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Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… The abolition of slavery by Britain in 1808 was, on the face of things, a good and noble deed. However, while on the … where he was described as being a 40…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… for white and Coloured workers. It was not illegal for black workers to form trade unions but it was illegal for … and demand that activists be fired. If…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… the Pretoria Art Museum acquired its first painting by a Black artist. Subsequently it started to collect works from …
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… furniture - and brickfireplaces, recessed windows, classic black and white tiles and Persian Rugs. The House is now …
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… she became involved in the labour movement by organizing Black workers' unions in the Western Cape. After joining the …
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… in Imvo Zabantsundu a newspaper that aired the views of Black people. One of his Xhosa poems that dealt with the …
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Potato boycott which was organized to expose the plight of black political detainees forced to work in private farms. …
PlaceTsolo
… Frere, attempted to implement a new policy which barred Black residents of the Colony from carrying weapons of any …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… it would be more productive to ally themselves with other black organisations and groups instead of just pursuing the … of Indian politics of Natal. It was a…
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
… succeed in avoiding high inflation in the economy. We also face a major challenge in re-entering the global economy, … financial institutions in the…
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… there emerged newspapers that were owned and run by black people, which conveyed what, at the time, they … challenges posed by Professor Bello. The question…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… boy with Hector’s sister next to him, with an agonised face and raised hands pushing away the horror of what had … A century later Paul Simon took the music…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… stipulations that offered a measure of protection for ‘Black Africans’, which many European settlers did not … Unsurprisingly they abandoned legislation that…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… of Mineworkers (NUM), the union federation Cosatu, the Black Consciousness grouping AZAPO, the United Democratic … By 1991, after the unbanning of the ANC,…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… was aimed at further tightening existing restrictions on black people migrating into the cities. As a result pass law … organizations that took part were the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… of the killing of schoolchildren and are joined by many Black workers. 18 June, Most of the protest action takes … Whites who had publicly supported Steve…
Pedi
… sePedi – Language] The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, … and Sotho account for the largest percentage of…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… and it was prepared to consider the possibility that black and brown people could perform the same functions as … of Ordinance 50 of 1828 - a measure which…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… the £3 Tax , recognise Indian marriages, abolish the Black Act and to allow Indians to move freely into the …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… or Difeqane, was characterized by great strife among the black communities in Southern Africa. This turmoil also …
Judaism
… more conservative than Reformed Jews. Orthodox men wear black suits and hats and don't shave the hair next to their …
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… took place in Germiston when 40 volunteers entered a Black township without the required permits. The group …
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… conference, the activist women's organisation, the Black Sash , passed a resolution calling for the end to …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… weeks and lands 85km north of it, where he meets the first Black people, probably a Tsonga society living north of the …
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… (31.7%), the government’s race policy (19.6%) and “Black nationalism of the Black Power type” (18.0%) as the three greatest threats. 30% … would not attend…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… for peace. However, at the same time, the anger of the black majority and its youth in particular portrayed the … at rural towns in which the majority of…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… Shall we not pick up the gauntlet? South Africa, white and black, needs us. We must pull our full weight; we must make … helpfulness and happiness of all…
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
… Shall we not pick up the gauntlet? South Africa, white and black, needs us. We must pull our full weight; we must make … helpfulness and happiness of all…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… with it and they let us through. But it was quite scary. 'Black Power' is like a password now. We wanted to see Pete … It wasn't allowed to happen that way…