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ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… for Indians throughout South Africa. The Natives (Urban Areas) Act No 21 of 1923 The Natives (Urban Areas) Act legislated on a broad front to regulate the…
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… Areas Act was first introduced. According to this act, urban areas were to be divided into racially segregated zones … provision especially for the poorer…
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…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… theatre aimed at engaging with South African social issues prevalent during the time. The first production of …
Bantu Women’s League
… earliest women activists, Dr Charlotte Maxeke . One of the issues at stake was the carrying of passes by black women. …
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… of a broad definition of class that goes beyond shop floor issues and avoids economic reductionism (p.11). Essay One … movement of the late 1960s/early…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… as a whole) has been a subject of great debate recently. Issues such as division by "race" and skill, access to … revolution Indeed he was in his element,…
The New Generation
… the implicit political forces that underpin them. The many issues and debates that surround the art of this century … taken art into new social contexts…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Nortje was one of the few poets who presented the urban South African setting in poetry. He observed “slums … “township landlords, gaol warders, political…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… Africa The way in which workers in South Africa, both urban and rural, fought against the harshness of their … country have protested about a whole range of…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… team of spies infiltrated and dismantled the violent urban terror organisation, Pagad G-Force. What to expect: An … genius, and the human cost of a six-year…
PlacePolokwane
… of the Limpopo Province . It is South Africa's largest urban centre North of Gauteng . It used to be known as … . Polokwane or “Place of Safety” is the…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… of self determination necessarily raises not only issues relating to the independent existence of small nations … of residence and the repeal of laws such as…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
… on behalf of the volk. To unite rural people and urban people, rich and poor, political idealists and … church commission described the situation of the new…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… this are to decrease prostitution and illegal brewing in urban areas. The African National Congress (ANC) … Laws Amendment Act No 46 prohibits acquisition of…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… between development and literature, whilst encompassing issues concerning gender and state building. Rachel is … of York. Her work explores the relationship…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… organization that sought to unite Africans on political issues and fight for their political rights is formed in Port … leaders in the Cape. SANC leaders …
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… also began protesting in support of wider community issues. Students at the University of the North organised a … weak, it had a deep interest in community…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… and dangerous enemy. It is worth remembering that these issues are hardly unique to South Africa. The United States … we are a fantastic nation.” Regardless…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present as History
… population. As a result, most men have to go out into the urban areas to work for most of their lives. But the pass … with the husbands living for most of…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… held recently with the 'homeland' leaders and their urban counterparts, you avoided meeting the very organisation … vagueness and indecision as far as the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… available to them. 2.3 Thabong has been identified for an urban renewal project. This project will designate land to … in petty squabbles that divert…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… Farms are located many kilometres away from the nearest urban centre or shop, meaning they have little or no option … agreements made by the parties involved…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… the housing of workers, how they did it, and why. The Urban Areas Act The first major response by the South African … on housing. Then the government passed…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… was also ultimately about territory, but also involved issues like cultural differences. The Khoikhoi were a migrant …
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… state land and begin building shacks in Bredell, a peri-urban area near Johannesburg . ‘Red Ants’ evict people from … 10 July, The South African Council of…
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… 6 million in more than 4,000 parishes, live primarily in urban townships and rural communities. The church is well …
Durban an Overview
… of streets, and named the new village after Sir Benjamin D’Urban, then Governor of the Cape. In 1836-7 the region was …
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… expanded to create a more formal structure for African Urban administration. In 1923 the Urban Areas Act was passed to enforce the compulsory … appeared keen…
Place"When Woodstock had a Beach"
… River . This crucial development marked the beginning of urban sprawl, paving the way for greater infrastructure and a … their natural form to meet the…