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ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… forced removals. Suzman demanded trade union rights for Black people and fought for better wages and working … a rebranding of the DA, Mmusi Maimane was the…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… powerless to resort to disciplinary action in the face of the numbers involved, quickly acquiesced to the …
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… Harriet’s frustration with TUCSA’s inflexibility in the face of new worker activism reached the point where she began …
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… maintain a racial hierarchy and separate poor whites from black urban slums, the church’s water scheme also focused on … regain respect and have a higher…
ArticleFrontline States
… a consequence of Botswana's geographical situation, we face unusual and onerous handicaps.... Whilst Botswana …
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers Published by the South African Communist … for a major war; they are the price…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… privatisation of land and State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Black Economic Empowerment (BEE). The parties released their … of the Free State, now secretary…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… and individuals, to sustain the African community in the face of enormous opposition, should inspire courage that … of industrialisation as white employers…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… the British and the Afrikaners, to the exclusion of black people. As one author put it, “ While the Boers and the … hands both joined in declaring a…
Islam
… world. It is a large square building that is covered in black cloth embroidered with gold (seen above). Source: … only parts of heir body that may be left…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… colours: Red ochre, Yellow ochre, White paint and black paint. Etching of the images: The artist would scrape … bride. The bride’s mother would decorate her…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit separately. After the onset of apartheid Black South Africans…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… of the African National Congress , describing the lives of black miners in 1914. On 12 August 1946 African mine workers … a day. They continued the strike…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… Africa and the way in which it discriminates against the black population. The novel has been heavily criticised by … in which the state and the white…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… movement. [2] The Open Stellenbosch protests were led by black students who argued that Afrikaans as an undergraduate … of instruction at public universities…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… and abuse in the home, but also by the discrimination they face at school with regard to subject choices seen as …
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… in defiance. Passes in the Free State Large numbers of Black and Coloured people moved to Bloemfontein, the capital … The Basotho, under Moshoeshoe, the…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… in the Security Police album and put Peter Johnson’s face to his political status. This proved to be unsuccessful, … Marxist thinking, and contemporary…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… campaigns in response to measures and laws affecting Black people. In the 1920s, the Communist Party of South … Ngoyi, IB Tabata, and Robert Sobukwe. They…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… 1958 The photographer, Peter Magubane , is the first black South African to win the Press Photo of the Year Award. … work at the London School of Printing,…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… nine o’clock the following morning to vacate the palace or face a declaration of war. Khalid refused and when the …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… of the Bantu Education Act in 1953. The rise of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the formation of … compulsory as a medium of instruction in…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… direct response to the nefarious act, which alienated the black majority from power sharing. According to ANC … order to fight against the common enemy,…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… the Government and mining houses proposed policy of using Black miners at lower salaries in jobs traditionally done by …
ArticleThe Transkei
… by the Nationalists to introduce Bantu Authorities, in the face of popular opposition to his chieftainship, was bound to …
ArticleCradle of Humankind
… at Kromdraai in 1938 and Coopers B also held a part of the face of an ape-man. Drimolen is the newest of all the sites …
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… the 2019 elections, having been formed in 1978. The black consciousness party, led by president Strike Thokoane, … 2018 after allegedly participating in…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… historians to present the era as a period of "black-on-black destruction," thereby concealing European … also demonstrating African agency and adaptation in…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… Christian, Afrikaans patriarchal minority. The rights of Black people were violated and were subjected to … (PAC) was established in 1959 in order to press…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… Nongoma maintain that umsila is also used to protect the face during a stick fight. As an aesthetic accessory, Nongoma … [xii] The fight Before the fight…