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ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… 20 May 2025). Blog 1 S. Mhlongo, 'Youth, Culture and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, … 2025). Reference List: Mhlongo, S., …
EventZimbabwe's interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… Between 1982 and 1985 the military brutally crushed armed resistance in Ndebeleland and Mugabe's rule was left secure. …
EventThe Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed
… security police in Sophiatown in anticipation of a major resistance effort against forced removals. A month later …
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… Frederick John Harris, a teacher and member of the African Resistance Movement (ARM), was responsible for this incident. …
EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
… The eighties in South Africa heralded a time of increased resistance against the Apartheid regime. The liberation …
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… over South Africa when violence and state suppression of resistance movements was at its height. Leading scholars in …
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… Despite visible resistance to incorporation into the Qwa Qwa homeland, the …
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… a result of the French government’s pursuit of Algerian resistance leader, Abd al-Qadir who had taken refuge in the …
Zulu Community
… and laid claim on Durban, which, however, met with strong resistance from the British. They sent troops to Durban, who … of a rural non”capitalist economy…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… added to the growing resentment among the local people. Resistance movements began to rise in Africa. In colonies … have a negative impact on African…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… the league was very active, participating in riots and resistance against an apartheid government. During this … 1). In the 1950s, the league was extremely…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… capitalist relationships and techniques. Once the resistance of the original, non-EuroÂpean populations had … from disembarking its passengers. But the…
EventEthiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province
… border of Ethiopia into Ogaden Province without any resistance. The tension between the two east African …
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… of the ANC and spent her life participating in the party's resistance to apartheid. Her funeral service at Wattville …
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… 1952 Defiance Campaign. This was the biggest non-violent resistance movement ever seen in South Africa and the first …
East Cape Update
… for other regions in implementing successful strategies of resistance. Yet, being one of the poorest regions of the …
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… of Walter Sisulu . Schools became the site of fierce resistance in 1980, and protests that began at Coloured … of the UDF and SACC. The UDF and National…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… to suppress the revolt with arms. On 11 August the Herero resistance was crushed. The Herero people were scattered and … a seasoned African campaigner, had…
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… age 57. Thereafter he became known as the face of the Boer resistance against the British during the South African / …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Historical Documents Section. Walker, C., Women and Resistance in South Africa, London, Onyx Press, 1982. Lodge, …
Rixaka
… the broad masses could enhance the striking power of the resistance movement and inspire the masses to fight for a …
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… Lord Roberts, Commander of the British forces met with no resistance when they entered Pretoria on 5 June. Roberts …
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… anti-apartheid movements and was sent overseas to mobilise resistance against apartheid. In Britain on the 24 June 1986, …
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… by the Group Areas Act from the 1960s, leading to fierce resistance that continued into the 1980s. …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… African Internal Security Act, which was used to crush resistance against the Apartheid government Click here for a …
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… were withdrawn from active duty. This battle marked Herero resistance against expanding German colonial rule and land …
Clarion Call
… discussed in Clarion Call as well as issues relating to resistance to the National Government's repressive machinery, …
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… At the height of World War II in 1943, Tigrayans formed a resistance group “Weyane” or popular uprising, to rebel …
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… the first time in our history, delegates discussed, not resistance, but reconstruction and development. No more did … we have had as an organisation is the…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… 53 African and Indian protesters led by the veteran passive resister, Nana Sita, President of the Transvaal … Yusuf Cachalia and Raymond Mhlaba. This pattern…