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ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 11 November 1976, Volume 51
… of the Education Department; Dan Meletsi, Chairman of the Urban Bantu Council in Bloemfontein; Stephen Tsatsinyana, … member of a school Board; Koko Matsumi,…
The melody of freedom
… and African culture so diversified, that a 'epical urban cultural tradition was born, woven around the means of … also played a significant role in the…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… of democracy it is important to reflect on some of the key issues/features of the country’s young democracy. This …
Chapter 13 - The public participation process
… must be consulted in an organised fashion, on specific issues in order for the new law to be sensitive to and shaped … and to ascertain public attitudes to…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… by Dr. James Moroka. 30 May, The ANCYL (Transvaal) issues a statement supporting the National Day of Protest … meeting of delegates representing all the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… colonial powers to concentrate their attention on domestic issues such as infrastructure rebuilding, while the … their movements and controlled their influx…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… Board (ERAB), granting him the right to permanent urban status. The ruling was likely to affect about 150, 000 Black contract workers in urban areas, who…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… to get support for national campaigns, but it felt such issues were the concern of local organisations. It was also more concerned with coloured and Indian…
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… Sekoto (80) died in Paris. Often cited as the pioneer of urban black art and social realism, Sekoto studied to be a … provided him with his subject matter,…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… in the Orange Free State Transvaal Campaign in the Urban Areas The Campaign in the Rural Areas Participation of … the ANC Youth League in December 1951,…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… Act No. 26 of 1970, black people were declared aliens in urban areas, and could only live there after receiving special permission. Urban townships were…
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… Is this due to the narrowing gap between rural and urban? Will village life eventually become obsolete? …
References and links: Transport through time
… Commission, (2012), ‘ Do the right mix: Sustainable Urban Mobility ’, (video file) 26 September,[online], …
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… audiences and how to increase them, among other issues. One of FOSACO’s goals was to make art representatives …
Cedric Nunn
… been on documenting social change, and in particular rural issues. I continued to work independently after the demise of …
EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
… It recommended that those Black workers already living in urban areas (and who had residential rights to do so) should … stable labour force and encourage…
ArticleInfecting the City Public Arts Festival
… to host talks and discussions that brings to attention the issues faced in surrounding spaces and strengthening the unity of cultures and diversity in…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… under the leadership of Fatima Meer, had been working on issues of education, housing, labour, rural development, and … movements, one that sought to balance…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… Africa are multiple, diverse, and dynamic. Intersectional issues of gender, ethnicity, and race further complicate the … identities. The experiences of a…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… themselves in problem-solving strategies when dealing with issues that affected them and most importantly they aimed to …
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… In 1834 the British government instructed Sir Benjamin D'Urban to institute a civil defence system supplemented by … retreated to the fastnesses of the…
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… to terrorism. PAGAD has been implicated in episodes of urban terrorism in Cape Town since 1998, especially 9 …
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… with other literate Africans residing in the major urban centres - Biko developed into a highly respected …
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… dependency that would soon cause long-term developmental issues for farming communities (Gossage). The history of the … abuse, alcoholism and serious…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… association and movement. By going beyond narrow workplace issues this Workers’ Charter was effectively a charter for … believed that the Freedom Charter did…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… page 27) Part of the reason for this rapid growth in the urban population was that in the 1940s more Africans started … to be no more than temporary workers…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… the parallels, history and effects of our current urban environment, "Not in my Neighbourhood" investigates urban processes such as Gentrification, Spatial…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… removals and resettlement orders. January 20, Dadoo issues a statement on the passing of Amilcar Cabral … Leader Of African Liberation Movement." January 26…
Apartheid power in crisis
… of the security forces. In a move to put forward the real issues concerning the majority, the Mass Democratic Movement … overcrowded | homelands and due to…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… 1912 there was a growing black population moving to "the urban areas, seeking waged employment in the white-controlled … were signs of the development of a…