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Apartheid - The early 1980s
… the launch, and the immediate reason stated for the formation of the UDF was to fight the introduction of the Tricameral Parliament. However, the formation…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… considerable resistance from Black people and led to the formation and growth of new political bodies. British … Discrimination policies assumed new urgency…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… below, but not mentioned, and of significance was the formation of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM), which was launched in 1943. Changes within the ANC…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… SWAPO became the country’s leading political party. The Formation of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) Before the formation of PLAN as the armed…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… a COSAS Commission was established to investigate the formation of a national youth organization. It was decide … Black Civic Organization (PEBCO) and…
Conflict among civic organisations
… affiliated to CAHC were coloured areas. However, the formation of CAHAC stimulated growth of growth of civic and … Another example of this division was…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… in AZAPO, the only overt political organisation before the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983. And … observers believe, that led to AZAPO…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… of spectatorship as well as indigenous playing styles. The formation of popular teams such as Orlando Pirates (1937) and … antagonistic football associations…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) announced its formation on 27 July, 2013 in Soweto. The party was formed by …
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… divided society. The initial thrust embodied in the formation of the ANC was to unite all the indigenous peoples …
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… join the ANC at the all-party congress and to push for the formation of a Patriotic Front. 25-27 October 1991: 400 …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… PAC. The “ Timeline ” covers the period of the PAC; its formation in 1959 to 2011. An archive of PAC history related …
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… The period preceding the formation of the South Africa Union witnessed the … and growth of trade unionism which continued even after formation. Organised…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… (SACP) in 1953, after it had been forced underground. The formation of the CPSA in 1921 was a turning point in the … of members from the White working class…
ArticleThe New Group
… the South African Society of Artists. At the time of its formation its members were concerned primarily with the …
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… of agriculture only really developed after the formation of union. In the OFS capitalisation of agriculture …
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… later, it was renamed the Afrikaner Broederbond (AB). The formation of the AB was one specific organisational response …
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… 1959-1960: Formation, Sharpeville and Banning For many years there was …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… Committee of the ANC. The outcome of the conference is the formation of the African Mine Workers' Union (AMU) which … The ANC conference held in Bloemfontein…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… 1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee … up Late July, the Western Cape UDF region is…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… even to members of the SACP. At the time of MK’s formation, Nelson Mandela was a prominent ANC leader, and … committee in June of 1961, presenting the…
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… Voortrekkers moved there wagons into a laager (circular formation) in the best strategical position possible, between …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… 2014. She is extremely interested in community identity formation, concepts of race and academic self-reflexivity. …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… The ANC conference held in Bloemfontein approves the formation of a youth wing and adopts the “Atlantic Charter … D.F. Malan becomes Prime Minister. The CPSA…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… preparations for exams. Principals were opposed to the formation of SRCs, as were football groups and gangs ( … to return to school.’ The BCM, school-based…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… of the Union of South Africa and the period between the formation of the Union and the Nationalist Party coming into … Southern Africa and beyond. It also…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… an increase in labour force to the cities which led to the formation and later rapid growth of labour movements. In the …
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… riots to a certain extent." Dr Lowen pointed out that the formation of the Joint Council of the ANC and the SAIC, …
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… not organise his troops into a defensive circular ‘laager’ formation, as the wagons would be needed shortly to transport … long distance, instead of…