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Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… Defiance Campaign mass meeting The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional … The period 1950 -1952 began with a…
Insurrections: The Storming
… conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South African writers and musicians. The idea was to articulate our … specialist anywhere from…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South African writers and musicians. The idea was to articulate our … specialist anywhere from…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in the global imagination. He has … and beyond. He was part of the group…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… movement of 1946-48 and helped build the alliance with the African majority. He continued non-violent defiance of … imperative. Though they disagreed with…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… Tambo and other leaders. Despite its close links to the African National Congress (ANC), the Fund from the beginning … the court. Source: Peter Magubane /…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various forms against the … taking place in the country. Before the formation…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… also recognises other non-official languages such as South African sign language, Khoe Khoe and the San. Many other … butter, onions, potatoes, chillies and…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious … Africans in the form of reserves. The…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… completed her Bachelor's degree in Political Science and African Studies with Honors in May 2012. During her … strongest areas of interest in studying…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… He confronted General Smuts's Pegging Act, the first South African Act passed by the United Party Government imposing … the NIC Dr Naicker called for a…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… and cultures. If each race is separated, all South African peoples can learn, live, and die, as they liked. From … Population Registration Act, No. 30…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944, young … Pixley ka Seme assumed leadership…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were … on 30 March 1960 and banned the ANC,…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… the most historical and common challenge faced. Most South African women are situated in rural areas, where poverty is … initiatives like child grants ,…
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… sentiments, as the organisation believes that the South African government poses a threat to Islamic values. It also … aims to create better political…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… from 1981. On the eve of its launch in 1983, groups of African arrived claiming to represent 8 COYCO braches. Coloured voted for coloureds for leadership,…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
… in the Nelspruit area in the early 17th century. Other African farmers lived below the escarpment some 1000 years … Huffman, T.N. 1998. The antiquity of…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… attacks between 1976 - 1982 30/11/76 Skirmish with South African Police (SAP): Eastern Transvaal Two SAP killed as … Mahlangu hanged 24/02/77 SAP…
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
… institutional transformation process, informed by the African Charter on People's and Human Rights. We need to find … should be given to the establishment of…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… Union Federation, Amadou N`diaye, Secretary of the All African Trade Union Federation and revolutionary leaders of … Conference: Report on the Strategy and…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, … by men and women who carry the colourful South African aloft…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… and the early Youth League before them, believed that the African rank and file were politically more advanced than … as the most egregious example of this …
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… a prominent founding member of the Federation of South African Women, died in October 1979. She had been one of the … Coloured, she had also been on the…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… levels, posing the biggest challenges that confront South African society today. While focusing on clear, implementable … Africans in the workplace f…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… of the country. These riots continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to … international criticism, because ‘it…
ArticleSS Mendi
… Parliament that Britain had requested that the South African Native Labour Contingent provide 10 000 men to work … built in Glasgow and in 1905 registered to…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Drake Tshenkeng B. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS ORGANISATION (SASO) Elected at the formal … for the Educational and Cultural Advancement…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… educational system was Euro-centric, and undermined African achievement. The Africanist revival of African history that centred around themes such as African…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… under the umbrella organization, the SAIC (South African Indian Congress). However, in the 1930s-1940s the NIC … Indian Congress, the three later went on to…