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BiographyEvelina de Bruin
Evelina de Bruin was born on 25 December 1933, and she grew up in the small town of Postmasburg, Northern Cape. In the early days of her life, her parents…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
Sathasivian “Saths” Cooper was born on 11 December 1950 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy…
BiographyDavid Hartman
Dave Hartman was born in 1961 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) where he grew up in an English speaking liberal home. His mother was born…
African Socialism An Anarchist Critique by Sam Mbah and I. E. Igariwey
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin (Nomafa) was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg. Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto where she…
ArchiveSouth Africa and events in Africa: Address to the Black Sash National Conference
ArchivePresidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Natal Midlands, 1993
Opening address by National President Jenny De Tolly at National Conference held at Natal Midlands on 30 March 1993, discussing: negotiations, democracy,…
ArchiveOpening address at the Black Sash National Conference held at Port Elizabeth, 1985
National Conference held at Port Elizabeth Opening address by Sir Richard Luyt on 14 March 1985, discussing: Military Force, Human Rights, minority rule,…
ArchiveRemovals Sub-Committee Annual Report: Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1984
Removals Sub-Committee Annual Report: Presented at National Conference on 17 March 1984 discussing housing, apartheid, segregation, forced removals, reform,…
ArchiveThe Blach Sash Natal Coastal Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference 1978
Natal Coastal Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 14 March 1978 discussing case statistics, apartheid, legislation, work permits and contract…
ArchiveThe Black Sash/Die Swart Serp Volume 1 Number 12 December/January 1956/1957
The System and You. Article in SASO Newsletter, March/April 1976, September 1970
A Free Mind: Ahmed Kathrada’s Notebook from Robben Island By Ahmad M. Kathrada, Sahm Venter
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
The banning of eight prominent Black Consciousness (BC) exponents in March 1973 came as a direct result of the popularity that these leaders enjoyed among…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… isolation. SASO, the South African Students’ Movement (SASM) and the Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC) …
BiographyLesedi Billy Masetlha
Lesedi Billy Masetlha was born on 21 November 1954 in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng).He was one of the six children in a family with roots in…
ArchiveBlack Power - Students Forced to Leave Meeting - SASO and other affairs
BiographyVilla Baker
Villa Baker was born on 12 March 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World War I was still raging . She grew up in Brakpan, East Rand Transvaal …
BiographySelaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi
Selaelo Charles "Dan" Ramusi was born 14 November 1954 in Dube Village, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the first born son of the late Collins…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… (SCMs), which were largely apolitical in character. SASM penetrated these formations between 1974 and 1976. And when conditions ripened for the outbreak of…
BiographyLeleti Khumalo
Leleti Khumalo was born on 30 March 1970 in Kwa Mashu Township, the North of Durban. Growing up a poverty-ridden township, she became a member a youth backyard…
ArchivePlan van kantore op die vyfde verdieping Lekton Huis, Wandererstraat 5, Johannesburg wat op 1977-10-19, duursoek deur Luitenant J.I. De Waal en Waal
… A plan of the offices of BCP and SASM in Johannesburg as prepared by police. …
ArchiveSouth African Students Movement Minutes of the Fourth General Student Council, Roodepoort, 4th July 1977
… Minutes of the SASM Student Council Meeting with the theme "Students now, …
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
By late February 1973, the spread of the strikes was the most significant development since Sharpeville and the turn to armed struggle. The striking workers…
Black Sash march in protest against South Africa`s withdrawal from the Commonwealth, March 1961
The flame of freedom: The Black Sash Protest against the General Law Amendment Bill
ArchiveOpening Address presented to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1983
Opening Address by National President Sheena Duncan at National Conference held at Cape Town on 10 March 1983, discussing: Total Strategy, reform, Black Vote,…
All activities of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) are suspended until further notice.
ArchiveCircular from the SASO National Executive Committee to all SRCs and other Black organisations
Circular to all SRC's, local committees and other Black Organisations calling on Black students to work together for liberation, following the deportation and…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
On 3 June 1954, a mining engineer at the Erfdeel farm in the Orange Free State pulled up a drill-core laden with ore from nearly 6,000-feet. The Essayists…