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ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… national liberation struggle. They were followed in the 1970s by leaders such as Steve Biko and Rick Turner, who … of its assault on the quality of Black…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… recommendations by the Wiehan Commission at the end of the 1970s. 1960-1973 Labour formations in South Africa were seen … was banned along with the ANC for…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… providing new houses in black townships in the 1960s and 1970s, overcrowding became inevitable. Residents erected … backyard shacks as families increased…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… university moved into its modern Westville campus. As the 1970s and ‘80s unfolded, the campus became a major site for … and ensured that Whites graduates got…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… manifestations of the Black Power movement. By the early 1970s it had become relatively common for African Americans …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… of the previous years – women began to regroup in the 1970s' (Walker 1991:275). New resistance stirs: Student … and assertiveness. The movement came to…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… the husband. This was the case throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Early in the 1980s influx control regulations were …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… organisations outside of SWAPO before the end of the 1970s. In December 1971 to January 1972, 15 000 to 20 000 … access to a bigger slice of the profits. In…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… in politicising Black communities. By the end of the 1970s, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres were being infiltrated … MK unit to enter the country in the second…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… for the Indian population, came into being in the early 1970s. Infrastructural developments proceeded apace. An … lock anti-apartheid activists behind closed…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to fight discrimination…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… Act, chieftaincy in the 1930s through to the 1960s and 1970s was largely subjected to the authority of white …
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… grow, and new townships were established in the 1960s and 1970s. The Indians were moved out of the town centre to a … and Hartebeesfontein were established…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… two-tier motor-way structure through this area during the 1970s proved to be a powerful limiting factor to its … giving way to working class families, and by…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… In the late 1970s four young men publicly refused to obey their army … national service - prison terms of up to six years. In the 1970s, objections to…
ArticleEOAN Group
… Cape Peninsula by the mid 1980s. Between 1956 and the mid 1970s, EOAN featured an ameteur opera group that was …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… movement that swept across the country in the 1970s can best be explained in the context of the events from …
ArticleBlack South African literature
… recreation of the Johannesburg of the 1930s. The early 1970s saw the rise of the Black Consciousness movement, …
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… Introduction During the late 1970s and early 1980s the issue of drawing up a Workers’ … charters in South Africa and explores why the call in the 1970s and…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… men could be elected to Parliament. However, during the 1970s, the Apartheid government of South Africa granted …
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny “I want to live not survive”: the … America and the South African Worker…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical … of ‘strategic ethnicity’? The Natal Indian Congress in the 1970s…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… exile to undergo military training. Thus, throughout the 1970s, political activity remained largely underground and … The South African political landscape…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… As a result, FEDSAW worked underground in the 1960s and 1970s in order to protect themselves from the vicious … core members were banned or imprisoned in the…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… Plain. Steps towards forming the UDF began in the late 1970s, and moved forward when Allan Boesak called for a … had little or no contact with each other. In…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… the movement dwindled and eventually died off. The 1970s and 1980s: An atmosphere for change The 1970s and 80s marked a time of turmoil for the entire…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… of Black resistance that was to become a force in the 1970s. Influenced by the American Black Power movement, the …
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , … the central features of Apartheid. From the late 1970s, informal settlements were…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… in political activities during the first half of the 1970s. From 1973 until 1977 when SASO was banned, state …