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ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… (AZASO) was established in 1979 by students from five black universities and one college of education. AZASO, which … that adopted ANC policies and the…
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
… a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a Bachelor's degree. While on a choir … University in Cleveland. She also…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… to the apartheid government’s Bantu Education Act, 90% of black South African schools were state-aided mission schools. … themselves, with the result that…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… until all state-funded art institutions were open to Black as well as White students, and furthermore that Black artists would be supported to attend art…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South African leaders who influenced the transition … were the ten mainly rural, impoverished…
ArticleOrganisations involved in Youth and the National Liberation Struggle
… Black Consciousness Movement South African Students Movement The South African Student Organisation (SASO) The Black People's Convention African Students…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… activists and organisations alike. On 19 October 1977 the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and related organisations … were the South African Students'…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… emphasized the commonalities between Africans and black people in the United States. Delany, who believed that black people could not prosper alongside…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… are instances where Bantu was used in a positive light by black people. In Umsebenzi, a 1940s ANC periodical, the … [9] . The term was therefore used to…
The War
… The Boers lost over 34 000 people. More than 15 000 black people were killed. The British government was … First Anglo-Boer War and more battles took place…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… in 1923 - did not accomplish much to improve the lives of black South Africans. Short of funds and poorly organised, it … (now Malawi), the ICU started out…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… oppression, and segregation policies that subjected Black people young and old to indignity and inferior status. … where young people became aware of the…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… of territorial segregation by forcing the majority of Black South Africans to live in reserves and making it … escaped this fate, living in small spots of…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… progressives saw the importance of organising the growing Black working class. However, amongst this group there was still debate over the role of the Black…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… of decision making was governed by the state. Thus, a Black leader of a body could be appointed or relieved of his … matters, little was done within these…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… that conveyed the suffering and anger of the oppressed black South African people. Despite being in exile and away … Serote, poetry, apartheid, African…
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…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… who alarmed the authorities by sleeping also with black mine workers. Fifteen years after the discovery of gold … to mining developments elsewhere, for…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… other women who got deeply involved in fighting apartheid. Black women faced three forms of oppression in South Africa … take a stand against passes A pass…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… The Boers lost over 34 000 people. More than 15 000 black people were killed. The British government was … First Anglo-Boer War and more battles took place…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… white monopoly capital, which is the primary cause of black poverty which strengthens and legitimizes the notion of a black bourgeoisie. 1. White Monopoly…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat … organisations. The first was the…
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… beverage? • Native schools and churches. • The Black Peril and White Peril. • Native Lands and Reserves. … co-operation between the government and the…
ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… the Transvaal passed the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance (Black Act) to control the entry of Indians into the … Quinn, the leader of the Chinese community,…
Bantu Women’s League
… . One of the issues at stake was the carrying of passes by black women. The pass came to be seen as a symbol of … the Bantu Women's League was created in…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… The ensuing struggle was not so much a contest between Black and White races as a struggle for water, grazing and … were markedly different. Thus, as a…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… campaigns in response to measures and laws affecting Black people. In the 1920s, the Communist Party of South … current education system was too liberal and…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. 1969 July 1 SASO is officially inaugurated … is held in Natal. 1971 SASO Policy Manifesto…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. 1969 1 July, SASO is officially inaugurated … is held in Natal. 1971 SASO Policy…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… of preparing young scholars for leadership in the Black community. Still, the climate was politically charged … to measures and policies that sought to…