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ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… rigid and enforced it more aggressively. All Government action and response was decided according to the policy of … posture. This was spelled out in the…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… with a commitment to militant African nationalism and mass action and to tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil … few whites and coloureds were engaging in…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… which have retarded our progress'. He made a significant appeal for the unity of the African people: 'The demon of … coloured, and Indian people found cause…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still moderate, and called … Sisulu and Anton Lembede . The ANCYL…
June 17
… The ANC in exile called for immediate international action and the intensification of economic sanctions. The protest action also spread to other townships…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… workers to be able to engage in various types of protest action such as rallies and marches at or near South African … strike, and announce a campaign of…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… and the USA did not support it. The one possible form of action against South Africa was the introduction of economic … Africa by the General Assembly, with…
ArticleInqaba ya basebenzi
… minimum wage and exploitation of workers. Trade union action in the struggle for power by united workers is …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… in Stellenbosch under the them ‘Peoples Power in Action’. President Thabo Mbeki gives the opening address and … and its alliance partners. 21 August, The…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… of CODESA 2 ANC National Conference and Plans of Mass Action Codesa Committee Meeting – 15 June 1992 Mass action and Boipatong Massacre on 17 June Rumours of…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… is held at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, to decide on action against the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance, No 29 of … to traders and hawkers and denies…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… familiar with the restrictions on freedom of speech and action prevalent in parliamentary politics where … Malan demonstrated clearly that Fusion had but…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… 1 April, The United Nations Security Council, in its first action on South Africa, adopts Resolution 134 (1960) … Africans to protest against pass laws. He…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… servants. Part of the South African Native Convention’s Appeal: “...any law which compels women to carry passes can … Walter Rubusana agreed to send a…
Schlebusch Commission
… people refused to testify and consequently faced legal action and banning orders. The Christian Institute was banned …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… (NIC) sends a cable to the government of India urging an appeal to the United Nations on behalf of the Indians in … including women from the Transvaal…
ArticleThe missionaries
… (iiNqila), the main purpose of which was to act as an appeal court regarding the chief’s rulings. The new system of …
Conflict among civic organisations
… was highlighted in the formation of the Disorderly Bills Action Committee (DBAC). The DBAC was formed in Aug 1982 to … DBAC in 1983 who renamed their new…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… of youth leaguers 17 December, ANC adopts Programme of Action which abandons traditional moderate approach of petitions and deputations in favour of mass…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… with both international federations in creating a united action against apartheid. 26 June, Congress Stay-At-Home. … been rebuffed. The SATUC has refused to…
Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989
… a memorandum to foreign embassies calling on them to take action against the South African government. He was released …
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… Wits administration applies for court interdict to appeal for police assistance with protests. Protesting … for 2016 was suspended. It was agreed that…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… to Britain were futile, bringing the first phase of SANNC action to a close. …
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… the ALSC wanted for South Africa: a unity of the left in action. The publications each had a print run of 2,000. Basil … in South Africa, the ALSC members…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… apartheid system. He proclaims 1982 the year of ‘Unity in Action’. 14 March, A bomb explodes and destroys the ANC … Communist Party organ, the People’s Daily…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… party failed to spell out an economic policy that would appeal to black voters, emphasising instead that it would … of opportunity, and is particularly…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… 1 April 1960, The Security Council of the UN, in its first action on South Africa, adopted Resolution 134 deploring the …
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… the aftermath of the campaign. Passive or non-violent mass action campaigns against the apartheid state, includes the …
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… the revolutionary overthrow of the state, it had to appeal to the White electorate and leave open the policy of …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… Apartheid in which a number of suggestions are made for action to be taken against the South African government. 14 … a general directive that all its units…