Did anything really significant happen in Africa back in 1950?
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March
18 – The University of the Free State is established.
May
1 – 18 blacks are killed by police and more than 30 are injured on the Witwatersrand in a massive stay-away from work, called for by the African National Congress.
1 – Springbok Radio, the SABC's first commercial service, is launched.
August
5 – A South African Air Force squadron departs for the Korean War.
6 – The municipality of East London decides not to approve prospecting for oil off the city's seafront.
September
26 – Sasol (Suid-Afrikaanse Steenkool, Olie en Gaskorporasie Bpk.) is registered as a company.
October
23 – Ernest George Jansen is appointed the 9th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.
November
2 – South African Airways inaugurates daily services between Johannesburg and Bulawayo and between Johannesburg and Cape Town.
December
13 – South Africa refuses to place South-West Africa under UN trusteeship.
21 – The gold town of Allanridge in the Free State Province is established.
Unknown date
Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve is proclaimed a protected state forest.
H.F. Verwoerd becomes Minister of Native Affairs and implements the forced removal of about 80,000 black Africans from Sophiatown, Martindale and Newclare to Soweto.
The government passes the Immorality Amendment Act, the Group Areas Act, the Suppression of Communism Act, and the Population Registration Act which officially divides South Africans into 'White', 'Coloured', 'Asian' or 'Native' population groups.
United States and United Kingdom sign a purchasing agreement with South Africa to supply uranium for their nuclear weapons programmes.
ugh its at the pre show :/ no one watches the pre show right?
anyways It looks so good! when did she even go to africa?? like i stalk this chick when did she slip there?
ugh its at the pre show :/ no one watches the pre show right?
anyways It looks so good! when did she even go to africa?? like i stalk this chick when did she slip there?
I guess that's the point? This should bring more interest in the pre-show.
Looks really great based on the tiny preview and actually made me think, why hasn't a popstar made a video themed after being in a plane crash of some sort? That could be cool.