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ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… When we look back at the past and the struggle leaders that we have lost, our opinions and views of … community who take it upon themselves to immortalise…
ArticleLives of Courage
… The writing of the history of the Liberation Struggle only began in earnest after 1994 with the … role played by ordinary South Africans in the Liberation…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… existence the white workers were occupied in a turbulent struggle for decent wages, union recognition and survival. Alex Hepple states: "It was a struggle of…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… that students play only a limited role in the overall struggle The duty of the students was to lend support to … succeeded in drawing community support for…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… She garnered international support for the liberation struggle, working for economic sanctions and cultural … into politics. She claims that she was ‘born…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… who was later to play a leading and decisive role in the struggle for independence in India, arrived in South Africa … him to postpone his departure in order…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… socialist movement and other stalwarts of the liberation struggle, such as Bunting, Kotane and Roux, have fast been … the power of the nation-state, by neo…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… and make black South Africans take control of their own struggle against Apartheid. Indeed, as Steve Biko, one of the … espousing the view that they had…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… a memory of the early years of the liberation and armed struggle anchored in the banning of the South African … in the words of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela,…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… also conducted and published interviews with liberation struggle leaders. The memoirs of SWAPO members John Ya-Otto … Through the Flames: Poems from the…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… they saw as being the decisive force in the liberation struggle. At the local level its general aims were to: … people in their communities and in the…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… play and have historically played that role. The freedom struggle was won politically, but as a society we are still … respect, dignity and justice - from…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… highlight a conundrum faced by those in the liberation struggle: the way that justice was often at odds with … addressed this problem by using the courts as…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… The creation of MK signalled the beginning of the armed struggle against the apartheid. Alongside the MK soldiers and … risked his life in order to end the…
ArticleInqaba ya basebenzi
… of the African National Congress documents the workers' struggle for national liberation, democracy and socialism. … and exploitation of workers. Trade union…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… a convergence of rural resistance and the rising tide of struggle in urban cities and towns. The role that migrant … and agrarian reform on the centre-stage…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… A new generation of young Blacks were committed to the struggle against apartheid under the slogan 'Liberation … countries. For most of the students, joining…
ArticleConclusion: Black Consciousness Movement
… the death of Biko would signal the end of resistance, the struggle instead escalated as political activism increased. … became a martyr and symbol of Black…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… factors characterised the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the 1980s. This decade witnessed an increase in…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… subsequently viewed the Silverton Trio as heroes of the struggle. Towards negotiation and reconciliation By 1990, as … the activities of MK and its role in…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… aid anti-colonial and anti-apartheid campaigns with the struggle against the inequality, and directed all of her own … lives of Ruth First and her husband…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Blood River and it was perhaps significant that the armed struggle was launched on this particular day, more than one … SACP and the Congress Alliance had…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… paper, 1980) pg5. ↵ [ii] Vivian Bickford-Smith, The struggle for District Six: Past and Present (Cape Town: Buchu Books, 1990) p.36. ↵ [iii] Crain Soudien,…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… to his heroic life, full of sacrifice and devotion to the struggle in which he went to prison seven times. It said: … now when the people of South Africa…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… proved their willingness to sacrifice their lives in this struggle for human liberty against Fascism and its bestial … to mist measures, and will throw all…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… development of youth who would contribute to the struggle through debate. Two years earlier the African … are oppressed as nationalities and most people see…
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… namely; "The Final Prize, My life in the Anti Apartheid Struggle" by Norman Levy and "Alex Hepple South African … Women’s movement and the other on Culture…
ArticleThe Order of Luthuli
… Africans who have made a meaningful contribution to the struggle for democracy, human rights, nation-building, … the late Chief Albert Luthuli - the…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… ideological stance felt that this was a betrayal of the struggle. The deepening of political differences broke out … Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA)…