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In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… of isolating Apartheid South Africa: For example, protest action led to South Africa's exclusion from Olympic …
EventThe Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris
… to promote active United Nations encouragement of public action against apartheid. Many International organisations like International Student Action in…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… on campus in his first year. While there was not much action in terms of rebellion against apartheid in his first … [Accessed 27 October 2016]. ‘Law in…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… This reflected itself partly in a rise of strike action, from the low point of the decade in 1953 to a high … in March 1956. In both cases militant and…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… and was one of the founding members of the Durban Housing Action Committee (DHAC) in March 1980. In 1983, he was part …
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… international peace and security. And furthermore he took action, and argued for action, to help abolish the system." Seven days before he was … be abolished…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… and demands an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas. The report is based on about 50 statements to lawyers by victims of police…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… supported the 1958 strike, called for an end to strike action after the first day, causing tensions between the two … convinced that their union leaders were…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… Following the adoption of a Programme of Action in the 1949 annual congress, the ANC began the 1950s with mass action campaigns marked by boycotts, strikes…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… the 70th anniversary of the ANC as the "Year of Unity in Action." Drawing on the historic lessons contained in seven … and stand for a democratic South…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
… and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas. The report was based on about 50 statements to lawyers by victims of police…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… Defiance Campaign begins. This was a nonviolent resistance action, which involved breaking unjust apartheid laws, such … in both printing and sabotage. 16…
EventInternational Labour Organisation and UN meet over apartheid in SA
… the Second International Trade Union Conference for Action against Apartheid, Palais des Nations, Geneva, was … main aim was discuss the South African…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1988
… death and unimaginable suffering in our millions and in action declared that all these pale into insignificance in … strike and those of the railway and…
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… preached without accompanying their words with concrete action were targets of his bitter criticism. He spared … Officials for 1940-41 Leading members of the…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… and decided to follow the route of the Programme of Action and Defiance Campaign. Members of the PAC were also …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… and through breastfeeding. 10 December, The Treatment Action Campaign is launched at St George Cathedral, Cape Town … the spread of HIV/AIDS. August, AIDS…
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
Gertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper, the second-youngest of eight children was born in King Williamstown but grew up Worcester where her father, an engineer…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…
BiographySedick Isaacs
Sedick Isaacs was born in 1939 and grew up in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four…
BiographyStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Paul Kruger is believed to have been born on 10 October 1825 on his grandfather's farm, Bulhoek, in the Cradock district, near the present day town of…
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
Dr Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (more popularly known as Dr Monty Naicker) was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do businessman, and his…
Arise! Vukani!
… Arise! Vukani! was published by Action Youth in Johannesburg representing the principles of Action Youth which are cited as anti-racism, …
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… of the 70th anniversary of the ANC as the Year of Unity in Action. Drawing on the historic lessons contained in seven … and stand for a democratic South…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… in resistance tactics from patient litigation to assertive action. His campaign of civil disobedience, aimed at … many will have fallen by the wayside as a…
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
… of the African people - could now be carried forward. In action, the African working class had begun to show its … within the unions to oppose and actually…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… the community to reverse recent bus fare increases. A Bus Action Committee whose task was to coordinate the boycott was … of 81 appointed representatives who…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… who were imprisoned with their leaders, but still the mass action raged. By 9 April the death toll had risen to 83 … convinced the anti-apartheid leadership…