SAHO global search
7,614 records
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… wrote several books, most of them depicting the plight of black people under apartheid. He was arrested several times …
EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… Vaal in what was believed to be the biggest raid against black people living in the townships and hostels. The arrest …
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… Urban Training Project and the Consultative Committee of Black Trade Unions. Initially it appeared to be more …
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… Lamontville) was named after him at the insistence of the Black people for whose cause he has campaigned so diligently. …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… The Bantu Urban Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961 created black councils in urban areas that were linked to authorities …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari Chapter 3 - …
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… by the UDF or political violence mounted by ordinary black township residents. MK was very largely unable to … early 1984. This resulted mainly from poor…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… for the so-called Coloured and Indian sections of the black people of our country, to establish the other two … vote, you will be voting for continued…
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… for the so-called Coloured and Indian sections of the black people of our country, to establish the other two … vote, you will be voting for continued…
Article2016 in Review
… anniversary of the 1976 June 16 Youth Protests. - 25th: Black Coffee wins BET Award in the category Best … which charts 100 000 years of the country’s art…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… and jazz improvisation from the jazz players in the black and coloured townships surrounding Port Elizabeth. He … Ink @ Boiling Point: A selection of 21st…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… to its political advantage, bringing together all the black sections of the South African population to oppose the … population group. Previous governments…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
… Gordin; Era by Jaki Seroke; Just a Game by Essop Patel; Black Recollections by Essop Patel; Ou China en die … Nise Malange; Praise Poem to FOSATU by Alfred…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… of Rands of taxpayers' money, supposedly earmarked for black advancement, are embezzled by government officials with … being torn to shreds by the violence…
PlaceDelmas
… 8.74 square kilometers and has a population of 7. 399. Black Africans constitute 40.2% of the population while the … dominant political party in Delmas…
4. Conclusion
… developing closer ties with the ANC and participating in black popular protests against housing shortages, Pass Laws, … in the coming decades, the CPSA…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… of Bondage, the first published book of photographs by a black South African]. Apartheid is violence. Violence is used to subjugate and to deny basic…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… workers also had to battle to survive. Whether they were black men or white women, they were paid very low wages. Out … Their aim was to promote solidarity…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… support for a New Constitution that wanted to exclude the black majority. The right wing Herstigte Nationale Party was …
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… Ten days later, the police had arrested 156 leaders, both Black and leftist Whites. Among those arrested were Albert …
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… and apartheid still being imposed on labour unions, many Black trade unions were not interested in registration. …
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… campaign showed a rare glimpse of political unity among Black political prisoners opposed to Apartheid, as prisoners …
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… Mpumalanga game ranger, Sibusiso Vilane, became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an … ‘ President Mbeki Congratulates…
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… gave recognition to the customary marriage practicised in Black communities. It provided for the equal status and …
EventCrime statistics released
… that violent crimes continue to have a serious impact on Black communities, with Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal being the …
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… strike of the 20 000 White miners meant that the 180 000 Black workers had no work either. The strike escalated into a …
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… whether or not to extend the parliamentary franchise to Black South African's. The Boers decided not to, and Blacks …
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… and woodcuts. He was a great inspiration to young Black artists, who he trained. The most successful series he …
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… National Congress, Eric Mafuna he was the president of black management forum for 8 years, Nadine Gordimer is the …
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… asserted the language as the dominant official language. Black people rejected the language as a medium of education …