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… Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown on 2 March … gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990 …

… Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in Verulam, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He is the second … out against the injustice of apartheid. He served in the Black consciousness Movement (BCM) and he was a member of Black … writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban. …

… Lived off the environment The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. They mostly survived … arrow. The San invented their own type of bow and arrow in order to hunt effectively. They useda handbow and arrows … arrow falls on the ground but the poisoned head remains in the wound,  slowly sedating the animal. The poison …

… and twentieth centuries played a strangely ambiguous role in the history and affairs of the region. On the one hand … equipped to understand. The first manifested itself in an involvement in local agriculture, irrigation and … agricultural land for indigenous settlement at a time when Black-owned land was being increasingly alienated for white …

… SA Air Force operation, And here is the (restricted) news, …

… Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor was born in Durban on 7 December 1953. Her father, Joe Matthews, was a … Regina Thelma, was a teacher. Following her family's exile in 1961 due to her father's involvement in ANC political activities, Pandor received most of her …

… The Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government's announcement concerning reclamation of the …

… fourth gold medal since re-admission to the Olympics in Barcelona 1992, adding to the two won by swimmer Penny Heyns in Atlanta and the marathon gold by Josia Thugwane at the … The 4 x 100m men's relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens …

… to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference In the aftermath of the Durban Strikes (1973) the British … (TUC) began to engage much more closely with the emerging Black trade union movement in South Africa. This led to a … calling on the South African government to recognise Black trade unions. The TUC then began to support Black trade …

… Moment: Revisiting, politics, Labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s. 22-24 February, 2013 Rhodes University … worker controlled unions. On the other hand, a radical new black student movement emerged with a leadership oriented … political formations, the political underground, Black Consciousness, the Black Peoples Convention, Black Community …

… Isadore W. Schlesinger made his home in South Africa after the Boer war, and founded several insurance companies. He pioneered the mass media in this country, creating a nation wide network of cinemas … Ngakane[Link to 1951, 1966] - besides being a filmmaker in his own right - Jemina and Johnny (1966, UK), Nelson …

… on the history and politics of the armed struggle in southern Africa. The conference is being funded by the … of South Africa (IFAS). Download the CONFERENCE PROGRAMME In recent years, southern Africa’s armed struggle has been … of intense discussions both at the scholarly level and in public discourse, with debates around the relative …

… J.S. Scott, black artists and the cultural politics of 1920s Johannesburg …

… Many people were involved in the historic turning point that 16 June 1976 became. These … parents, activists, government employees, and others were in Soweto itself and elsewhere across the country. They made … researched further, so the selection is provisional and is in no way intended to appear an exhaustive list of key …

… N ö el Robb (nee Barrow) was born on 25 December 1913, in Plymouth, England. She was the third child of Benjamin … the Cape Flats Robb was one of the founding members of the Black Sash in Cape Town in August 1955 and was the Director … of its governing regional council for almost 40 years. The Black Sash’s first stand was against Eric Louw , then South …

… This essay discusses the rise of female unionisation in South Africa in the early and mid twentieth century. In … workers. Also, it was not racially biased, accepting both Black and White people. (Simons SAHO) The union was not only … but also very effective in politicising thousands of Black women. This exponentially increased the power and …

… Advice Office Director and Joyce Harris, President of Black Sash regarding the independence of the Transkei and its socio-economic impact on black urban dwellers … Advice Office Director and Joyce Harris, President of Black Sash regarding the Transkei Independence …

… Black and white poster. Artwork of map of Namibia. Notice of … at St. George's Cathedral on Sunday 20th May. Issued by Black Sash. List of speakers. City of Cape Town stamp dated … Peace in Namibia …

… thirty administrative regions. The other 25 are found in the mainland, formerly Tanganyika. The country is a one … of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han …

… Southern Africa experienced transformation in the 18th and 19th centuries. This was the period that … investigates the recent research and explores the ways in which historical myths are constructed. … Grade 10 - Topic 4: Transformations in southern Africa after 1750 …

… and author of Afrikaans teenage fiction. He was born in Johannesburg in 1953. He obtained a BA Communications degree from the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg) in 1970 and went on to obtain an MA in English. Hough held … Barry Hough, SA literary critic and successful author of mainly teenage …

… The industrial Revolution has shaped the societies we live in today and more so in Britain and in Southern Africa. It … of the mining companies that limited the right of black Africans to own mining claims or to trade their products. Ultimately, black Africans were relegated to performing manual labour …

… to come, the abiding image of a patient citizenry in long voting queues on 27 April 1994, will remain deeply etched in the collective memory of the nation. As the world held its … that beckons. We are truly honoured today, to play host in the ceremony, to distinguished world leaders, UN …

… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1954 and 1955 and includes chapters on: Policies and attitudes; The role of the SA Institute of Race Relations; Joint Councils and study … A survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955 …

… consider the first half of the 1960s as a period in which the Nationalist Party (NP) Government consolidated white rule in the face of growing international pressure and … of the ANC and PAC cast the South African government in a bad light in most of the western world. This led to the …

… Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought to be named in honour of Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII of … Ground, it was laid out on. It was the only Place where black people could buy free-hold Land until J.B. Hertzog .  Black people in Alexandra became the victims of unscrupulous …

… ”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the Conference …

… will neither abolish job reservation nor recognise Black trade unions. …

… (OATUU) condemns the South African government’s plan for Black works councils. …