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EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… the last of the independent Zulu kings left the task of resistance to colonial rule to be pursued by minor chiefs. By … has gone down in history as the last…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… each other how to survive and engage in small acts of resistance. It includes detailed images of the organisation … and rituals. Cultural activism…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in … Rustenburg, as well as throughout the country. The ongoing resistance after the Soweto…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… with the built environment prompted different forms of resistance, such as squatting or mounting rent arrears and … of corruption and mismanagement became…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… it was decided that the ANC needed to find new methods of resistance. The ANC had always followed a policy of … came to focus increasingly on apartheid, and…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… developments. They have their roots in the spirit of resistance to the growing crisis of apartheid. The collective resistance to oppression and exploitation…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… accident in the 1990s. The Committee on South African War Resistance (COSAWR) was founded by political exiles in London … This prompted a new and even more…
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… Faced with increasing resistance and an increasingly ungovernable country, the … and to introduce any measures deemed necessary to curb resistance. As a…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… War (Anglo Boer), the British had whittled down the Boer resistance to such an extent that the only resistance they could offer was sporadic guerrilla…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… armed tactics and the transition from non-violent to armed resistance being among the most controversial. Yet these …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… to destruction of valuable property. Then, after all other resistance had fallen, Smuts threatened a general ground …
The Mountain Committee
… A vast popular movement of resistance arose amongst the people in March 1960, and …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Colour Bar - A System of Forced Labour Part 3 - Workers' Resistance Chapter 13 - Black Workers Boycott The Mines … - White Workers and Colour Bar Chapter 16 …
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
… refused to bow their proud heads and a powerful spirit of resistance developed, which, like the battle of Isandlwana, … important challenge to the repressive…
The Atlantic slave trade
… source: history.sandiego.edu There was a great deal of resistance to slavery, even while it was still thriving. Many … or by jumping overboard from slave…
Public dialogue: Cultural Erasure & Memory Reclamation
… the power of memory, language, and storytelling as acts of resistance and restoration. …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… Nair and Harry Gwala in Pietermaritzburg; the African Resistance Movement trials in Johannesburg and Cape Town, … Colonialism in Africa, by Bruno da Ponte…
Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must be Done Now?” Umsebenzi, 25 April 1936
… for militant action in the form of protest demonstrations, passive resistance, to organise a general strike, to refuse to pay …
EventChad gains its independence
… The French received considerable resistance in the 1920s to their plan to make Chad a French … in 1957 however the indigenous population continued resistance…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… removal of coloured voters from the common voters' roll. Passive, non-violent resistance in the tradition of the South African Indian … repressive laws were…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… was MK Gandhi who later spearheaded a massive peaceful resistance (Satyagraha) to colonial rule. This protest forced … protest against law that forced…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… and moved into the palace. Khalid had become the symbol of resistance against European interference, so his actions …
Political executions
… 27 1988/03/25 Harris, Frederick John 1965/04/01 African Resistance Movement (ARM). Bombing of Johannesburg Station …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… Growing unrest leading to the transition By the mid 1980s, resistance against the system of apartheid had intensified …
America, Spanish conquest
… she knew about the Aztecs. In 1521, after two years of resistance, the Aztec Empire fell to the Spanish. Montezuma … for this section by clicking on the …
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… is born in Stanger, Natal (now Kwa-Dukuza). His resistance against apartheid began in 1952 when he organized … streets of Stanger. Asmal continued to be…
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… in Lusaka, Zambia. In the 1960s, the ANC extended resistance activities to armed struggle and thus set up an … the raids on the neighbouring countries to…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Boycott of stores as a result of price hikes, using passive resistance tactics that had been used earlier in the Orange … works with the National Anti-Pass…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… approach as rooted in the strands of South African resistance and Africanist culture, building upon the work of … context that Medu hosted the 1982 Gaborone…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… more than 1,5 million supporters. It mobilised nationwide resistance, led a series of boycotts, and became involved in … 1980s: COSATU, 1985 There was an…