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Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… unions represented in TUCSA were members of the South African Trades and Labour Council (SATLC), popularly known as … of the Trade Union Council that later…
ArticleAfrapix
… Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary Photography Collective … compelling photographic record of the last…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… by the formation, in 1979, of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in 1985. South…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic … colonise Ethiopia, but it also dispelled the…
The Sweet Workers’ Union
… organise the workers across racial lines, resulting in the African Sweet Workers’ Union (ASWU) coming into being. Sweet … workers were divided equally…
S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act
… national heritage resources. It also established the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and Council. The …
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… the unions until 1979, when the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was formed. …
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… We have included similarly influenced campaigns in South African history. Non violent mass campaigns forged a new form …
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… journal repeatedly made calls for the lowering of African wages. It rejoiced when striking African mine workers were violently beaten back to the shafts ……
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
… The 1981 attack on Voortrekkerhoogte, the South African Defence Force’s main military base. The 1982 Koeberg operation. The 1983 attack on the South African…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… June 1976, Soweto Youth Riots. Picture: Bailey's African History Archives. The UDF took little notice of … a lead the riots. The UDF, and the Federation of…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… July, A proposal is made at a National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) conference that wages and economic … are published on the 'minimum needs'…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… banishment of their organisations. The proscribing of the African National Congress (ANC), Pan-Africanist Congress … and objective record of the effects of…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… the years Zarina has made quite an impact on the South African community, even in the midst of having to support her … Coloured woman and her fatherAmod…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… Europeans had access to the rest of Natal, except for the African reserves. More emphatically, in the old borough of … of resistance". In this manifesto they…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… Early History Few Southern African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of … to the more extreme thermal variations found on the South African…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories. [i] … shaped her motivation as one of the most…
ArticleGrade 5 term 1 timeline: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… the Lynton farm in the Eastern Cape and taken to a South African Museum 1950 Several thousand San people were …
ArticleList of victims of police action, 21 March, 1960 (Sharpeville and Langa)
… April, 1960. Source: Peter Magubane / The Drum Archive / african.pictures Casualties in Sharpeville Bakela, Wiggi …
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2009 to 2010
… After the African National Congress victory, Jacob Zuma was elected the …
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… some communists. It became a leading voice in the South African struggle against apartheid, especially in the 1940s. …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… Outside the reserves, economic opportunities opened up for African women too. Instead of struggling in the reserves … not yet any restrictions on the…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… Frontline as publications that were part of the South African liberation movement but independent of any political … South Africa and also reprinted news…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… apartheid. While it is well known that many black South African men were imprisoned and tortured by the government, … the men and their children, but almost…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… killed and a further 78 miners were injured, when South African Police Service (SAPS) opened live ammunition gun fire … and media scrutiny, President Jacob…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… How is the South African Government dealing with the aids epidemic? In 1987, … to drive the national response to HIV and AIDS, the South African National…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… received formal recognition as equal citizens. South African women -under the social and even legal control of … they often earn less than men for the same…
ArticleWomens Rights
… received formal recognition as equal citizens. South African women -under the social and even legal control of … they often earn less than men for the same…
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… recommends (and uses) for further research about South African History. Please inform us if links are no longer … Website - This website is a joint project…
The National Arts Festival
… The concept would grow to become a celebration of South African art and heritage and thus became known as the … largest and most important celebrations of…