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ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… The Black People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella … to have inspired the formation of SASM. The Durban strikes of 1973, involving 40 000 workers, were…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. … imposing unfair building restrictions as well as closing schools and…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… After the government crackdown on political organizations in the early 1960s, new organizations emerged to fill the … through which black consciousness…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the country reflects on the massacre of school … Decree, issued in…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its … support, leaflets…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the … May as the date) 8 July, As a…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 11) “Bantu Education … the act’s implementation, a boycott of government primary…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… Mangaliso Sobukhwe is born in Graaff-Reinet a town in the Cape Province. 1940 Sobukwe enrols at Healdtown Institute … bursaries and additional funding…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… Women at the start of the 20th century It is only over the last three … dissatisfied with the status quo and a number of major strikes and boycotts were held…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho Moshoeshoe I. 1878 Sekhukhuni at war … go on strike in what becomes…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their … However, some of these events were carried out beyond the borders of South Africa by…
ArticleStalinism and how Stalin used his power to change Marxism-Leninism
… from school for neglecting his studies and found work at the City's meteorological observatory over the next decade. Stalin became a famous local…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners at King William's … apartheid system became more evident in…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … to 1999. Today, she lectures over women’s…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… from India, arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the Western Transvaal (now Gauteng), where they open a small … Kathrada and his wife Hawa, in…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… from attending formerly "open universities" except the University of South Africa and Natal Medical School. 24 … start at the end of March 1960. March -…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma delivers the traditional ANC January 8th Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… society in which there is a collective ownership of the means of production [1] . The goal of communism is to … the government [4] . The unrests took the…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 25 April, Proclamation issued creating…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… On 3 September the Tricameral Parliament opened in Cape Town while protest demonstrations began in the Transvaal, marking the start of the longest and most…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… 1910 Anti- Indian Legislation: The Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions … discrimination against Indians. Anti-Indian Legislation: The…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… Begins studying for a doctorate on Jean-Paul Sartre at the University of Paris under Professor Jean Wahl 1964-1966 … 1969 Teaches for six months as a…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… conversations with Lord Selborne, High Commissioner of the Transvaal. In letter to J. C. Gibson, Gandhi refuted the charge that South African movement was…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of Communism Act, in May 1969, are acquitted. … and recharged. They are placed in…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… 1919 Formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). … of Industrial Conciliation Act. 1941 Formation of the Council of Non…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… 1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only … Zambia-Rhodesia border closed by President Kaunda Massive strikes…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… 1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only … Zambia-Rhodesia border closed by President Kaunda Massive strikes…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… 1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing … discuss a joint campaign of civil…