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ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… similar dialects, beliefs and social structures and the main distinctions between the three groups were only … In fact, most archaeologists presume the Sotho…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… fought to restore rights among the black population. The main activities of the Black Sash were protesting against the … in an attempt to control the Black…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… activists behind closed doors in the 1970s and 1980s. In June 1968, the central square was renamed … status in 1978, saw its leadership oscillate between two…
2002 Introduction By Jordi Martorell
… March-May 1984 Lessons of the 1950s addresses all the main questions of revolutionary strategy and tactics and … the lessons and arm the revolutionary…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… Wednesday. At political tensions grew in Natal in the 1980s, members of MAWU meeting at the church had to vacate …
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the mid-1980s. The formation of Natal Indian Congress The Natal … the NIC was revived with a focus on civic work. In…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… marabi elements in their soul. 1977 Rabbitt disbanded. 1980s The 1980s saw the appearance of Afro-jazz bands such as Sakhile … to as 'bubblegum' emerged from…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… such process was on 23 September 1913 (see our Women's Chronology) when women in the Free State, organized by …
ArticleFrontline States
… Their pressure against South Africa increased in the 1980s after the formation of the Southern African Development …
Polokwane an Overview
… in the region. The uprisings of the late 1950s and mid-1980s in Sekhukhuneland had a marked effect on Pietersburg , …
Desmond Tutu interviewed by John Carlin
… determine political outcomes. In the latter part of the 1980s and early 1990s it became commonplace to undermine the … also a larger and stronger…
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
… operations were suspended several times, the last time in 1980s, but diamond-bearing gravels from one volcanic pipe are … once again being worked by De Beers…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… You can read about the crisis of Apartheid in the 1980s in section 5 of the grade 12 material. The collapse of … Union for economic and military support. By…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… 1950, after which Eskom set up substations and became the main provider of electricity. An irrigation dam at Olifant's … supplier of gas and welding material…
Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The 1980s were the culmination of the mass popular uprising, … precise directives" on the matter: Is…
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… at the age of nine, where, according to Malema, their main task was to remove National Party posters placed outside …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… autobiographies that this realisation came in the mid-1980s, although Patti Waldmeir (1997) suggests that the … of the ANC favoured a military solution until…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… make business more efficient and profitable. By the early 1980s most members were reform-minded, opposed to the … Industrial Council system. Studies…
EventBritish Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
… but legislation was only applied to airlines during the 1980s. Initially airline companies were made to separate … areas from non-smoking areas on planes,…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… photographers, both professional and amateur — in the 1980s, a liberation struggle veteran and the man behind South … is strategic: this is not a book of…
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… went on to become a prominent journalist in the 1970s and 1980s. Zille became well-known after she exposed the real … of Black Consciousness Movement leader…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
… growth period of the unions during the 1970s and early 1980s. These principles included democratic worker … growth period of the unions during the 1970s and…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… to exacerbating the economic crisis. During the 1980s, the economic crisis continued and deepened. Whatever … a result thousands of workers were retrenched…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… This form of control was maintained until the late 1980s and early in the 1990s, an observation that raises … the resistance content of musical forms of the…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… and Slave roots of music whilst becoming one of the main voices of the mass democratic movement of the 1980s. She has released three CDs one of which is a …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… with Mbeki as leader in Britain. The ANC YSS had two main objectives: looking after the welfare of the ANC youth … recruits were normally in large groups in…
ArticleEOAN Group
… have 15 branches throughout the Cape Peninsula by the mid 1980s. Between 1956 and the mid 1970s, EOAN featured an …
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s (see timeline) and the origin of Aids and HIV has …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… lost almost all of their elephants to poachers in the 1980s. Overall, the elephant population in Africa plummeted from about 1.2 million to 600,000 in the…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book