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State of Emergency - 1985
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- uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African…
- African National Congress (ANC)The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in…
- African nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with…
- The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked…
- Mass Democratic movements, 1976-1983IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in…
- Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and…
- Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view…
- State policies and social protest, 1924-1939One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation…
- Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of…
- Apartheid and reactions to itIn 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a…
- Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976Introduction MK Sabotage. This photograph was part of a sequence shot by a Rand Daily…
- The people armed, 1984-1990Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the…