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ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… people was at a low level. At about this time Steve Biko captured the mood as follows: "All in all the black man …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
Contents Economic Development and the Expansion of the African Working Class The Quiescence of Political Organisation in the 1930s Mass Spontaneity and the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
Introduction Following British victory in the South African War, the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union…
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
… this matter, his judgment was unsparing. (Both Fanon and Biko would develop similar arguments by invoking Karl …
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… written, ‘Long Road to Freedom’, not a mention of Steve Biko as an important political actor. Totally intriguing. … misread, but if one reads a lot of the…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… the first to be murdered under the new laws. Steve Bantu Biko’s case is notorious. A white newspaper editor, Donald …
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
LEGISLATURE, GOVERNANCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS 1. PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY Participatory democracy can be enhanced by addressing the following issues: …
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… critique of his dear comrade and friend, Steve Bantu Biko, who was murdered 45 years ago, was genuine, and rooted …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… funded the inquests into the deaths of Ahmed Timol , Steve Biko and Neil Agget . Not only did they help detainees and …
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2014 (before National Elections)
State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
Comrades and Compatriots, Today the African National Congress is 99 years old and thus enters its 100th year of its existence. When we celebrate our…
The strangulation of activity
… a world still shocked by the death in detention of Steve Biko in September 1977. At the same time many of the leaders … meetings. Commemoration services, e.g…
The Detention Weapon
… like the Imam Haron in 1969, Ahmed Timol in 1971 and Steve Biko in late 1977. What does the future hold? As long as we … the horrific total of 26 deaths. The…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VIII - “Christianity and Civilization”
… importation of thousands of Indian labourers, too, was an index of the ever-growing need for cheap labour. The pattern …
The Polly Street Era
… awakening of consciousness. Inspired by the story of Steve Biko, he produced a series of graphics using the chicken and …
Archive2002 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2002
… occasion of her 90th birthday and also Mrs Nontsikelelo Biko, in this year when we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Steve Biko…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… 12 September, On the anniversary of the death of Steve Biko , unrest breaks out in Soweto. When police open fire on …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… made at the conference click here . 18 December, Steve Biko , leader of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), is …
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… here for posterity that SASO leaders such as Steve Biko, Bokwe Mafuna, Barney Pityana, Bennie Khoapha and many …
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… trip to H. F. Verwoerd Hospital, which is now called Steve Biko Hospital. Before they left Cole told him that if …
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… will they claimed to embody. At home, icons like Steve Biko – who wrote much about what does and not define a "real …
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… serving a life sentence on Robben Island, and Steve Biko, the black consciousness leader. In Johannesburg, 1050 …
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2004 (Before National Elections)
… use the CPIX or less than one percent if you use the CPI index; The country is experiencing the longest period of …
Balfour Declaration 1926
… PROCEEDINGS AND MEMORANDA E (I.R./26) Series (WITH SUBJECT INDEX) [This Document is the Property of His Britannic …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… does not contain the Arabic text, footnotes, commentary or index. It was printed in Cape Town by the Cape Times Limited …
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… died in detention. We'd lived through the death of [Steve] Biko. Both of my sons went into the army. It was a bad …
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… of black people. I remember the story of Bantu Stephen Biko and his arrest and how this led to his violent death in … the same as to what we are fighting for…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Yusuf Dadoo, Moses Kotane, Steve Biko and many others were there. I felt that each one of them …
The melody of freedom
… Freedom, the story of South African freedom fighter, Steve Biko. Acclaimed internationally and nominated for awards, …
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… As the leading spokesperson of black consciousness, Steve Biko, put it, its aim was: “to instil the idea of …