SAHO global search
2,362 records
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… control. Britain renamed the country as Tanganyika. In the 1950s, a popular independence movement emerged to challenge … in African majority-ruled societies…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… in the history of South African documentary photography is 1950s. The influences of the picture magazines which had made … been seen. His contribution…
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… the state itself. Class structures should be abolished. A main difference between socialism and communism is that a …
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… may have also reflected a calculated strategy. During the 1950s, the ANC downplayed the demand for African majority …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… about apartheid and the resistance movements during the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1970s the Soweto Uprising took …
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… For every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main, because he is involved in mankind". IN SOUTH AFRIKA … opposed the Party's decision to dissolve…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
… Black musicians. Dorkay House became a musical hub of the 1950s and many artists such as Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam …
PlaceRotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
… the seaside resort in the south east of England. By the 1950s the building had languished and it was set to make way …
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… trade journals for the fishing industry in the early 1950s. Drawn to politics by a strong social conscience and a …
EventNathaniel Nakasa, South African journalist and writer, dies in exile
… romantic culture that characterised Sophiatown in the 1950s. While Nakasa worked for the Rand Daily Mail, he is …
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… In 1948 she joined the ANC Women’s League and in the 1950s she began to assume a leadership role – both in the ANC …
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… proceeded with the introduction of apartheid laws in the 1950s. An example of this was the hated pass law. This forced …
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. In the 1950s, Indians from all over Durban were moved to Chatsworth … houses replaced the poor settlements and by…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… plan put in place for the invasion of Zululand. The main objective was to occupy the Zulu royal kraal at Ulundi … Zulu tactic of attacking from three sides…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… importance of Mbeki’s presence in Ladysmith in the early 1950s. One veteran of the struggle reported: Nelson Mandela … Things changed when Mbeki was…
Indian Opinion
… Settlement which was established by Gandhi in 1904. In the 1950s when Manilal Gandhi (Gandhi's son) took over …
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… a remarkably rich history of culture and politics. In the 1950s, the area had become a political hotbed, with Chief …
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… the police was no longer a criminal offense. From the mid-1950s the government had began to coerce rural woman into …
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… land, peasant families and communities paid rent in three main forms. There were outright cash tenants (often referred … to the mines) became entrenched, the…
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
… artistic context of Newtown. Social documentary was the main focus at first as it could provide the students with an …
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… history and experience of Africa with South Africa as the main point of reference. The collective outcome of this …
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… in a web of royal lineage. Although lineage was the main determinant to leadership, this was kept in check by … number of conflicts are hard to gage, as well…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 9 - Division … but built the factories, mines, towns, docks, etc - the main productive…
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
… Banned from appearing in public throughout most of the 1950s, he waged a ceaseless campaign to maintain the dignity … he drew these conclusions late in life…
PlaceNyanga Township
… shops and informal traders and fruit sellers, line the main streets. Essentially Nyanga was created as a result of … responsible for the removals in the Cape…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… was all for a `cause'. However there is no doubt that the main figure in the production of the paper was the … and African achievements too were celebrated…
Insurrections: The Storming
… resistance providing textured renditions of the 1940s and 1950s compositions. He is a remarkable composer in his own … and Slave roots of music whilst…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… resistance providing textured renditions of the 1940s and 1950s compositions. He is a remarkable composer in his own … and Slave roots of music whilst…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… which all other aspects of the law were derived. These main elements of customary law included the subjugation of … states. The structures established in…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… Mass mobilization of the 1950s culminated in the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960 … dissent. After the mass based resistance campaign of the 1950s,…