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… Further, the apartheid regime declared illegal 19 Black Consciousness organisations and detained scores of activists. That day is now commemorated in South Africa as “Black Wednesday” and is also marked as National Press FreedomDay. Besides banning independent media in an attempt to hide horrendous acts by the regime at the time, authorities … regime, and so the day was deemed Black Wednesday. The day is now marked as an important platform for discussions on media freedom and the extent to which media freedom improved from all those years ago. The right to press freedom and freedom of …
… time. The police broke up that protest and they shot some people there. Then there was a call all across the country on FreedomDay for everyone to stay away from work to protest against those shootings. The next year there was a stay-away on FreedomDay. In Port Elizabeth we didn't have this influx control law saying who can come and live and work there, and who is …
… World Press FreedomDay is observed on 3 May. This day was the culmination of a UNESCO seminar held in Windhoek, Namibia from 29 April 1991 to the 3 May 1991. This declaration is a statement of press freedom principles put together by African newspaper journalists. The context for this declaration was the many dangers and …
… In this FreedomDay address Lutuli introduces the campaign to make ordinary black people more aware of their political situation. Lutuli … 26th, a date that has become a landmark of special significance to the African people and their allies in the fight for freedom in the Union of South Africa. My message takes the form of a special call to my people and our allies. I have every … resulting in a fruitful response from all. This is the message and the call Ever since 1950, June 26 has become a special day in the calendar of the African people of South Africa. Unlike other public holidays, which are usually singled out for …
… the Suppression of Communism Act. The ANC and the South African Indian Congress combines in declaring 26 June a " National Day of Protest and Mourning ", a day which became very important for the ANC and the Communist Party and has since then been celebrated as FreedomDay. 17 July, The Suppression of Communism Act comes into force. September, Bram receives his initial 'naming' letter … weSizwe is launched as an offshoot of the ANC and Communist Party. 1962 The SACP produces "The Road to South African Freedom" an elaborate policy document which Bram (who is acting chairman of the central committee of the SACP) helps to …
… any charges against him that he was a member or office bearer of the CPSA 1952 22 June, around 10 000 people attended a ‘Day of the Volunteers’ rally in Durban where Chief Albert Luthuli and Dr Monty Naicker publicly committed themselves to the … He sent a message regretting missing the historic occasion as he ‘would have liked to have sung with you the songs of freedom, led by Chief Luthuli, and to hear his voice which has moved so many in so short a time.’ 1 November 1954, Even … of the NIC at Bharat Hall in Durban approved the formation of a National Joint Consultative Committee to popularise the Freedom Charter . The ANC adopted the Charter at its March 1956 Congress. 28 September, Dr Monty Naicker is elected president …
… clashes brought the council’s activities to an end, but controversy set in when Moroka delayed his resignation to the last day of 1950. In October 1948, Xuma called a meeting of 12 African leaders to end the divisions between the ANC and AAC. … Moroka was persuaded to take up the challenge. According to Nelson Mandela, writing in his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom : 'Dr Moroka was an unlikely choice. He was a member of the All African Convention (AAC), which was dominated by … The nationalists in the ANC saw the convention as detracting attention from the Programme of Action. Dubbed the FreedomDay strike, the protest was a great success, even though the government had banned all meetings for 1 May. More than …
… from Juba, South Sudan last night. I led an ANC delegation which attended Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day celebrations. It was a delightful moment for our delegation that reminded us of our own 27 April 1994 - FreedomDay - and 10 May 1994 when Comrade Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first president of the democratic and free … and SPLM have historic good party-to-party relations forged over many years of heroic struggle for self-determination and freedom for the people of South Africa and South Sudan. Since the founding of the SPLM (1983), we shared a common vision for …
… red, yellow and white poster. COSATU logo. Artwork of people protesting. 50th Annniversary poster of the signing of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, Johannesburg on 26th June 1955. 1955 - 2005. 26th June, South African FreedomDay. …
… fist over all. Notice of a Lunch time rally at Khotso House on Monday, October 19th. List of speakers. National Press FreedomDay. …
… United Democratic Front black and white poster, for June 26th: South African FreedomDay. Black and white artwork of people carring a flag. …
… Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1957 a message came through from SACTU that we must organize this campaign for one pound a day so that the workers must earn one pound a day for the work they are doing. It was a national campaign. There were … that thing, a big campaign for one pound a day. I worked on that campaign myself. In Port Elizabeth we had a big strike on FreedomDay to support that call. That stay-away was also to popularize the Freedom Charter, to let everyone know it. In Port Elizabeth it was a very big stay-away. Almost nobody went to work that day. …
… ruthless tyranny of a Gestapo. "The people are prepared to fight to the last - they are not prepared to allow the torch of freedom to be wrested from their hands and stamped out under the jackboot of apartheid tyranny. Rather than let this happen … all they have. "The Government must be warned that this Bill will not and cannot crush the demand of the people for freedom - it cannot change the course of history. "The Nationalists will have to bear full responsibility for the holocaust … the innocent victims of the Nazi gas chambers. And the memory of the slaughter of men, women and children on FreedomDay in South Africa, people who were killed for no other crime than that they strove for freedom, is fresh in our minds. "We …
… In Africa and Southeast Asia , decades and even centuries of European colonialism was determinedly giving way to political freedom and independence, while the Civil Rights Movement's vociferous campaigning for political and socio-economic equality … trading posts, to sign treaties with local chiefs and to claim territory for the company in the Congo River Basin (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo ). Leopold's activities prompted France to immediately establish a French protectorate … the organization of 'sit-ins' during the 1960 in cafes, restaurants and hotels hitherto only reserved for whites and the 'Freedom Riders' in 1961 on segregated public transport. These actions led to federal legislation eliminating discrimination …
… The magnificent response to the call of the National Action Council for a three day strike and the wonderful work done by our organisers and field workers throughout the country proves once again that no power on earth can stop an oppressed people determined to win their freedom. In the face of unprecedented intimidation by the government and employers and of blatant falsehoods and distortions by the press, immediately before and during the strike, the freedom loving people of South Africa gave massive and solid support to the historic and challenging resolutions of the …
… sure to add the University of Pretoria Museums to your itinerary! " The University of Pretoria (UP) Museums will celebrate FreedomDay by hosting two public walkabouts for the new and thought-provoking exhibition Bokgabo ba Mašela: Art of Textiles curated …
… school available specifically for Indian children. The policy of segregation instituted by the White government of the day meant that the six-year-old Yusuf had to travel daily by train to the Johannesburg suburb of Fordsburg to receive his … 1940 after he was arrested for printing and distributing anti-war NEUF pamphlets. The pamphlets protested the lack of freedom and justice for the non-European population and concluded by stating: “We answered the call in 1914-1918. What was … can fling hundreds and thousands into jail and concentration camps, but it cannot and it will not suppress the demand for freedom which arises from the crying hearts of the Non-Europeans and other oppressed people. The case received an incredible …
… National strikes were precipitated, however, by the killing on May 1, 1950, of a number of workers who were observing the day, first, as a workers' day, and second, as a means of enforcing their demands for higher wages. Typically, the South … the next decade. Thus, strikes became almost annual - and June 26 is now commemorated by blacks throughout South Africa as FreedomDay. Such national strikes are perhaps an indication of the level of activity which has been effectively organised in opposition to the policies of apartheid and in pursuance of freedom in South Africa. Opposition to apartheid inevitably provoked counteraction which resulted in bannings, the passing of …
… and it was a confidential conversation, he would start off looking for the good points in the other guy. The release day, 11th of February 1990, was the second time that you saw him. And he came and spoke at your house... It was a great … him as well. I've seen it when we had this service in the cathedral and the queen was there on the first celebration of FreedomDay. I said, "The people should applaud our president," which I sometimes do in churches. And you could see that his delight …
… in Europe but actively participated in them. He was first arrested in 1929 in London in a demonstration for Indian freedom. The unity of the oppressed people and democratic whites, advocated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the League against … of the Nationalist Group of the Transvaal Indian Congress. Above all, he fully dedicated himself to the struggle for freedom and equality for all the people of South Africa. His first two trials in South Africa were, in fact, not in the … people's advance to the seizure of power." I have prepared this compilation of his speeches and writings, from 1940 to the day he passed away in London, in the hope that it will assist scholars and students interested in the study of the history of …