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Bettie du Toit

... Location of Birth:  Transvaal Province, South Africa ... died. Her mother had passed away when she was 18 months old. This resulted in her growing up at a boarding school under the ...

Biography - Anonymous - 2012-05-21 11:01 - 0 attachments

Liberation history Timeline 1930-1939

... the Women’s Progressive Union, is born in Vereeniging, Transvaal. Paul Joseph , political activist and defendant in the ... as the secretary of the women section. Fifteen-year old Sarah Rubin , later Carneson, whose parents were founder members of the ...

Article - Anonymous - 2012-05-04 12:17 - 0 attachments

African National Congress Timeline 1950-1959

... James Moroka as President-General G. Radebe (Transvaal Congress) as Secretary C.S.R Ramohanoe (Transvaal President) ... the name South African Communist Party (SACP) replaces the old Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). Dr. Yusuf Dadoo is elected Chairman ...

Article - jonas - 2012-05-04 13:57 - 0 attachments

Liberation history Timeline 1950-1959

... Dr James Moroka as President-General G. Radebe (Transvaal Congress) as Secretary C.S.R Ramohanoe (Transvaal President) and ... the name South African Communist Party (SACP) replaces the old Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). Dr. Yusuf Dadoo is elected Chairman ...

Article - jonas - 2012-05-04 12:19 - 0 attachments

Stephen Bantu Biko

... the University of South Africa/UNISA. He was thirty years old and was reportedly extremely fit when arrested. He was taken to Port ... the town for the funeral of Steve Biko. Mourners from the Transvaal were barred from attending the funeral when permits were refused for ...

Biography - Anonymous - 2012-03-29 11:25 - 0 attachments

Paul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904

... parents cross the Vaal river and establish the first Transvaal town, Potchefstroom. 1842 Paul Kruger marries Maria du ... a rail link with the east coast. 1884 July 27, The old convention is replaced with a new one, the London convention. Hollanders ...

Article - Anonymous - 2012-05-04 16:11 - 0 attachments

Port Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986

... whilst additional Chinese refugees from the war in the Transvaal arrive in Port Elizabeth in October and November 1899. 19 May, ... 1862 24 May, A newspaper report states that the old game of football is to be played in front of the Grey Institute. ...

Article - tinashe - 2012-05-04 12:27 - 0 attachments

Liberation history Timeline 1980-1989

... of war. 23 December, Four Black newspapers, Post Transvaal , Saturday Post , Sunday Post and the Sowetan , are banned ... January-April, Three bomb explosions damage the old building housing the Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg, and the new ...

Article - jonas - 2012-05-10 10:39 - 0 attachments

Liberation history Timeline 1920-1929

... (General Smuts in Karis and Carter, 1989: 311) The Transvaal Mine Clerks' Association is formed under the leadership of A.W.G. ... change in the constitution is the abolition of the old general executive council and the establishment of the national council, ...

Article - jonas - 2012-05-04 12:15 - 0 attachments

The Women's struggle Timeline 1905-2006

... burnt in front of the municipal offices. 21 October, Transvaal women satyagrahis begin defiance activities by hawking without ... Among the protest marchers of the Great March is 16 year old Valliamma Mudaliar, a tall, charming and energetic Tamil girl. 6 ...

Article - Anonymous - 2012-05-04 15:47 - 0 attachments