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Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… leadership again during the historic mineworkers strike of 1946 under the revolutionary leadership of JB Marks, Thabo … waged by our workers during the mine…
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
… African of Indian extraction who started politics as a passive resister in 1946 at the age of seventeen, since when he has been …
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… in the organization of the mine workers strike of 1946. As a devout Christian, Matseke was active in 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…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… Africans under apartheid and their need to accept violent resistance, at times. Some of his poems, short stories, and … was unable to stay with him, as he…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Cape Town: C Struik. APOSTOLISCHEN VIKARIAT IN WINDHOEK. 1946. Geschichte der Katholischen Mission in Sudwestafrika: 1896-1946. Windhoek: Apostolischen…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… so to speak to participate actively in the Culture and Resistance conference. The conference, backed by the … 140. ↵ [33] Ibid., 139. ↵ [34] Marie Dyer, …
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… the heartland for a number of democratic organisations. As resistance against oppressive measures of Apartheid increased …
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… so passionate about. Project: Assia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration Charles Obinna Nwosu I am from …
The turn to armed struggle
… Committee of Liberation (NCL) later renamed the African Resistance Movement (ARM), was formed in 1960. This small …
ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… arrived, the Voortrekkers put up little further resistance. Natal was annexed to the Cape in May 1844, and …
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… a travelling exhibition, You Have Struck a Rock: Women and Resistance in South Africa , to mark the first August 9th … was coordinating an exhibition for the…
Harry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
… the South African athletic scene during the years 1926 and 1946, collecting 31 gold medals altogether, of which 15 was …
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… Unity: 1935 - 1945 Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960 Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past Chapter …
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in Verulam, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He is the … 2014]|Jobson, L., ‘ Mafika Pascal Gwala (South Africa,…
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… appeared in Die Huisgenoot and later in Standpunte. In 1946 seven of her poems were included in the first Stiebeuel …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… Israel's independence, Eban was chief instructor, 1944-1946 at the Middle Eastern Center for Arab Studies in …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… weakness and disintegration. The nature and scale of the resistance during those two periods were quite different. The re-emergence of resistance politics…
Chapter 13
… culminating in the African Miners Strike of August, 1946, which was drowned in blood. The significant factor … to meet in Bloemfontein on the 6th and 7th…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… before finally returning to South Africa in March 1946. Krige’s war reporting is significant for several …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Cry: Namibian Poetry in Exile and Essays on Literature in Resistance and Nation Building edited by Henning Melber was … World of the Bushmen, 5. ↵ [14]…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… arrangement must be brought to an end by 1999 but some resistance and potential for destabilisation must be … long years of suffocation. Then there are those…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… from successfully unifying and forming an effective resistance – as was achieved in the Caribbean and elsewhere. … as can be seen in the New World. Attempts…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… repeatedly in the United Nations’ General Assembly from 1946. A consistent policy of all governments during this …
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… white workers o Anti-Indian legislation o Forms of labour resistance o The city of Johannesburg - The Mineral … Democracy in Africa, (2011), “White…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… had embraced the Freedom Charter continued to dominate the resistance campaign. The decline of the ANCYL In 1947 the … towards the end of the 1960s, taking…
ArticleDrum Magazine
… time. However, Drum was an important vehicle for voicing resistance during the 1950s – from the Defiance Campaign to … in 1960. It served as a means to…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… to “Mrs Ples”. Broom published his monograph in 1946, which led to most scientists finally accepting that …
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… put in place by the South African government, which led to resistance from the people. SWAPO led most of the resistance campaigns. As a result, the campaigns…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… 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…