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… Qwazi, a photo-journalist, started out as a freelancer in the 1980s at a time of increased resistance against Apartheid  in  Port Elizabeth , and the Eastern Cape . He photographed … 1989. Qwazi, documented the history of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organization 3 (Sipho Hashe, Qaqawuli Godolozi , …

… March-May 1984 Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s Writing in  Liberation  (June 1956), Nelson … increasing deterioration in race relations, especially in Black-White relations”¦Rather than outlaw the African … represented  capitalist  interests, concerned to hold the black working class in the chains of wage slavery? Not …

… Reverend Martin Luther King leads a public bus boycott by Black people in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, for which he is arrested and … racial oppression. His dream of freedom became a dream of Black people around the world. He condemned South Africa's … Martin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott …

… Invitation   The HSRC Seminar Series In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy Speaker: … of Social Work, University of Johannesburg Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing … In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa …

… From the book:  Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede I knew Anton … From the first time when he came into my offices in Diagonal Street in 1943, Lembede struck me not only as a … evoked in our people ”” old and young, men and women, black and white ”” to deepen and enhance the quality of the …

… (Oom Gov) joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the 1950's and remained a communist and a firm believer in the superior morality of socialism to his last day. He … country with the struggle for the national liberation of black people by cementing strong relations between the SACP, …

… Fellowship to study journalism at Harvard University in the US but the government rejected his application for a … him to leave the country on an exit permit and leaving in that manner meant he would never be allowed to return to … Maimane and Bloke Modisane. Nakasa was also the first black columnist at The Rand Daily Mail. While in America …

… South African president Nelson Mandela is sworn in to office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. … South African president Nelson Mandela is sworn in to office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria …

… "Unity in Participation" Huhudi: A case study in resistance to removal: paper presented at National … Unity in Participation Huhudi: A case study in resistance to removal: Paper presented at National …

… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Historical and Political Studies of the … KwaZulu in contemporary South Africa: a case-study in the implementation of the policy of separate development …

… one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was summoned to appear in a magistrate's court. After failing to make an appearance, … government as they believed that the British favored Black and Coloured farmers over Afrikaner farmers. Burghers (farmers) in the surrounding areas were pressurized into joining this …

… Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now … muster. Xuma decided to enrol at Tuskegee, the foremost Black tertiary educational institution in Alabama in the … his medical school expenses at Marquette. He was the only Black among the first year class of 1921.  Xuma now settled …

… than 50 teenage boys died when their dormitory caught fire in a secondary school near Nairobi, Kenya. The raging fire is … got trapped inside when the roof of the dormitory caved in and could not escape. About 28 boys were admitted to … A fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and …

… South Africa’s first Lesbian and Gay Pride march was held in Johannesburg . It was the first Pride March on the African … The purpose of the event was not only to demonstrate pride in gay or lesbian identity but also to provide a wider … Apartheid. Addressing the crowd, Simon Nkoli said; “I am black and I am gay. I cannot separate the two parts of me …

… seeks to better understand how photographs have been used in South Africa as ideological and consequently political … supports? What countermeasures has the State engaged in to stifle photographic subversion? How have resistance … of apartheid and the policies being applied against black people. After all these things happen out of sight. 12 …

… Early in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of … appearance at the Pan-African Freedom Movement Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mandela's address to the conference … parliament, which did not represent him, and the rest of Black South Africans. In November 1962, Mandela was sentenced …

… Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. He worked as a painter and builder. Ngoyi became politically active in the ANC as a member of the ANC Youth League in the 1950s. … Island. Ngoyi and  Henry Fazzie joined Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) in 1984, soon after their …

… Canodoise Daniel Themba (Can Themba) was born in 1924, in Marabastad, Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng),South … competition. Here he worked alongside other aspiring black journalists, who came to be known as the “Drum Boys”. … Profile of Canodoise Daniel Themba: The Order of Ikhamanga in Silver from The Presidency [online] Available at: …

… Born in Uniondale in the Cape, Blaaiberg spent his youth in the Karoo town of … a blood-pumping machine and whether it comes from a white, black or coloured man or a baboon or giraffe, for that matter …

… Ephraim Chaka was born in 1924. His family came from Ladybrand, Orange Free State … Chaka, Maniki Chaka and Meiti Chaka. The family lived in Sharpeville. He enjoyed riding his bicycle every day to … which the government wanted to impose on South Africa’s black citizens. Lekhowa Chaka who was the second eldest son …

… of Democrats, and the Colored People’s Congress. The Black Sash is founded by white women who protested against … adopts a resolution demanding that all political prisoners in South Africa be released. Organisation of African unity is … Black People’s convention (BPC), sharing ideals of Black Consciousness is form …

… White, red, blue and black poster. PFP election poster. Black and white photograph of Harry Pitman. … A voice that will be heard: Harry Pitman PFP in parliament …

… lessons. He then attended Kinlinton Training School in Pretoria where painting was included in the curriculum. In 1930 he was working in a sweet factory … art; they reveal the way that white artists tended to view black people – as subjects for superficial scrutiny rather …

… Power in Colonial Africa: Conflict and Discourse in Lesotho, 1870– 1960 by Elizabeth A. Eldredge …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir Redvers Buller is appointed Commander-in-Chief in South Africa. …

… Somalia’s first parliament for thirteen years is sworn in during a ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya. …

… Afgelope jaar se rampe in water, Naweek-Beeld , 1 April. … Forty people die when a ferry founders in a river in the Central African Republic. (2006). …

… Nelson Mandela leads 100 000 Blacks in Pretoria in a protest to end White rule. …

… Rebels in the Ivory Coast suspend their participation in the government of national unity. …

… Seven Nigerian United Nations peacekeepers are killed in an ambush by Somalis in Mogadishu. …