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Port Elizabeth an Overview
… On 6 June 1820 the village was officially named Port Elizabeth, in honour of Elizabeth Frances, the young wife of … became the main route to the Kimberley…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… of British immigrants. On this day the new town was named Port Elizabeth in honour of his late wife. 1820s The Hill, North … by the residents and the 64…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… in the region of the Fish River (near Grahamstown, between Port Elizabeth and East London). The ensuing struggle was not so … as Frontier Country. English…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… clauses in their title deeds. In this way most of Port Elizabeth's western suburbs were reserved for exclusive White … the Nationalist Party came to power in…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… Cape Province. Many Xhosa live in the urban centres of Port Elizabeth, East London and Cape Town. This article will predominantly focus on the Xhosa…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… Khoe (KhoiKhoi) pastoralists dominated the area around Port Elizabeth, up to the Fish River, while San hunter/gatherers … to Stone Age research. Cave sites…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… the South African Aborigines Association was formed in Port Elizabeth in 1882. The Imbumba aimed to unite African people … of elements that led to places in…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Historical & community biographies
… Port Elizabeth Historical & community biographies …
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… settled in District Six, until Harold started a new job in Port Elizabeth, which the family followed him to. Their son Howard … Biography of Bessie Emery by…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan Abstract Elizabeth Davenport has been an integral part of the Black … such as…
ArticleNational Newspapers and News Sites
… District Mail - (Helderberg, Western Cape) The Herald - (Port Elizabeth) Herald Newspaper Group - (Tzaneen, Limpopo) … Review - (Limpopo) Paarl Post - (Paarl…
Imvaba Arts Association
… Established in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, in 1986, Imvaba Arts Association … in New Brighton, Kwazakhele and Motherwell townships of Port Elizabeth. It…
List of deaths in detention
… 1964 3. Tyita, James 4. Salojee, Suliman 24/01 09/09 ? 28 Port Elizabeth Johannesburg ? 65 Suicide by hanging Suicide, … Police Sta. Died: HF Verwoerd…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… the Cape Town branch of the IWA and worker’s movements in Port Elizabeth, East London and Aliwal North, and Charlotte Maxeke … South Africa (ICWU). Sam…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… been implemented in various centres. Those taken in the Port Elizabeth- Uitenhage area were recorded in detail in the … In 1900 the first steps were taken…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… that day mass rallies were held in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Durban, East London and Cape Town as well as some … at the Johannesburg rally…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… Sec. 9 (1) 30 June 1970 31/12/1974 Cape Town Abrahams, Elizabeth Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) 28 April 1967 … 9 (1)28 April 196730 June 1970 31/12/1967 30/9…
Marc Shoul
… Born: Port Elizabeth, 1975. Resides and works in Johannesburg. Studied …
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… defaced with green paint. 7 April, The horse memorial in Port Elizabeth is defaced. The statue of a kneeling soldier for … with red paint. 9 April, The…
Political executions
… Kholisile, 31 1989/11/24 Killing of security guard in Port Elizabeth (June 1986). Gxothiwe, Benjamin, 27 1988/03/25 … Zwelidumile, 36 1989/11/24 Killing of…
ArticleTransport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
… the conditions of its members, especially at PUTCO and in Port Elizabeth where it also assisted white workers. It affiliated …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… in Johannesburg when they left a hall after curfew. In Port Elizabeth, 30 people entered a railway station through the … apartheid regulations. Slowly the…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… departed from Madras on 17 January 1878 and arrived at Port Natal (Durban) on 7 March, an arduous journey of 40 … 342 Indian immigrants departed from Madras…
Durban an Overview
… first Lientenant-Govenor, the population of Durban, or Port Natal as it was also known, had risen to about 500 … and the Witwatersrand gold fields, during…
ArticleBlack Sash
… League. Founder members were Jean Sinclair, Ruth Foley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen … as a tea party of six women, Jean Sinclair …
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… Sobukwe addresses the Cape African National Congress in Port Elizabeth. 13 August, I.B Tabata writes a letter to Robert … presentation at the Cape African…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… in the form of sabotage in Durban, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. In Durban Billy Nair, Bruno Mtolo, Eric Mtshali … and Zinakele Mkhaba, carried out the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… much better. In 1956 six new trade unions were set up in Port Elizabeth in the sweet, milling, stevedoring, biscuit, cement … The railway and harbour worker…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… demonstration resulting in the burning of passes in Port Elizabeth. Nelson Mandela succeeds Ashely Peter Mda as … June, Walter Sisulu addresses a meeting at…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… the police. In the Eastern Cape towns of East London and Port Elizabeth unrest broke out sporadically and acted as prelude … in the PWV area, the Eastern…