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Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned 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…
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…
EventThe South African Government passes the Group Areas Act
… of 'races'. This intention was futile, as there were many urban areas where Black and White South Africans lived side … of the different races to specific…
PlaceBlue Crane Municipality, Sarah Baartman District- Eastern Cape
… disinvestment in rural areas, the dominance of one urban centre in the region and the resultant disparity between rural and urban areas. In addition to this,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and his mother gave…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… was also ultimately about territory, but also involved issues like cultural differences. The Khoikhoi were a migrant …
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…
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… 6 million in more than 4,000 parishes, live primarily in urban townships and rural communities. The church is well …