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Schlebusch Commission
… people refused to testify and consequently faced legal action and banning orders. The Christian Institute was banned …
Liberation organisations
… 780. As the mass movement against apartheid grew, worker action focused on the overthrow of the apartheid system. … The stay-away of 1984 in the Transvaal…
BiographyJustice Gizenga Mpanza
Justice "Gizenga" Mpanza was born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). Mpanza went to…
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
View the Ndabezitha Genealogical Tree Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha, the son of Dukuza, was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the…
BiographyDr Ahmed Ismail Limbada
Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada grew up in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He studied at Sastri College in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Witwatersrand…
BiographyDavid Sibeko
David Maphgumzana Sibeko was born on 26 August 1938 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He received his schooling at the St Cyprian's Anglican School in Sophiatown,…
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… On 1 April 1960, the UN Security Council, in its first action on South Africa, adopted Resolution 134 condemning the …
Conflict among civic organisations
… was highlighted in the formation of the Disorderly Bills Action Committee (DBAC). The DBAC was formed in Aug 1982 to … DBAC in 1983 who renamed their new…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… of youth leaguers 17 December, ANC adopts Programme of Action which abandons traditional moderate approach of petitions and deputations in favour of mass…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… The Commission recommended that the strongest possible action be taken against Gqozo and those involved in the Bisho …
Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989
… a memorandum to foreign embassies calling on them to take action against the South African government. He was released …
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… united and so active during this period. There was mass action from the people, and although they were all part of … to play a very important role in pushing…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… it was acknowledged that Ideas needed to be connected to action. This was inspired by utopian thinking. It created … to explore all these ideas and connect…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… to Britain were futile, bringing the first phase of SANNC action to a close. …
BiographyAmbrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane
Ambrose Makiwane was born in 29th of November in1921 near Cala in the Transkei. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student…
BiographyHoratio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle
Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle was born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony on 24 June 1870. He grew up in the Herschel district in the Eastern Cape where Sotho…
BiographyAdriaan Vlok
Adriaan Vlok was born on 11 December 1937 in Sutherland, Cape Province to Betty Oliver and Nicolaas Vlok. He grew up on a smallholding close to the Orange…
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
When government police ordered Mgijima's followers to remove their settlement from crown lands, they resisted and police opened fire, killing approximately 200…
BiographyTracy Payne
Tracy Payne’s hyper real paintings evoke a sense of sublime sexuality in the art of constraint, even if she is painting a flower. She was born in 1965 in…
BiographyRobert John McBride
Robert John McBride was born on 6 July 1963 at the segregated Addington Hospital in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in the section set aside for Coloured…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… and the USA did not support it. The one possible form of action against South Africa was the introduction of economic … Africa by the General Assembly, with…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… their unacceptable working conditions and decided to take action against them by means of unionisation. Sexual abuse, … to exert pressure on unfair employers…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… and faced exile as a result; other Jews refrained from action. In both cases, these individuals were influenced by … 1929 because of political turmoil, his…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… per week. Three weeks later Pretoria experienced similar action when the Pretoria City Council workers demonstrated to … and Distributive Workers Union…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… implementation of a higher impact Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP); 5.Encouraging private sector investment; …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… measures. Dadoo moves an amendment to set up a Council of Action to start a Passive Resistance Campaign and also calls … to use boycotts, passive resistance…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… of CODESA 2 ANC National Conference and Plans of Mass Action Codesa Committee Meeting – 15 June 1992 Mass action and Boipatong Massacre on 17 June Rumours of…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… This was the beginning of his commitment to political action. The aim of the NNC was to find a way whereby black …
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… referring to the United Democratic Front (UDF). Government action was an attempt to prevent mass protest demonstration …
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… the demonstrators after they witnessed the police in action. After the arrests, the youth re-formed and followed … for work and. riot squad cars that arrived…