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Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… in the Western Cape were highly politicised during the 1980s, a central issue faced by activists was expressed as … of the focus of this chapter on…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… early 1900s, but after ‘Pretoria Central’ was built. The main entrance was Potgieter Street. Pretoria Local housed … Central Prison to await execution. From…
EventUnited Party disbands
… The United Party, main political opposition party in South Africa, was formally … and the ruling National Party (NP). Subsequently, the main group decided to…
PlaceNyanga Township
… shops and informal traders and fruit sellers, line the main streets. Essentially Nyanga was created as a result of … in solidarity with the students of…
EventPolicewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
… etc. Only later in the 1970s and at the beginning of the 1980s were women allowed to work on patrol, under-cover and …
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… war in Ovamboland and Angola continued to rage during the 1980s. After the battle at Cuito Cuanavale in 1988, a turning …
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… Commission for a bombing campaign carried out during the 1980s. In two earlier submissions to the commission, Mr de …
EventWits attains full university status
… more than 1 000 students. The period between 1947 and the 1980s was marked by considerable growth. Student numbers …
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… tensions between the ANC and IFP, which had begun in the 1980s in KwaZulu-Natal and had then spread to other provinces …
The South African War
… town, which took place some 21km to its south before the main body of Republican forces retreated to Pretoria. To the …
Insurrections: The Storming
… and Slave roots of music whilst becoming one of the main voices of the mass democratic movement of the 1980s. She has released three CDs one of which is a …
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… and Slave roots of music whilst becoming one of the main voices of the mass democratic movement of the 1980s. She has released three CDs one of which is a …
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 … established in 1927 and the 1950s lasted…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… demanding that we dismount the tiger - but we had three main concerns about the tiger-dismounting process: - The … taking place through Third World proxy…
40 Years of Shop Floor Resistance in a Rubber Factory by Sithembiso Bhengu
… life, identity, and resistance using case studies of the 1980s and 2000s. By revisiting theories of workplace … of cultural formations to beyond workplaces…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… the ‘Homelands’ under the Apartheid Regime Source In the 1980s revisionist and liberal historians and archaeologists … could not form part of their…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… was a Portuguese national. Amongst those who died in the 1980s was Motso "Obad" Mokgabudi who was killed in 1981 …
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… economy, moves towards a market economy were made from the 1980s. Ratsiraka tried to maintain a one party state but …
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… of violence and were not politically motivated. During the 1980s APLA came up with the provocative slogan of "One …
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
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ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… state repression. This group furthered their views in the 1980s and developed a radical critique of society, arguing …
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… and regional struggles were seen in AZASO?s role in the 1980s schools boycott, the protest against the introduction …
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… following the Soweto uprising in the later 1970s and 1980s were carried out mainly by members of the June 16 …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… The Transvaal Indian Congress was revived in the early 1980s. In 1981, a meeting was held in Lenasia to discuss the …
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… Parliament and Minister in the Government, since the mid-1980s. [19] Owing to his veteran status, history of …
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… the State president on 31 March 2015. The Commission’s main findings and recommendations The report absolved the key …
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… the State president on 31 March 2015. The Commission’s main findings and recommendations The report absolved the key …
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… to the State president on 31 March 2015. The Commission’s main findings and recommendations The report absolved the key …
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
… ironically found its feet in the difficult times of the 1980s. South African fine art, mural art and poster art of … mystics and myth-makers has led to a…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… of the second centenary. The ANC will this year hold its main anniversary celebrations in KwaZulu-Natal at Kings Park … ready to accommodate overflow in the…