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The Children’s Charter
… South Africa and a further 191 countries have signed this document. Possible Question to ask: How are the rights of …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… The AAM came to regard Luthuli’s statement as its founding document. According to Kader Asmal: ‘If any event galvanised … Committee on South Africa and the…
The National Flag
… Government Gazette 22356, Notice 510 of 8 June 2001 (pdf document). …
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… movement. COSATU were not the first to draw up such a document. Two earlier Workers’ Charters existed that are … call on unions to adopt the Freedom Charter…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… — 1987 77th plenary meeting with UN General Assembly - document ‘Policies of apartheid of the Government of South …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… should effectively participate in the drafting of such a document, the contents of which “will emerge from countless … in “The Call to the Congress of the…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… lives of thousands of people, has remained difficult to document and understand, not least because of its sensitive …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… Charter Committee produced a politically significant document entitled African Claims, which chartered the path to …
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… be Done?” It was presented to the SACP units as a “study document”. The case for armed struggle was based on the … constraints under which we worked, but re…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… capabilities of women. The author of one official document reflected, “It sometimes seems that the ANC has not … memorandum about unacceptable social…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… as well]. On May Day 1985, the SACP drafted a powerful document – disseminated through the ANC’s Radio Lusaka – to … resistance against imperialism and…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… of rights for South Africa can be traced back to an ANC document in the early 1920s. The Freedom Charter of 1956 …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… drawing on material prepared by the sub-committees. The document that emerged had a rather distinctive poetic style, …
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company specialising in research and publication on the visual arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… protests the 1952 resettlement plans in a memorandum. This document targets the non-consultation of the Government with …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… close Document 33 Accord on Afrikaner self-determination 23 April …
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… drawing on material prepared by the sub-committees. The document that emerged had a rather distinctive poetic style, …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… close Document 6 Africans' claims in South Africa 16 December 1943 … Atlantic Charter from the African's Point of View '. This document was drawn up after…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… of Independence. Signed on the 4th of July, 1776. This document was originally signed by 39 members of congress. … Source E: The American Constitution. This…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… emblem of the State. Absolute authority is given to every document with an impression of the Great Seal on it, as this … delivery. Click here to read the…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… was seen as part of the conspiracy, and was therefore a document promoting treason. The defence argued the case, …
ArticleAfrapix
… skills and resources to train young black photographers to document life, state repression in their communities and to …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… the kind of South Africa they desired, was adopted. This document would eventually become the basis of a democratic … ANC structures. In 1965 Mbeki drafted a…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… In February 2010, the ANC Youth League had produced a document on the nationalisation of mines. On various …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… ANC structures. In 1965 Mbeki drafted a political document outlining the imperatives of mobilising …
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… of Joe Phaahla embraces the Freedom Charter as its guiding document on education, especially the clause stating that …
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… of Joe Phaahla embraces the Freedom Charter as its guiding document on education, especially the clause stating that …
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… serve on the Atlantic Charter Committee which draws up a document on African Claims. 1942 17 June, Kotane and Sophie …
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
Introduction In 1948 the National government was voted into power and instituted apartheid. This lead to an increase in the number of people being…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
I first came into contact with Comrade Devadas Paul David in 1977, soon after a few of us established the Tongaat Youth Club. We were struck by his youthful…