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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…
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 …
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 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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… Heever Commissioner) - Justice FP Van den Heever of the Appeal Court, Ryle Masson and HFW Schulz, Chief Magistrates …
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…