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Mar 21, 2011

Organisations involved in the Women’s struggle, 1900-1994

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Mar 21, 2011

A List of women involved in the women’s struggle in South Africa, 1900-1994

ALiz AbrahamsMagdelene Malotane Adams Rachel (Ray) Alexander-SimonsRuth AlexanderPhyllis AltmanRuth Elizabeth ArndtJacqu...

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Transition and negotiation, 1990-1994
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Mar 21, 2011

Transition and negotiation, 1990-1994

'Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common re...

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Mar 21, 2011

Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948

South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source...

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Apartheid and reactions to it
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Mar 21, 2011

Apartheid and reactions to it

In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segrega...

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1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
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Mar 21, 2011

1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle

The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpevil...

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Mar 21, 2011

Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976

Introduction MK Sabotage. This photograph was part of a sequence shot by a Rand Daily Mail photographer, two of which w...

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Mar 21, 2011

1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements

Introduction   November 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home b...

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Mar 21, 2011

The people armed, 1984-1990

Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts...

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Mar 21, 2011

Liberation Struggle in South Africa

Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This sp...

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Mar 21, 2011

Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10

Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view other pages Industrialization ...

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1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
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Mar 21, 2011

1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests

Introduction General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts a...

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Mar 21, 2011

State policies and social protest, 1924-1939

One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact Government in which ...

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Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
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Mar 21, 2011

Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994

Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and the local authorities to contro...

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Second Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
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Mar 21, 2011

Second Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902

'South African War ( a.k.a. the Anglo-Boer War) remains the most terrible and destructive modern armed conflict in South...

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