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Chapter 3
The Formation of the All-African Convention: The Background In 1935 the Union Government confronted the country with what were called the…
Chapter 2 - Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
Chapter 2: The Nature and Character of Vigilantes in Kwazulu-Natal
2.1 Introduction Before embarking on the nature and character of vigilantes in KwaZulu-Natal, it is important to clarify certain aspects…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
The triumphs of the anti-communist crusaders have been made possible only by the tacit support, cowardice and confusion of large sections…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
In May 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the union was engaged in a struggle with the clothing manufacturers. The…
Chapter 29. Policy and Tactics of The Union
The tremendous achievements of the union in all spheres since (928 were made possible largely by the rapid development of South African…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back
Serving the orders upon me at the union office was the first of a series of blunders on Swart's part. For many months the committee had…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
In the general election of May 1948, the Nationalist Party polled 400,453 votes and its ally, the Afrikaner Party, 41,885, a total of 442…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
By 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered in Orlando West to begin a protest march against the imposition of the…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
The new constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
The new constitution is a celebration of the creativity of the South African people, for few, if any, other countries have been as…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
No equality under the Union Jack, 1900-1910 Gumede’s hopes that the British victory in the Anglo-Boer war would result in the removal of…
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
In Mein Kampf, Hitler propounded at length the need for capturing or disrupting all mass organisations in the interest of National…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
When I returned to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in the union office. The mass of workers in the factory…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
Three documents, fundamental changes that took place in black protest politics and African nationalist thinking during the 1940s,…