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Jun 13, 2011

Sharpeville Massacre Gallery

 

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Jun 13, 2011

Aftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960

International responses The Sharpeville massacre was reported worldwide, and received with horror from every quarter. S...

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Pass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
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Jun 13, 2011

Pass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre

Pass laws in South Africa were met with fierce resistance during the 20th century. But earlier forms of passes, had in f...

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Jun 10, 2011

Conclusion: Black Consciousness Movement

It can be concluded that the death of Biko left a vacuum similar to the one created by the banning of the ANC and the PA...

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The Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
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Jun 10, 2011

The Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral

Prior to Biko's inquest, magistrates had declined to examine the interrogation methods used, and had attributed detentio...

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Biko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
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Jun 10, 2011

Biko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath

In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution becoming apparent, security police d...

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Black Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
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Jun 10, 2011

Black Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation

The Black Consciousness philosophy gained most of its support in the secondary schools and universities. The role played...

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Jun 10, 2011

The Black Face of Apartheid

Biko was critical of the homeland (Bantustan) policy. At the height of his influence, between 1963 and 1976, Steve Biko ...

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The formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
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Jun 10, 2011

The formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention

Black university students had tried for many years to make progress through the multiracial and liberal National Union o...

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The Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
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Jun 10, 2011

The Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa

The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid governme...

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Jun 10, 2011

Commission on inquiry

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Jun 10, 2011

The Mountain Committee

A vast popular movement of resistance arose amongst the people in March 1960, and although meetings were illegal, they w...

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Jun 10, 2011

Lusikisiki and Bizana

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The Transkei
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Jun 10, 2011

The Transkei

Struggles against the Bantu Authorities Act were fought in the Transkei, where the resistance of the peasants culminated...

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Jun 10, 2011

Extract from The Peasants’ Revolt, Chapter 9 by Govan Mbeki (1964)

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