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Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
‘After being a man of the world, I have discovered there is no Zulu, Xhosa, Mosotho or Coloured, but all are and must be known henceforth…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
The Poor White problem spread to the factories and the slums of Johannesburg and was soon felt in the offices of the union. There was a…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
Apartheid was brought to an end by the struggles of millions of ordinary people in townships, factories and rural areas. The insurrection…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
In this chapter I now interpret the character, role and significance of SASO. To this end, I draw on the analysis of the previous two…
Chapter 5
The Significance of the All-African Convention Notwithstanding the temporary vicissitudes, which overtook the Convention, the indubitable…
CHAPTER 4 - ANARCHISTS AND ACTIVISTS AND CRITICAL ART PRACTICE
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Government in KwaZulu-Natal; it is about…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
The years 1990 and 1991 were as important as they were eventful. The agreements recorded during this period ensured that obstacles in the…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
‘The laws of Queen Victoria had been hidden. Natives should fight to regain them’. Gumede - Harris, 8 November 1923. INTRODUCTION The…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
Anti-dangerous work. This organisation happened in the context of people living in their racial or cultural ghettos, with their own…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
I now turn to examine select aspects of SASO's organisation and its activities related to student and popular mobilisation and collective…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
For white South Africans the late 1960s was a time of political calm, rising living standards, prosperity and sharing in the sustained…
Chapter 4
Why the "Compromise"? What is the explanation of the wholesale reversal on the part of the leaders? It is not enough to say that they "sold…
Chapter 3 - Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
By 1985 the struggle for democracy in South Africa had intensified, and the country found itself on the brink of a potentially devastating…