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… rights in South Africa. 1955 26 June, The Congress of the People adopts the Freedom Charter. 1957 28 May 1957 - Chief … Soweto. This Conference makes a call to all African people to attend an All-in Conference, the purpose of which … be to demand a National Convention representing all the people of South Africa. 1961 25-26 March, The All-in African …

… Greys as I have heard it been referred to by most of the people from that era was in Marshall Square, the latter day … visit your country some day. All the best for you and the people working in SA History web page, Gabriela. From: Teboho … I want an account of what happened. I get a list of people who had something to do with it. I have not been able …

… of independence which swept the African continent in the 1960s, integration schemes became an increasingly important … while the economic desires of the majority of the region’s people go unnoticed and unattended. A review of the …

… of Voters Act No. 46 of 1951 which removed Coloured people from the voters’ roll. Throughout the 1960s Bibi maintained some level of political work, mainly … vulnerable to government harassment during the 1950s and 1960s as a result of the high political profile of many of …

… Awards 1960s  1964 Elected Honorary President of the Students' … the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) Coventry City Council names new building after … a poll in the Johannesburg newspaper, Sowetan , of the people its readers would like to see run South Africa 11 …

… societies were mainly feudal. This meant that ordinary people or commoners were subject to the King who ruled by … philosophers such as Jean Jacques Rousseau alerted French people to ‘will of the majority’. The key objective here was to achieve ‘national sovereignty’ of the people rather than accept absolutist rule of French kings. …

… of fissure over personalities and principles, and many people to-day are asking for how long fusion will endure" … to waverers (Deneys Reitz), "draadsitters" (A.J. van Wyk), people who had not yet made up their minds (B.K. Long), the … of "intensive lobbying".13 The identities of these people are obscure but they were presumably to be found …

… of Afrikaner youth to serve as the language of the people. In 1894 De Zuid-Afrikaan merged with Ons Land, and a … money to settle civil claims from lawsuits brought by people financially affected by the rebellion. The Free State … among its nine directors, and H Herbst as manager. Nine people were appointed to the board, including WA Hofmeyr, DF …

… African National Congress is the mouthpiece of the African people of the Union of South Africa. All its efforts are and … be concentrated upon raising the status of the African people from their semi-serfdom to citizenship.” To read more … After orders are issued in January for the removal of people from the Western Areas, Xuma, in interview with the …

… system” for white society and a tool to upskill white people who had upward mobility through good jobs. [30] At the … as did the government’s effort to expand them. [35] The 1960s were characterised by the violent state repression of … for Apartheid interests. The high economic growth of the 1960s was met with new power stations being built, some of …

…  at Angra PequeÁ±a (LÁ¼deritz). He sees some African people near the Fish River with large herds of cattle. … a treaty with the British to secure protection for his people from their Nama enemies.  The British annex the area … to be put on display. More than 100 of Mandume’s people are killed in the attack. A period of martial law is …

… democratic elections held in South Africa. However elderly people and people who are physically challenged voted on the 26 April. … heal the country and bring about a reconciliation of its people by uncovering the truth about human rights violations …

… cattle byres at KwaMsiza all but disappeared during the 1960s, and today only the Msiza one survives, albeit in a … this time that Ndebele women took up the cudgels of their people's struggle and began to decorate their homestead …

… areas, by special permission of the Minister,’ i.e. black people are forced by residence in designated ‘homelands’ … 6 February, The Prime Minister announces that all Coloured people will be removed from the common voters’ roll. 11 … of the Transvaal is to prosecute thirty of the 357 people arrested in Johannesburg after an illegal march in …

… 16 707 were convicted on politically-related charges. 768 people were detained up until November 1980. 1980 Attendance … widespread demonstrations ending in violence. Over thirty people are killed in rioting,while several hundred are … called on that regime to end violence against the African people, and take a series of measures to eliminate apartheid …

… officials to play God and classify (and declassify) people according to what officials perceived to be an … the common voters roll similarly antagonised the Coloured people. Everything the apartheid regime did added to the … direction. A national organization of the Coloured people was soon to join the ANC and SAIC in opposing the …

… many of them on Robben Island or in exile. Numbers of people who had left the country (among them Hilda Bernstein … On this we all concurred. She said we were all like-minded people and the discussion at the meeting had been … them. It had a common programme with them. These were the people who possessed a theory, who possessed a definite …

… be quoted, teach,  or be in the company of more than two people at a time. In addition, they were required to report … in Dar as Salaam. Eli Weinberg ’s book, Portrait of a People , is published in exile in London by the International … of the book are smuggled into the country. Portrait of a People (1981) David Goldblatt and Margaret Courtney Clarke’s …

… by the Authorities, i.e. Health and Town Boards. No black people were allowed to stay near the white areas and make use … to see that these organisations take up the issues of the people in the political front. As a result of these methods … ASSOCIATION. The political organisation of the Indian people was divided. There was the Natal Indian Association …

… Council, the forerunner of the South African Coloured People's Organisation . 1951 October 19 , Sita Gandhi and her … is one of the women key note speakers at Congress of the People in Kliptown. Sister Bernard Ncube enters the … the ANC. Dorothy Nyembe is awarded the Soviet Union's People's Friendship Award. Ruth First is killed by a letter …

… People banned under Apartheid Name Act/Section/Issued up to: … he was one of those banned in Nov. '76 along with 22 people involved in black trade unions, or research on black … Mrs. Rae Alexander Simons, both of whom were banned in the 1960s and left the country. Sister of Mary Simons. Singh, …

… of the trial while in Vienna to attend the Congress of the People for Peace. 1953 South African Congress of Democrats … ceremony held in prison, but because only visits by two people are permitted (a minister would make it three) the …

… me over approximately four years of my imprisonment in the 1960s. I had enough time on my hands to reflect on this and … Later, the vision of a “rainbow nation” opened a path for people of all colours to begin to find each other as South … service sectors. Frantz Fanon, speaking of all colonized people in the world, noted the burning fervour of …

… difficulties in collecting information of this nature. 1960s  Details are not available, but it is estimated that … hand grenade ??/11/85  SAP personnel:  Cape Town - four people including SAP officer and wife, railways policeman, … SAP building:  Silverton. Explosion injures seven people 22/07/86  SAP personnel:  Katlehong, One SAP member …

… in English and is payment in alcohol) was outlawed in the 1960s, there are still farmers who practice this system of … stones and in return, police fired rubber bullets. Five people were injured including Tienie Crous, an 82 year old …

… If one could devise safeguards so as to ensure that these people [the miners] do not pass over into the hands of … intestines ”¦ [and also] brains which are taboo for our people ”¦ The practice of chopping up the whole head of the … later, and some of the other trials that followed in the 1960s, the only official gatherings representative of South …

… In ancient times, for example, under the Romans, a people defeated in war were usually taken over by the … one tends to think of slavery in terms of the capture of people from West Africa who were taken by slave-traders to … indentured Indians as "no better than sheep."  As to the people of "evil repute," Polak remarked, "The Robinsons could …

… Griqualand East. In a skirmish that followed a number of people were killed, including seven policemen. Langalibalele … a federal solution. Isolation was preferred choice of 790 people. October, Twelve delegates from the Cape of Good Hope, … Road and Cato Manor. According to official figures 200 people were killed and 1029 injured with over 25,000 people …