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PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… killed in the World War I. It was only in 1975 that Black runners and Women were allowed to take part. At the … two awards for architecture and craftsmanship…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… the Johannesburg Art Gallery has focused attention on black artists who were sidelined, staging large … motivation and his contribution to what was then…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… there was cooperation and sympathy strikes carried by black workers in support of grievances raised their white … in South Africa particularly in the 1920s…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… in South African liberation history. On this fateful day, Black people congregated in Sharpeville, a township near … 69 and injuring an estimated 186. All…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… plays, poetry, dance and music. I am joining the masses black and white, as well as the international community, in …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… from the Cape arrive in Namibia and have the first face-to-face contact with Africans in the area. 1677 … Reserve Commission, is set up to curtail…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
… 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police … it gave South Africa a constitution which…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
… 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police … it gave South Africa a constitution which…
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
… by his personal fears or the tedious humiliations that a black man faced at every predictable turn, even if he was … as embodying the dignity of Africans as…
ArticleXhosa
… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga … The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… workers’ Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) . Black workers were denied membership. Nineteen trade unions … passed repressive legislations that made…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… and gain immense profits from the diamonds and gold that black miners extracted from the earth. Most African miners … of the Union of South Africa. Most…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… founding document APDUSA warns of the calamity that awaits black people in the event that South Africa became a … the apartheid government was poised to…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… Matsemela Manaka at Soweto Neighbourhood Museum, recruited Black artists such as Gordon Gabashane , Mmapula Mmakgoba … Xaba also recruited graduates from the…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… Bantus and Whites. In resisting colonial expansion, Black African rulers founded sizable and powerful kingdoms … once identified with the strict division of…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… in District Six occurred in 1901, when the district’s Black residents were moved to Uitvlugt (later named … being predominantly ‘Coloured’ and Indian with…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… social and political meaning. Artists will have to face up to and challenge the prevailing power structure, by …
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress (SAIC) face the choice of action now or later. April 21 , Walter …
EventCiskei is granted 'independence'
… Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted 'independence' by the South …
PlaceBarnyard Theatre in Cape Town
Having been established 20 years ago, the Barnyard Theatre family is no stranger to hosting some of the best local bands, comedians and performers. From the…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… of the ANC. In the Eastern Cape, opposition to the new Black Local Authorities and proposed rent increases resulted in the revival of the Port Elizabeth…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… by popular discourse and improving sports coverage in the Black press. Matches between Indians, Africans, and Coloureds … (1937) and Moroka Swallows (1947)…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… and expressing disdain at continued subjugation of black people. For instance, on 16 December 1929 anti pass … the government to eventually recognize the…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… moving people out of Sophiatown which it had declared a “black spot” because it was located in the midst of … south, east and north. In the grand scheme of…
Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
… NP victory, angered and radicalised broader layers of the black middle class, especially the youth. It was in the wake … and became the focus for the…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… to apparently broaden political representation excluded Black Africans – far from being a movement towards a more …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… up roadblocks and distributing food. 30 000 residents of Black townships of Cape Town march on Caledon Square, led by … of University Education Amendment Act…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… outside my father's shop with the grossly-inflated Semitic face of "Hoggenheimer". When the Nats came in, in May 1948, … out of the country to magazines. I…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… back seat to the struggle against the apartheid system. ● Black Consciousness Movement Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu's connection with the Black…
Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki: University of Witwatersrand, 29 July 2006.
… and reserved jobs. The farmers took their share by having black labour, including and especially prison labour directed … produced through the oppression and…