on inquiry …

… Booker prize winner, known for his political novels on South Africa. His style has been compared to Kafka and … political satires and magical realist novels such as Devil on the Cross , A Grain of Wheat and Petals of Blood, many of … Africa’s greatest intellectuals, a polymath writing works on physics, history and anthropology as well as politics and …