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Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… and a much larger world. Therefore, what happens in the 'North' has a huge impact on what happens here. For this … rights in the South. African Americans…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student … never had an opportunity to establish itself in Soweto as schools were in…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime … on the state, defining its symbols, and giving their schools and universities a pronounced…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… June, I t is announced that Security Police have arrested the leader of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council … difficult for workers to survive on low…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… By the 1970s a number of leading figures in the ANC were in … difficult for workers to survive on low wages. Spontaneous strikes resulted: workers walk out…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the … Union (AMWU), miners engaged in a series of spontaneous strikes against poor…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… 1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the … up until November 1980. 1980 Attendance at African schools increased by 89%…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing … discuss a joint campaign of civil disobedience and general strikes…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… By the early 1980s, the Congress movement was becoming … a boy in Schoonard, the youth resolved to close all the schools, and organised a mass protest on 3…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… 1984-1990:- The people armed Introduction Numerous factors characterised … uprising surpassing that of 1976. Students boycotted schools. Communities…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … as she had already started taking part in…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … all-girls missionary school, played a…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last … discuss a joint campaign of civil…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction … Workers are also allowed by legislation to embark on strikes when…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… The fruit-canning industry in South Africa can be traced to … This was a direct result of the FCWU’s creation of “union schools” in the early 1950s, with the…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… John Barrow indicates on a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity of either the Witwatersrand or the Magaliesberge. 1852 Gold is found ……
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 6) A Spiral … of confrontation were evident from the number of short strikes…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… These Acts, which had been passed between 1856 and 1904 in the four territories, remained in force after Union. They … Desertion, insolence, drunkenness,…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… 1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. … ‘westernised’ Indian children are allowed to attend white schools. 1878 The Bell…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… Ntsie Filmed 5 September 2020 Broadcasted 6 September 2020 The series premier centers on Student Activism in South Africa and the U.S, around 2015 - 2020…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of the country. A manifesto outlined how … and Indians. The government denied…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately … African nationalism, mass action and tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL AND NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS … in wages and working conditions through…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… 1920 January, Gandhi wrote to the press on the South African Appellate Court's judgment in the case of … are some of the centres of the revolt and all shops…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was … together many of the unions formed after the wave of strikes at the beginning of 1973 which marked…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in … of various broadly leftist political tendencies. The ALSC launched Azania Worker and Azania…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … to 1999. Today, she lectures over women’s…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… their way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they … and university students went on a…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where is the … work-force and massive inflation. There was…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… By 1980, the Black Consciousness organisations were in a gradual … Congress-inspired traditions were also re-emerging. The Johannesburg-based Sunday Post…