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A new class struggle
While historians are generally in agreement that the main anti-Indian feeling in South Africa was directed towards the merchant class, these sentiments were…
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ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
Cape Town has a long history of the struggle against racial discrimination and social injustice. Some of the earlier struggles against injustice manifested…
ArticleArmed 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 until 1986, when the African National…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various forms against the racist character of colonialism, oppression, and…
METHODS OF STRUGGLE
The turn to armed struggle
For several years, different liberation organisations debated engaging in armed struggle against the Apartheid state. Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in South Africa Conditions in Rustenburg point to deprivation throughout the segregation and…
The Freedom struggle in Polokwane
The Freedom struggle in Polokwane/Pietersburg looks at the Resistance politics, the re-emergence of resistance in the 1980s, and political developments after…
Introduction: The Youth Struggle
Gallery: The Youth Struggle
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women in the struggle for freedom…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
A tumultuous history has left women in present day South Africa with a number of challenges to overcome. Most obstacles to the development of women can be…
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
Transition to Armed Struggle The brief respite from the Treason Trial which ended on 29 March 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein ultimately played an important role in the Province during the early years of the 19th century as it became the meeting place for discussions that…
The Freedom struggle in Pretoria
The Liberation Struggle documents: 1990s
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
Following the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, the Government declared a State of Emergency (SOE), in 83 magisterial districts – the first state of emergency…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Nelspruit
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa homehomepolitics & governanceliberation struggleemerging…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
Women at the start of the 20th century It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre, in 1960, signalled the…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
Introduction We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and blood, who laugh and cry, who love and hate, who enjoy…