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ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… UDF and the African National Congress (ANC) for a week of action to pressure the Government into ending the violence in … of the police in this situation"…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… to1954. At the same congress, the military Programme of Action was adopted. This would become a major impetus to … house arrest. 19 April, While awaiting the…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… had joined the organisation.However, it had a limited appeal to these constituencies as it did not seem to fully … CPSA and the the Congress Alliance formed…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… its vision of the process. A new campaign of rolling mass action is decided on, to begin on 16 June 1992. 2 June 1992: Mass action begins with a strike at…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… United Nations General Assembly: United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid Delivers a speech: Comments and … Presents a statement Need for New…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… people of colour, and there was a surge of mass political action by blacks in defiant response. The 1950s certainly … these passes. This is something that…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… on the commission which is chaired by Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Willie Seriti. Judge Francis Legodi resigned …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… mobilized by the South African Students Movement 's Action Committee supported by the BCM marched peacefully to … ripened for the outbreak of protests, SASM…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… effective, according to calculations by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and researchers at the University of … and his desire to spend more time with his…
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… The Public Protector in her report ordered, as remedial action, ‘a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of … any longer". Pursuant to the…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… South Africa". 1 April, TheSecurity Council, in its first action on SouthAfrica, adopted resolution 134 (1960) … asking all States to consider separate and…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… leaders could not mobilize their members for large-scale action. Isolated incidents such as livestock theft, work … for success was greater. The ICU failed…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… Council and governments worldwide condemned the police action and the apartheid policies that prompted this violent … who were imprisoned with their leaders,…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… with a commitment to militant African nationalism and mass action and to tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil … few whites and coloureds were engaging in…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… hear cases by direct access, as well as by referral and on appeal. A question that arose in the negotiating process …
Learning about local history through pictures
… of British Parliament who fought against the British appeal to turn Cape Town into a convict colony or place for …
ArticleDrum Magazine
… and 'realistic' means with which to document protest action, and appeal to a largely illiterate readership. Drum's picture …
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… Firstly, the LPSA had to find its own programme of action that would distinguish it from other political … 1959, leaders of the ANC, SAIC and LPSA issued a…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… Congress (ANC) leadership evolved to be more inclined to action than passive deputation, but very little was achieved … was also due to the fact that the…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… and repressive laws, and in 1949 adopted the Programme of Action. This prompted open defiance against the government, and action against pass and other…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… 1950s – and to exercise the power of factory based mass action. The strikes signalled the beginning of a turning … regime. The Durban strikes marked the…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… law into their own hands’ and volunteered to lead any such action. Indian Opinion , however, called for peaceful demonstrations, arguing against any …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… relating to its internal structure and a programme of action. It decides to make a concerted effort to enrol … The NIC sends a cable to the Government of…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… in resistance tactics from patient litigation to assertive action. His campaign of civil disobedience, aimed at … many will have fallen by the wayside as a…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… powerful figure in government and could therefore take action to address their demands To show the importance of … should not allow themselves to be provoked…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… the ALSC wanted for South Africa: a unity of the left in action. The publications each had a print run of 2,000. Basil … in South Africa, the ALSC members…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… also elects Nelson Mandela as secretary of the National Action Council. 29 March, The accused in the Treason Trial … and Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr issue a…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… finally passed it suffered opposition from the Franchise Action Council. The Franchise Action Council organised a one-day strike in which Black and … 1 of…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… strike. A wildcat strike, or 'unofficial industrial action', is strike action undertaken by unionised workers without the … and worked to support the…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… Heever Commissioner) - Justice FP Van den Heever of the Appeal Court, Ryle Masson and HFW Schulz, Chief Magistrates …