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Why protect worker’s rights?
… workers was a feature of life in South Africa for decades. Apartheid thrived on cheap labour: workers had to contend … has the right to engage in collective…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… police raids and arrests – and new, more draconian legislation – they played their part in weakening the … was “to make it easier for the government to force…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… Words Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Davenport, Black Sash Movement, Apartheid, Safe Houses The Life of Elizabeth Davenport In … to discuss their opinions about actions…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… for Black South Africans in the 20th century and a step to Apartheid. Discuss this statement with reference to the … Land Act and how it laid the foundation…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… over time to become the Bantustans or Homelands under the Apartheid government. It is important to note that by the … moving in the direction of spatial…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… human rights atrocities throughout South Africa during apartheid and beyond. This essay examines the Black Sash … ending with the reestablishment of the…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. … Klug inserted himself into the…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… movement of slaves and Khoikhoi were promulgated. Thus, legislation played an important role in the shaping of Cape … Cape Town to keep the Africans out of…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South Africa. Following … non-violent resistance to the racially…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… the Constitution of South Africa states that: (1) National legislation may provide a role for traditional leadership as … regime of the British. [xv]…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… of effective bargaining power and paid leave. Until the apartheid era, this colonial system of domestic work prevailed [xix] . Apartheid History A girl and…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into … the NP began enacting and implementing racially divisive legislation. This was…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in … in the space of a few years. The new…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in South Africa … point to deprivation throughout the segregation and apartheid period. In 1952…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… of young Blacks were committed to the struggle against apartheid under the slogan 'Liberation before education'. … for an understanding of the direction the…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… Xhosa community The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Xhosa … to land lost to land lost during the Frontier Wars, legislation…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in … in the space of a few years. The new…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… women faced harsh oppressions in the workplace during the apartheid era of South African government. Together, the … the creation of trade unions and…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in … 20 August as…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… the interval period was extended to 10 years. The post-Apartheid Government held its first population census in … 1991, 1996 and 2001. However, information…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. Though the Act’s stated purpose was to …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of … an important watershed in South Africa’s…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… to protest against the pass laws and other discriminatory legislation. The strike was held in Orlando West. The police … of racist and unfair conditions in…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Key Words : Can Themba, Apartheid, Writer in Exile, Drum Magazine Born : 1924 … people by. He also wrote about the brutalities of the apartheid regime in…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… does not indicate the realization of this, despite recent legislation with regard to the protection and promotion of … in South Africa has been fueled by…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished the Black resistance … by the state, fled into exile. A barrage of…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary … separate chambers, a supposed reform and improvement…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… programme, which included the enactment of new apartheid laws, as well as the stricter application of existing discriminatory legislation such as the Pass…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… especially its more aggressive form, White baaskap and apartheid. It is in the economic sphere that this disastrous … it has meant the passing of more…