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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…