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“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… from 1975, CCAWUSA specifically organised to bring all (black) commercial workers together, explicitly cross-cutting … shortage created pressure on…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… glasses and very thin; Stephen Lee, brown hair, innocent face and more strongly built than his friend. They had both … would be a great success for the ANC,…
The Battle of Square Hill
… and Society, Participation and Remembrance, South African black and coloured troops in the First World war, 1914 – 1918 … and Society, Participation and…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… the area known as District Six. District Six was a hub for Black culture in South Africa. However, during 1968 many of … their skin. This removal only…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness leaders were banned. In 1977, nine SASO …
Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase, 1 July 1997
… Democratic Revolution (NDR) remains the liberation of the black people in general and Africans in particular. The … and ensure that in its geographic spread…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… Dube in Inanda. 1972 Founder member of the Institute for Black Research (IBR) a research and publishing venture. It … immediately after attending the…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… canning industry during World War II and the post-war era. Black men and women from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape … of the FCWU towards race, gender and…
The strangulation of activity
… activists country-wide and banned la organisations, mainly black consciousness-related, under the Internal Security Act. Two of the largest black newspapers…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… the early 1950's during the Apartheid era to accommodate Black residents who were forcibly removed from Areas like: … the Natives Resettlement Board had…
PlaceBonteheuwel
… 55 707, of whom 95% were classified as coloured and 4% as Black African, indicating the results of the Group Areas Act. … 55 707, of whom 95% were classified…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… with more 'Africanist views' - An ideology that says that black people should determine their own future - Africa for … too moderate, and felt that they…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… thesis are the four major South African racial groups: Black, White, Coloured and Indian. There are two ways in … enacted by the apartheid government on the…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… Project: Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash Nehal Patel Nehal Patel is a sophomore at Southern … He plays for the SMU football team…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… the formation of the PAC, growing frustration among black people, the Sharpeville incident and the banning of the … their hands for a long time, earning him…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… Biko's burial town (King William’s Town), they passed Black youths standing solemnly along the road with their … as the parliamentarian, Helen Suzman,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… as a historical turning point for our country. In the face of Pretoria`s propaganda offensive promoting the regime … interest is limited to seeking the…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… as a historical turning point for our country. In the face of Pretoria's propaganda offensive promoting the regime … interest is limited to seeking the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Brickfields Housing Development, at the Newtown Cultural Precinct, Johannesburg, on 12 August 2005.
… housing for mixed income groups and to people, especially black people, who for the best part of their lives could only … able to help our people with…
“Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa”, Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference, Arusha, 4 December
… and unrelenting tyranny as brutally violent as the one we face, we have the duty to raise the armed struggle to new … apartheid State. The greater numbers of…
Vakalisa Art Association
… Art Association was founded in 1982. It was a network of Black cultural workers that operated in the Western Cape . …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… the time came to infuse some life into the struggle to face a brutal regime, you played a key role in the formation … fought against white domination, and I…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… policy of Bantu education. This policy was aimed at giving black children the type of education which was inferior to … objective of this exercise was to…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… be ruled an unconstitutional action, Zuma would not face prosecution for his actions until his second term in … had become symbolic of Zuma’s struggles to…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… women’s rights in legislation and the current reality they face. In order to bridge this gap between legislation and … served to intensify this oppression,…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Ghana) makes it the first British African colony with a black majority in the Legislative Council 1947 T. R. Mekonnen … fricanist Journal in London New…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Ghana) makes it the first British African colony with a black majority in the Legislative Council 1947 T. R. Mekonnen … fricanist Journal in London. New…
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa's longest wage strike
… trade union in South Africa. NUM represented mainly Black mineworkers in the gold and coal mines belonging to the Chamber of Mines. Approximately 360 000…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… controversy during the year. There were 30 delegates, 20 black and 10 white. The visitors were guests of the party … and from sundry trade unions and…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… time there were no streets, cities or areas named after black people and heroes. Since 2003 there have been … be that the word Tshwane hints at a river that…