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People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… on the Cape Flats, Cape Town decided to form an anti-crime organisation. The aim was to fight the drugs and violence … plaguing their area. PAGAD began as a…
African Art Centre
… The African Art Centre is a non-profit organisation based in KwaZulu-Natal . Founded in 1959, it was … Race Relations (SAIRR) but became an autonomous non…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… any domestic presence worthy of the term ‘underground organisation’. By June 1976, however, the ANC was poised to … and youth. Church groups were also…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of … World War II and in the post-war period. Over time the…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… The first initiative for the establishment of a national organisation of Namibian workers took place in South Africa … (OPO) was founded, renamed the…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… UDF to increase pressure inside the county through better organisation and working together with Congress of South … revived after the meeting and made…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… The formation of the all-black South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) followed soon thereafter. The struggle … soup kitchen; a mobile health unit; a day…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… students. NUSAS was open to students of all races. At the organisation first inaugural conference in Bloemfontein in … members in order to learn more about…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its official … number of other young people had…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… increased. In 1974 it was listed as an “affected” organisation under the Affected Organisation Act of 1974. This meant that SASO could no …
ArticlePoqo
… The word 'poqo' means 'pure' or 'alone' in Xhosa and the organisation drew most of it's following from the Western … and their followers. The structure and…
Vakalisa Art Association
… with Peter Edward Clarke , another well known artist. The organisation consisted of artists such as Patrick Holo , … , Rashid Lombard and Lionel Davis ,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… strategies of the past, and a transformation of the organisation into a revolutionary mass movement. In the next … League’s Programme of Action became…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… Civic organisation also experienced problems in organising across the racial divide. Initially the emerging civic organisation in African township and…
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… Students' Representative Council (SSRC) was formed. This organisation led the march that the police fired on and came … took over the role. Even though the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 5 - Armed Propaganda and Non-Colaborattion, Rationalising weakness, August 1979 - December 1980 by Howard Barell
… the legal and semi-legal spheres; the other an underground organisation operating clandestinely but relating to, … the seizure of power. Under this…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… Nengwekhulu and others from the South African Students Organisation (SASO) , and they had discussions mainly on the …
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… with his boss Mr. Harmel, a Director of the Schlesinger organisation. His first job in January 1953, after finishing …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… be. The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was an organisation that started to bring women together during the … initially founded FEDSAW as an…
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… was strong. Several young liberal white leaders of the organisation empathised with the Black cause, and tried to … a Blacks-only student union, the South…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… While in detention, they debated the need for an umbrella organisation for movements ready to carry out sabotage … although its membership was predominantly…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… feminism was a catalyst for South African feminist organisation to address violence against women. In 1975, Anne … their association with its politics would…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… employees that aimed to be a national, non-racial umbrella organisation that could coordinate Black trade union … It had 12 partners representing 45 000…
The turn to armed struggle
… Congress (SAIC) and the South African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO). On 16 December 1961, MK announced its … public facilities. After the banning of…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… had achieved a success that made the State wary of the new organisation’s potential for anti-apartheid resistance, and … emerged with the formation of the…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… S. P. Bunting was also a popular founding member of the organisation. Many socialists in South Africa, in keeping … League. Members of the League decided to…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… boycott, although riots and uprisings did take place. Organisation was led by the Metal and Allied Worker's Union … was worried about the level of violence…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… , Tabata emphasised the critical need to create an organisation that could become a think tank of the resistance … – ‘We fight Ideas with Ideas’ – evidently…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… While in detention, they debated the need for an umbrella organisation for movements ready to carry out sabotage … although its membership was predominantly…