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Mar 30, 2011

Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London

The first restriction that the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) aimed to contest was the 1913 Land Act, an...

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Mar 30, 2011

Delegates in attendance at the SANNC Founding Conference in 1912

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Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
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Mar 30, 2011

Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO)

Filling the void left by SASO? The Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO): A summary  Following the banning of the ...

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Armed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
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Mar 30, 2011

Armed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990

In September 1984, riots broke out in the Transvaal and spread to other parts of the country. These riots continued unti...

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Armed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
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Mar 30, 2011

Armed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s

The independence of Mozambique, in particular, gave tremendous momentum to the armed struggle in South Africa. Jacob Zum...

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A change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
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Mar 30, 2011

A change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s

With no discernable change in government policies, some members of the African National Congress (ANC) began to move awa...

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ANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
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Mar 30, 2011

ANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s

In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African Nationa...

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Mar 30, 2011

Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s

In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater actio...

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Continued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
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Mar 30, 2011

Continued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s

In the following years, the African National Congress (ANC) leadership evolved to be more inclined to action than passiv...

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Mar 30, 2011

Key Members of United Democratic Front

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Mar 30, 2011

OSEO report on Allan Boesak

Office of Serious Economic Offences Report The Scandinavian donors got the Johannesburg legal firm, Bell, Dewar & Hall,...

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The Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
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Mar 30, 2011

The Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984

Introduction The Tricameral Parliament, a three-tiered assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was in...

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The Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
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Mar 30, 2011

The Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984

Context In the early 1980s the government took steps to control the level of resistance in the country. Its solution w...

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Mar 30, 2011

Township Uprising, 1984-1985

On 3 September the Tricameral Parliament opened in Cape Town while protest demonstrations began in the Transvaal, markin...

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”People’s Power!”, 1986
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Mar 30, 2011

”People’s Power!”, 1986

In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the ...

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