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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
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Paper proposal for the CCAWUSA and Independent Socialists Panel …
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… Women's Day inherited a tradition of protest and political activism. In the years before 1910, from the turn … South Africa remembers the role played by…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… creation to community mobilization as well as broader political movements. As writers began to work increasingly … Reformed Church in the 1960s. He launched…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… it did not become mindless terrorism but remained under political guidance against the institutions of apartheid and … struggle was a method of struggle that…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… the ballot paper and push it into the ballot box. Even his political opponents would agree with us his comrades that … of us changed. Both of us rejected the…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… Union (ICU) in 1917. The ICU dominated the socio political landscape in South Africa particularly in the 1920s when the other black led political forces…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… their respective areas; 5. to develop group areas as socio-economic units; 6. to encourage the responsible local … Amendment Act, No. 80 of 1968 changed the…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 27 July 1987, Addis Ababa
… once again, attending this premier event in the African political calendar, the OAU Summit Meeting of Heads of State … isolation of the apartheid regime and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… Party, organisations that largely came to determine the political landscape of our country. That they were founded … a crossroads of our history - a…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… themselves under their own self-government, but the economic structure of South Africa made that impossible … housing (Maharaj, 1994: 5). It was condemned…
Communique of the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC, presented by O. R. Tambo at a Press Conference, Lusaka 25 June, 1985
… representatives, commanders and other members of our army, political organisers, trade unionists, administration, … we fully share the view that the ANC has…
Address given by Ronald First, brother of Ruth First and brother in law of Joe Slovo, on the occasion of the tribute paid to Ruth and Joe by the African National Congress, in the holding of a Torchlight ceremony on the 21st of October 2012, at the Johanne
… existed in South Africa, and in basic terms had the same political convictions. Joe was more of a political animal than Ruth, but although involved in … The…
Second National Consultative Conference Communiqué, 25 June 1985
… representatives, commanders and other members of our army, political organisers, trade unionists, administration, … we fully share the view that the ANC has…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… so suddenly ”” I had been cut off from the mainstream of political resistance for so long. The Congress of Democrats … I could not join any organisation that…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… by underground ANC structures. In 1965 Mbeki drafted a political document outlining the imperatives of mobilising …
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… on 12 September 1977. Biko's funeral was the first big political funeral in South Africa. As bus-loads of mourners …
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… 4 p.m. It reports that Working Groups 1 (climate for free political activity), 3 (interim government), and 5 …
PlaceMqanduli
… The hometown of Bantu Holomisa, a Political leader in South Africa. Located in the OR Tambo … The hometown of Bantu Holomisa, a Political leader in South…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… force the state to act positively to meet their social and economic (or "second-generation") rights. In question was …
ArticleHealth and welfare
… of the town's railway junction. The entire community's economic existence was dependant on the railway junction. …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… to adopt the draft resolution recommended by the Ad Hoc Political Committee. The vote is 42 to 8, with 10 … one of the few sources of information about non…
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… participatory democracy Enhance responsible leadership and political accountability Contribute to mutual understanding …
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… brings you this urgent call to unity and mass action, by political prisoners on Robben Island to all patriots of our …
Introduction to a Message from Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Smuggled Out Of Prison, 10 June 1980
… brings you this urgent call to unity and mass action, by political prisoners on Robben Island to all patriots of our …
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… side. The tour was labelled “unofficial” due to the political position of Apartheid South Africa, and the …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.1 Oct-Dec 1958
… Dr. H.J. Simons. An African Diary, Rosalynde Ainslie. Political Trends in Kenya, Dr. Gikonyo Kiano, M.L.C. The …
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… Africa, Maxeke took up teaching and also took part in political activities in the African National Congress (ANC). …
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
… in District Six, Cape Town on 21 June 1936. Davis became a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, …
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic: Answers to Questions by May 1961
… Our aim is to rally all our people in support of our big political objectives - the establishment of non-racial …
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… and Soweto, it produced a tangible shift in the political situation at the time. It provoked renewed school …