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ArchiveThe great protest convoy
The women's protest against the Senate Act in 1955 had the effect of bringing together groups of women from all parts of South Africa, women who were later to…
ArchiveIm longing to sing and dance in the street,
Opening Address by National President Jenny De Tolly at the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg on 5 March 1992, discussing: Global changes,…
ArchiveOur right to know
White poster with red block containing title in black letters. Notice of Public Meeting on Wednesday 27th August, at Justice Hall, Ecumenical Centre, 20 St…
ArchiveSouth African Students Organisation: Portfol
This SASO document examines the role of separate development in controlling education for Black people. Included are statistics showing enrollment figures at…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 21 February 1977, Volume 110
Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence from Olive Gibson; Andrew Ray Mardon; Sheena Duncan, National President of the Black Sash, to the…
ArchivePeace in Namibia
Black and white poster. Artwork of map of Namibia. Notice of a meeting at St. George's Cathedral on Sunday 20th May. Issued by Black Sash. List of speakers. …
South African Students Organisations
This is a letter from the secretary of South African Students Organisations to Dear Sir about resolutions passed by SASO at the conference held at the…
Report on the 1st National Formation School held on the 1st to the 4th December 1969. at the Black Section,University of Natal
The idea behind the Formation school was to allow participants the chance for self-development through participation in discussions and other projects.This…
ArchiveDissension in the ranks: White opposition in South Africa
Book that covers debates by the Liberal Party, the South African Institute of Race Relations, the Black Sash, the African Resistance Movement and the South…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s…
ArchiveThe meaning of Black Consciousness in the struggle for liberation
The meaning and definition of Black Consciousness in South Africa is discussed as well as the challenge of developing community projects. The formation of SASO…
ArchiveCommunity Action and Development
For effective programs that make the Black communities aware of the problems that bedevil it, SASO developed well planned educational programmes to train Black…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was a very different one from that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had shattered the…
ArchiveSoweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini
Nkosozana Dlamini, vice-president of SASO, and member of the ANC, was in her fifth year of medical school when the June 16th uprising began. She was torn…
ArchiveReport on the 2nd National Conference of the ASSECA, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, March 31 to April 2, 1972.
A private and confidential report by Barney Pityana on the 2nd National Conference of the Association for the Education and Cultural Advancement of the African…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo…
List of people who died in exile
Name Abithur, Albie M. Abrahams, John Albert, Gama Alpheus, Dlamini Anthony, James …
ArchiveOpen hearts : Open minds : Open city
Title in blue letters on yellow background. Green circle in centre with slice cut out showing coloured photo of children, words - Open City Initiative. Green…
ArchiveCircular from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and others
General circular from the President of the National Union of South African Students containing the text of the Commission appointed by the South African…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
Former Mission Station of the Berlin Missionary Society, 22 km East of Ladysmith. Named after Amalie von Stein, who was a benefactress of German Missions…
New tactics in the revolt
… assistance and co-operation and wanted close contact with SASM. It is not clear how this contact was to be maintained, … Tebello Motapanyane was at the time…
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
The final report of the Le Grange Commission, dealing with the University Christian Movement (UCM), defunct since 1972, was submitted to Parliament. The…
EventStudents protest at the University of Fort Hare
Students protested at the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape on 7 August 1973. The students’ organization, the South African Students Organisation …
ArchiveSport: Threat to the security of the state
Brutus expounds on Special Branch interference in sports in line with apartheid ideology of white dominance. Instances of harassment of people and events…
EventSouth African artist, Maggie Laubser, is born
On 14 April 1886, South African artist Maggie Laubser was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury, Cape Colony. Laubser went on to…
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness…
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
The Transkei leader, Gen. Bantu Holomisa, announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan African Congress (PAC), the South African…
PlaceZoar, Western Cape
It is difficult to talk about Zoar or Amalienstein separately, so interwoven are these sister Towns. They lie adjacent to one another on Route 62, they are…
EventThe South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee is founded
On the 13 January 1963, the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC) was founded by Dennis Brutus. The committee was specifically established to…