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ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… of shrewd Chinese, Indian, white and in a few instances, African businessmen, who drained the masses very discreetly. … divide man from beast. " Sophiatown…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… district of Cape Town. Seven foreigners from different African countries were killed on the Cape Flats. Amongst … in the same area. 2013 On 27 February 2013,…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… 1980s was a decade which became a turning point in South African history. Popular protest by masses of ordinary South … (but still powerless) level of…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… On 23 March 1954 the executives of the ANC, South African Indian Congress, South African Congress of Democrats and the newly formed South African Coloured…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… schools and colleges. The UDF and Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called for a two-day strike.In … many of its leaders were detained, and…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… parties became centres of community life and gave the African working classes a new sense of identity. This is how … ending during the second half of the…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… West Africa, Central and East Africa. On the Southern African sub continent, it is Angola that is reputed to have … in the growing manufacturing sector. Its…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… Society of Young Africa (SOYA) for six months; joins the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), citing the arrest of African National Congress (ANC)…
ArticleNdebele
… one of the 11 official languages recognized by the South African Constitution, and in 2006 it was determined that just … as a home language. Similar to the…
Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… locating itself in this manner COSATU has shown that the claims by the capitalists and its agents that it is a …
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
… for appointment of a commission to investigate the claims of such British Indians and requesting the government …
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… commandos set up by Afrikaners among the workers. Although African mineworkers were not directly involved in the 1922 … no support from her. Solly Sachs YCL…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… five years that will never be forgotten to the South African people. Robb spent her life as a schoolteacher and … to oppose government policies, against the…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… For many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different … to suppress the liberation struggle. Many members…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… policies included apartheid, the establishment of a South African Republic, and the promotion of Afrikaner culture. NP … first prime minister of the Union,…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… including members of the ICU, the Communist Party and the African National Congress (ANC) - were influenced to varying … the teachings of Garvey to fit in…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… the multiracial and liberal National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In particular, NUSAS was outspoken … idea for an exclusively all-Black movement…
Oupa Nkosi
… and was nominated in the 2003 MultiChoice Calendar - African Photographers of the Future. Works as a newspaper …
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… establishing farms and sugar plantations. After the South African War there was a shortage of agricultural labour. … Tax of £ 1 on all men over the age of 18…
Durban Historical & community
… Durban. Inanda was home to three key figures in South African and World history. It was home to – Dr. John … Mdliwamafa Shembe the founder of the largest…
Institute for Industrial Education (IIE)
… 1974 onwards, the IIE started up the publication, South African Labour Bulletin to report on and analyse labour … who also who served on the editorial board…
Araminta de Clermont
… Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town. Collections: South African National Gallery; UNISA; Simmons College, USA. …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… political wing of the BCM and the counterpart of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) , decided to set up an … secured a greater degree of support…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… A number of interrelated factors led to the South African War. The factors that have been covered in the text … understand the interrelated factors that led…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Xhosa people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the … settlers, and these wars dominated 19th…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… notable being the rise and eventual demise of the South African Congress of Trades Unions (Sactu) Emerging in the … University of Natal, together with…
Afrikaner
… group was formed which identified itself completely with African soil. As early as 1707, Hendrik Biebouw (Bibault) … traditionally celebrated annually even…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… of Kongo, c. 1350-1550” in The International Journal of African Historical Studies Vol. 34, No. 1 (2001), pp. 89-120. … in the Kingdom of Kongo: 1491-1800”…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… situated there were isolated houses, here and there and African huts. No proper roads and transportation facilities. … was the first time I worked with White…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… found at Goodhope Primary in Bellville South. 11 August, African pupils from Langa, Gugulethu and Nyanga hold marches … East, the north eastern end of the…