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ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime , which in the following years inspires the … conditions blacks are subjected to under…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
… structures and trade unions that sought to challenge apartheid and the cheap labour system. Shop stewards, … the workforce, this cycle of struggle came to an…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… capitalism. The Land Act was the precursor (forerunner) to Apartheid land settlement, which resulted in forced removals, … steam and a slew of laws set the…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
… Day of Covenant. After the first democratic elections in 1994, December 16 continued to form part of the history of post apartheid South Africa. On 16…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… transform the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from an apartheid "bush university" into the "intellectual home of … of the complex with the power of the…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… political activist. Ngakane served South Africa during the apartheid era outside the country, by contributing to the advancement of Black filmmaking, and…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… while living in Southern California during South Africa’s apartheid. In order to appropriately study a cultural figure … the institution of racial…
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… After the end of apartheid, as well as the release of political prisoners in … country’s transition from repressive rule to democracy in 1994, South Africa…
ArticleBlack Sash
… "The Black Sash", an organisation of white women against Apartheid Laws, demonstrated, often on a daily basis, in … that she used as a platform to challenge…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… among others. The government’s determination to enforce apartheid despite criticism from the Commonwealth of Nations … of the SADF crossed into Botswana near…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… Xhosa community The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied … of residential segregation, sowing the seeds of the 'apartheid city'…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… NP was the governing party of South Africa from 1948 until 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a South…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… government representatives, homeland representatives, anti apartheid movements and white business groupings particularly … and their eventual return and…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… ethos, and revolutionary Cuba was an early opponent of apartheid and racial segregation. It is no surprise to read … African Defence Minister PW Botha told…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… the ANC and SACP later forged an alliance to fight against apartheid. Anti pass protests and strikes became was a common … open spaces and with separate…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… National Congress (ANC) government since the elections of 1994. One of its adopted slogans is: ‘Socialism is the … Africa. ‘NGOisation’ of the African…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… the Cabinet of President P.W. Botha, including Minister of Post and Telecommunications and Sport and Recreation … Mandela jointly received the Nobel Peace…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… Burgers elected State President of ZAR The Pretoria Post Office is established 1873 Die Volkstem newspaper … the Pretoria Convention 1886 Construction of the…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… women’s organisations and a member of parliament from 1994 to 1999. Today, she lectures over women’s rights all … born on 4 July 1952, in the fourth year of…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… White River Estates with HT Glynn as first chairman. 1918 Post Office opens in Nelspruit. 1919 Standard Bank opens a … Party win the general election and…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… for our delegation that reminded us of our own 27 April 1994 - Freedom Day - and 10 May 1994 when Comrade Nelson … shared offices in the dark days of our…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… (1950s) After the Second World War and the rise of apartheid, football's mass popularity brought it into close … to form the South African Soccer Federation,…
Journals
… History is now regarded as a dynamic discipline, in apartheid South Africa it tended to be associated with … and helped the Association to produce editions…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to neutralise political dissent was the … rate. The revolt threatened to derail plans to…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… more. Zarina Maharaj has served her country during the apartheid era through her involvement in the ANC. She continued to serve South Africa during the post…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious 1913 Land Act , passed three … Party won the 1948 general…
PlaceLebowa
… During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho … Minister during most of the 1980s was Dr C N M Phatudi. In 1994, it was…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… Two years after the first democratic election (1994) the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson … and set in motion processes that laid the…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… by linking Cato Manor's problems with the struggle against apartheid and the area becomes a seat of the ANC underground. … the beerhall riots take place at…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… and economic systems to address the inequalities of apartheid and create a genuine democratic South Africa.” But … the ANC operated on the moral high ground…