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ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
… exceptional courage and daring, her unrelenting defiance. But courage and defiance alone do not alone define the quality of a political …
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… In Soweto, a black township just outside Johannesburg, defiance came at a terrible cost. South African police … three minutes to leave. The students…
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
… ANC IN THIS MATTER IS TO ENCOURAGE AND BUILD A SPIRIT OF DEFIANCE TO OPPRESSION AND THE COURAGE TO RESIST OPPRESSION. … its militant struggle for liberty…
ArticleWages Commission
… Harriet Bolton’s support, the WC Durban branch’s first campaign began in early June 1971.The WC printed and …
Albert Luthuli`s speech to ceremony for presenting him the Christopher Gell Memorial Award, 21 October 1961, Port Elizabeth
… movement as any volunteer who went to prison during the defiance campaign, or branch official who participated in the …
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… government of South Africa. For example, Peter Hain led a campaign called Stop the Seventy Tour. The campaign threatened to disrupt any matches played during…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… association with racialist sport. The international campaign against apartheid sport It was not until the … its fight for international recognition. 2 The…
Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism
… have appealed to the African people to make sure that this campaign is conducted in a spirit of absolute non-violence," … stated Sobukwe at the start of the…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… 1954 as well as the mass demonstrations for the anti-pass campaign in 1956. In 1960, the ANC was banned and thus so was … of women. This is where the ANC…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… the outlying areas were brought into line. Just as in the Defiance Campaign, legislation was passed to hamper resistance to … and holding illegal meetings,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1990
… overwhelmingly successful general strikes, the historic campaign of mass defiance which was characterised by our refusal to submit to … had organised the…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… 1. Closing The Apartheid Wage Gap • To launch a concerted campaign to close the apartheid wage gap to a ratio of at … including top management. 2. Minimum…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… for their outstanding role in pursuit of the world campaign in support of the struggle for the eradication of … a strategy of overt and covert aggression,…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… It can stand on principles until it drops, it can campaign politically until it is winded, but if it fails to … on a racial basis, thus leaving the onus of…
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… the South African Police launched Operation Saladin, a campaign to curb the rampant vigilantism PAGAD was …
ArticleWorld War I
… Movement in Great Britain had been waging a militant campaign in support of granting the vote to women. In June …
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… declaration to embark on an anti-pass passive resistance campaign, Black women in Bloemfontein that were committed to … 80 women were arrested. Read more on…
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… now known as SACP). In 1946, the Indian Passive Resistance Campaign, led by Yusuf Dadoo (TIC) and G.M Naicker (Natal … Representation Bill. Dadoo was…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… Natal (KwaZulu Natal) Colony to start the Satyagraha Campaign (Passive Resistance Campaign). In this public meeting, Naidoo represented the …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… which included the release of Nelson Mandela. Botha's defiance of the international community in his speech …
BiographyTim Bruwer
… courage to take part in an armed struggle or in a sabotage campaign against the White regime, or to openly risk …
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… Union (WCTU) in 1899. The goal of this organisation was to campaign against the trade in alcohol, which they considered … to moral decay. This organisation…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
… Africa. In 1946 he participated in a passive resistance campaign by Indian protesters in Tobruk, Durban and was … and sentenced to three months imprison. The…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… with spies. The first broadcast, then, was an act of defiance—and also, perhaps, a proof of life. In June 1963, … in one 1984 segment. “Pretoria has carried…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… King and Chief Albert Luthuli launched a Humans Rights Campaign in which they appealed for "Action against Apartheid". In this campaign they called for:…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… approved it. Prime Minister Hertzog launched his campaign to get rid of the Cape franchise for Africans in … ANC in place of Nelson Mandela in June 1952…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… Women’s League. Her actions included participation in the Defiance Campaign in 1952, a peaceful protest where black people were …
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… for asylum. He was eventually captured during the British campaign in East Africa during the First World War and …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… clean water had had significant success. During electoral campaign, the dominant issues included the ever widening gap …
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… armies in frontal wars of resistance; protest and blatant defiance to occupation, is an on-going struggle, occurring … courts. The people’s resolve can be…