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ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… movements, MK and Poqo. The 1970s saw the emergence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), which dominated political … that Afrikaans should be the…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… national oppression and economic exploitation of the black South African masses, he was able in his own unassuming … terror. The irresistible march of the…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… embarked on a feverish drive to prepare their members and Black communities for the proposed nationwide campaigns. The … non-violence and that the PAC saw it…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… rose to unprecedented heights and even went beyond black-white unrest, with Inkatha clashing with the ANC/UDF … was an unprecedented level of resistance in…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
… into the Church by Adams. Dr Adams started by teaching black people the English language and his wife held meetings … to the white overall which he wore as a…
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
… that his government had accepted Kissinger's proposal of a Black majority government within two years. This, however, did not end the war in Rhodesia. The…
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… aimed at improving South African foreign relations with Black independent states in Africa. He hoped that a negotiated settlement would result in a moderate…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… from the communities and political organisations. Many black communities raised their unhappiness with the manner in … ISU from the Aliwal North area that…
EventRenewal of land acquisition programme in Zimbabwe
… farmers for the land confiscated for resettlement by Black peasant farmers. Mugabe defended this move by stating … occupied by war veterans - farms initially…
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… farm houses. Boer women and children, as well as their black servants, were taken to concentration camps, where they … Around 26 000 Boer women and children,…
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… Boer commandos. Thirdly, Boer women and children and some Black South Africans were placed in concentration camps. This … as approximately 26 000 Boer women…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… labour control. Exhibitions include collections of large black and white prints reflecting township life, and an accurate depiction of the histories of…
PlaceMaphikela House
… In 1912, prominent black leaders gathered here and forged the foundations of … of the ANC in Bloemfontein in 1935. In 1912, prominent black leaders…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… story of South Africa’s labouring classes, predominantly black, in a world shaped by race laws and extractive … two million inhabitants; at least a quarter…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
… the university’s kowtowing to state demands not to give a black professor ( Archie Mafeje ) a full-time post. For the … in the 1970s. He would also establish…
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
… area formerly called ‘Die Vlakte’, from which Coloured and Black communities were forcebly removed under the Group Areas … their acceptance policy to include…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at May day rally, 01 May 1987, Stockholm
… not accept that any dignity attaches to its predominantly black labour force. For, the apartheid system defines labour as either white or black; and if black…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… exhibition practices under Apartheid law, in which Black artists and art viewers were not permitted into the … the first years of the gallery exhibitions by…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
… Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the most important black union movement to emerge in the 1950s. One measure of … same period. By 1984 it was estimated that…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984 by Noor Nieftagodien
… Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the most important black union movement to emerge in the 1950s. One measure of … same period. By 1984 it was estimated that…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… police officers have confessed to the 1977 murder of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko , and have made a … exercise" where they incited their dogs to…
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… the Bantu Homeland Citizens Act effectively removing Black South Africans’ citizenships and requiring them to …
ArticleThe Nile river and its influence on settlement
… settled life of agriculturalists. ‘We are content with our Black land ”¦ the heartland is with us’. - A Pharoah's …
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… ‘ Nelson Mandela Death: A Look at South Africa's First Black President ’, (video file), 5 December, [online], …
Bloemfontein - segregation in education
… of White schools opened during this time, it is clear that Black education was not a priority for the government in …
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… a member of the radical Serbian nationalist group, The Black Hand. Austria- Hungary hoped to use the incident to …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… will not fundamentally alter the position of the black people of South Africa. A real change can be brought … and public health schemes. The gap between…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… the gap between the students and parents, through the Black Parents Association, and the Soweto Committee of Ten. … our economy. During the times when we…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… by the Authorities, i.e. Health and Town Boards. No black people were allowed to stay near the white areas and … from the market and sold them house to house…
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926 Chapter Three - The Black Republic Question and the Third Period Chapter Four - … with the CPSA: 1925 - 1935 Chapter…