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Encyclopedia > 1950 in South Africa

See also: 1949 in South Africa, other events of 1950, 1951 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. See also: 1948 in South Africa, other events of 1949, 1950 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1950 in South Africa, other events of 1951, 1952 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. ...

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May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Witwatersrand is a low mountain range which runs through Johannesburg in South Africa. ... The African National Congress (ANC), originally (until 1923) South African Native National Congress, has been South Africas governing party since the establishment of majority rule in May 1994. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... Free State is a province of South Africa, deriving from the old Orange Free State. ... Oribi Gorge is situated along the spectacular forest-cloaked ravine of the Mzimkulwana river just west of Port Shepstone which itself is 120km south of Durban. ... Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (8 September 1901 - 6 September 1966) was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966, when he was assassinated. ... Sophiatown was a lively, mostly-black suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. ... Soweto is an urban area in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province South Africa. ... The Immorality Act was one of the most controversial legislative acts of South African Apartheid. ... The 1950 Suppression of Communism Act was legislation of the National government in South Africa. ... The Population Registration Act of 1950 required that all inhabitants of South Africa be classified in accordance with their racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... The Republic of South Africa is a large republic located at the southern tip of the continent. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Uranium, U, 92 Chemical series Actinides Period, Block 7 , f Density, Hardness 19050 kg/m3, ND Appearance silvery-white metal Atomic properties Atomic weight 238. ... The word nuclear means of or belonging to the nucleus of something. ...

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South Africa 2001 (9975 words)
South Africa's fls were historically divided into two broad linguistic groups (the Nguni of the coastal areas and Sotho of the inland plateaus) and nine major ethnic groups.
South Africa's highest courts are: the Supreme Court, the highest criminal court; and the Constitutional Court, which determines the constitutionality of all laws, including a president and ten judges, who are selected by the Judicial Committee of South Africa.
Before South Africa's vast mineral wealth was discovered in the late nineteenth century, there was a general belief that the region was devoid of the natural riches that had drawn Europeans to the rest of the continent.
Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 (1174 words)
Some twenty years ago, South Africa was held in high esteem as a senior member of the British Commonwealth, a bastion of western capitalism, and the most advanced economic region in Africa.
The south had the highest national income per head of population, the largest volume of trade, and the widest scope of opportunity for acquiring education or obtaining employment.
The best that fl and brown South Africans with professional qualifications can do for themselves is to escape to these countries, where their skin colour is a social asset and where they can apply their skills with dignity and in freedom.
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