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… charged in terms of Section 16 of the Immorality Act. The boycott of Fattis and Monis products in May in support of the Food and Cannings Workers Union was the first consumer boycott since the late fifties. The Soweto Civic Association … schools and spread finally to schools country-wide. The boycott of red meat was called for by the Western Province …

… house, one Mr Lavisa. Mbeki excelled at school. The mid-1950s were the years in which the nationalist government … at high school, Mbeki was expelled for leading a class boycott against the expulsion of a fellow student. At this … in the Student Union to condemn the move and join the boycott of South African goods. He strongly condemned the …

… the community to use and created a school out of a broken bus near his clinic. His approachability and commitment to … Indian and coloured students launched a nationwide school boycott. In Lenasia, protestors associated normal cricket … to refuse to work in the mines and for communities to boycott asbestos products. BAMCU was well aware their …

… boarders” required to travel to and from School by Bus and Train each day, instead they were taught in the …

… associated themselves with the non-racial policy of the 1950s Congress Alliance. The Transvaal Indian Congress was … The Committee actively campaigned, with the NIC, for a boycott of the SAIC elections in a style reminiscent of the … Alliance. The culmination of this process was a resounding boycott of the SAIC elections and the holding of the TASC …

… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 3 - The Rise … end to white domination, by means of "immediate and active boycott, strike, civil disobedience, non-cooperation and such … were in­troduced on the buses and a curfew imposed, a bus boycott was begun and a general strike threatened: the …

… the Bantu World, Xuma calls on African children to end the boycott against the Bantu Education Act and return to school. … 1957 1 February: In an attempt to end the  Alexandra Bus Boycotts , Xuma along with other ‘moderate’ African … over a meeting with the government to resolve the Bus Boycotts, Xuma writes a letter to the World defending his …

… passes. Thousands of passes were handed as part of a boycott and over 700 protestors were arrested. In 1920 …

… 11) “Bantu Education or the Street” The first half of the 1950s was the formative period of apartheid and the … against it and in 1954, with the act’s implementation, a boycott of government primary schools was organized. … to the new system. This last, in the legal-speak of the 1950s, was tactfully described by Professor Z.K. Matthews as …

… School system had mostly failed because of Dutch parents’ boycott of it. In the Eastern Cape it was better received, … predominant political group in the Cape during the early 1950s, loses support to the ANC during the Defiance Campaign … thirteen. A large crowd gathers and stones are thrown at a bus. Tear gas and a baton charge are used to disperse them. …

… had limited participation in political activities of the 1950s. It openly threw its support behind the demonstrations … The police were deployed in townships, at stations and at bus terminals. The strike destroyed AMU and seriously …

… close to her heart for the rest of her life. [3] In the 1950s she married Amos Mswane, and they had four children. … effort of hers. [10] That same year, police stopped her bus on its way to Kliptown where she planned to attend the … led the Potato Boycot ​ t and the​United Tobacco Company boycott in 1959 as a member of the South African Communist …

… March 1922 the Aliwal North newspaper reported a 'general boycott' of shops in Herschel, mainly by women who 'organise … paid for wheat bought from local Africans increased. The boycott was halted after six months of sporadic action. In … established independent churches, and in 1925 a serious boycott of schools, which worsened in early 1926 when, …

… has been situated at 3 Gordon Terrace since the late 1950s. The Area has undergone substantial Transport Renewal … with the introduction of a key route of the Rapid Transit Bus System. On the very edge of old Doornfontein running …

… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 9 - Division … support for the movement was slipping away. A magnificent bus boycott, which made a national impact, was carried out in …

… by the Congress Alliance, the Treason Trial of 1956, the bus boycotts, and the rise of the PAC. [41] The political …

… involvement of Inkatha. There was no call for a consumer boycott, although riots and uprisings did take place. … and called for another "Black Christmas" consumer boycott. It was however only in 1986 that the UDF became more …

… participation and international sport. The sporting boycott became effective in the 1980's and probably hurt the … South Africans. There was also an academic and cultural boycott, and a consumer boycott of South African Outspan oranges. 'Artists United …

… a member of the Communist Party, Bram gives support to the bus boycott of Alexandra Township residents protesting the one-penny increase in bus fares. 1945 2 January, Bram attends the annual conference …

… resettled there. 1957 The ANC organizes the Alexandra Bus Boycott campaign. 15 September, Riots takes place in Dube. … than 70 Black schools, mostly in the Cape Province. The boycott only ends in January 1981 after the Congress of SA …

… Exile ) edited by Segal. The first was an account of the bus boycotts that began in Alexandra, a black township north … down to Port Elizabeth: “Through the long weeks of the boycott, the political initiative passed out of the hands of … the assumptions which underpinned Ruth’s research in the 1950s, researchers found that mine wages fueled a dynamic …

… with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes. 6 August, The Hewat Training College in … August, Pupils at Alexander Sinton High and Belgravia High boycott classes. 500 UWC students march to the Bellville …

… considerable significance in this period was the 'British Boycott of S.African products' campaign, largely in response …

… as a branch of the UDF in order to deal with the cultural boycott and helped organize the tasks of the Cultural …

… Indian Congress (SAIC) and the COD called for a total boycott of UTC products. This demonstration of solidarity … to reports, these workers were told there was another bus and train boycott in progress making it impossible for … firms on the Congress Alliance boycott list of the early 1950s, but after granting some concessions its name was …

… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 10 - … of the Liberal Party. It happened again at the time of the bus boycotts, the treason trial and the agitation over the … for a revolutionary road. More decisively than the 1950s, however, the last ten years have shown that the real …

… and Rick Turner but also those who had been pivotal in the 1950s such as Trevor Huddleston and Oliver Tambo. Most … against a backdrop of school boycotts, workers’ strikes, a bus boycott and the dramatic launch of the United Democratic …

… out, they used to walk across the hostel on their way to bus and taxi ranks along Golden Highway. More importantly … Settlement came from Boipatong Township established in the 1950s. With the apartheid government not providing new houses …

… municipalities facing a consumer electricity and rent boycott, with financial support to service arrears caused by … with their parents. These boycotts added to an earlier boycott of White-owned shops. The boycott successfully put pressure on the municipality and the …