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PlaceWestern Cape Province
… coast of Cape Town. There was a jail on the island where political prisoners were kept. Political prisoners are people who are sent to jail because … from…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Penguin. Basner, Miriam (1993), Am I an African? The political memoirs of H. M. Husner, Johannesburg: … Doreen (1989), Johnny Gomas, Voice of the working…
Chapter XV - House arrest
… garden path, nor could I attend any gatherings, social or political. Over and above all these prohibitions, I was … too, had been banned by the Minister of…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… forgotten I960.' Some of the youth were also involved in political groups. A few had joined the Western Cape Youth … the Roman Catholic school in Nyanga on…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… The act of freeing somebody, especially from legal, political or social controls that limit what they can do. For …
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… and play. SD: Continue Gogo! LD: I remember people and political leaders came in to seek refuge in JL Dube’s house; … nineties if I’m not mistaken, just…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
… indeed in our country that Mahatmaji was to undergo his political baptism which led to such momentous consequences … Minister Shrimati Indira Gandhi and the…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
… African Workers by the radual introduction of industrial, political nd social democracy, with equality of pportunity …
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… state. All adult South Africans shall participate in the political process and institutions at every level of … holding of such a convention are the release…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… an unrivaled picture of the development of social and political structures over some 400 Years. The Mapungubwe … an unrivaled picture of the development of…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… to “marry [his] literary interest to [his] socio-political interest” (Lindfors 2002, 320). The first piece … writer. He chose to restrain himself somewhat…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… a position”¦Throughout the long weeks of the boycott, the political initiative in South Africa passed out of the hands … declared Minister of Transport…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… that of their English counterparts. 33 The ideological and political links with the I.S.L. and strikers' connections … the shop-stewards' movement 56 …
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… but unsigned.) Poster production From 1979, Medu produced political posters. The first posters were silkscreened, with … Strategy' with a response that holds…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… and in the Steelpoort area miners began to take part in political activities. The Metal and Allied Workers Union … the SRCs and turned assemblies into forums…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… has to happen before we who are leaders, religious and political, of our mother Africa are moved to cry out 'Enough … Desmond Tutu nominates Marwan…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… and which probably had a bearing on their shift towards political violence in 1961, was the general failure of the … directed campaigns of the 1950s to bring…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the National Party Congress of the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein on 18 September 1973
… a static world. And this National Party -just look at the political and other history of South Africa - this party is … prosperous country like Japan, which…
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… Biography can be a lens through which broader political processes can be illuminated. As well as … we welcome approaches to biography as both personal and…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… with a few whites and coloureds were engaging in joint political action under a common leadership. A national action …
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… students who began to analyse and criticise the unhealthy political situation in the country. He instantaneously became …
Addis Video Art Festival to Cape Town Hosted by ALMA MARTHA
… Grobler, Lebohang Kganye and Francois Knoetze. Due to political unrest the festival had to cancel its 2016 …
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… Durban Indian Girls’ High School. In Durban, she became a political activist and organised a Student Passive Resistance …
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… Although banning orders prevented him from attending political meetings and addressing gatherings, Walter Sisulu …
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… in Cape Town and had befriended Arthur F. Batty, who was a political activist and trade unionist. It was through Batty's …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… to negotiate with the Liberatory Organisation as a political party. The interview was published in the Mail on …
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… African People's Union (ZAPU),two Black nationalist political organizations. A civil war broke out between the …
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… away to form the Conservative Party. This move shifted the political balance in favour of "reformism" among remaining … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… of Afrikaner , right wing formations that included political formations linked to homelands. This suggests that …
EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… police colonel, who was involved in the murder of several political activists in the Eastern Cape, died in Port …