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State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… them had one purpose, the fight for liberation. Yet each organisation operated in isolation from the rest. In other … (ANC). The ANC was hoping to be the…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… (ANC) adopts the Programme of Action which sees the organisation abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics … branch of the virtually non-existent…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… were restricted by bans. Due to the banning of their organisation the PAC had to change their method of … of this camp was called Shangai where members of…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), African People's Organisation (APO) and the Johannesburg District of the … from the South African Indian Congress, African…
ArticleSouthern African Development Community (SADC)
… mining, and industrial production. From 1992 when the organisation became SADC its aims broadened to establish an …
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… has made no attempt to establish any branches of the main organisation. December, I. B. Tabata at the All African … or Joint Council pleads. Tabata describes…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… as well as taking part in the activities of a banned organisation. On the whole, they were accused of conspiring … premised on mobilisation, recruitment of…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… in the 1950s started these structures. There was one organisation that was established by two women who were … Both the newly formed ANC and the African…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… area of resistance and struggle, were seen as models of organisation by the UDF. The committee structures that …
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… to meet at least once a year with the African Political Organisation (APO), under the leadership of Dr Abdullah …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… Afrikaners had established their separate identity Various organisation had been established by Afrikaners to promote … is an extremely exclusive, secret…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… 1902, Coloureds in Cape Town formed the African Political Organisation to represent the interests of “educated ... … Abdullah Abdurahman , who became the…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… This in turn led to clashes with the DAC. One of the organisation’s biggest impacts was in regards to the future …
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. Organisation This Order can be awarded in three Categories: …
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… power since the transition to democracy in April 1994. The organisation was initially founded as the South African …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… rapid growth and expansion in of both mass membership and organisation. In the three years following the Defiance … the formation of the South African…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… a meeting to discuss the formation of a national women's organisation. No record was kept of the informal meeting held … first attempt to establish a…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) conference stating his organisation's position as follows: Our efforts in the past … Trade Unions (SACTU) delegates to the…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… and other centers, and becomes the national workers organisation. The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) calls … Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) of…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… People’s Union (ZAPU), and the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) from Namibia. [6] These movements … liberation struggle. Of these, the most…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… People’s Union (ZAPU), and the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) from Namibia. [6] These movements … liberation struggle. Of these, the most…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… ANC Women's League, as the Chairperson. This was the first organisation in South Africa in which Indians and Africans … detained without trial within months…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… Robert Sobukwe is elected as the first president of the organisation. 1960 February, Sobukwe, Potlako Leballo and … Square, Langa were asked for a Xhosa…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… attempts at peace between the groups, although the lack of organisation by the UDF after the State of Emergency made … peace in the region. This committee…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… to that of an armed struggle. The ANC formed an armed organisation, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), and started a sabotage … of MK decreased and police also managed…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… McLaren’s aim was to “use theatre as a means of mass organisation, mobilisation and conscientisation”. Initially …
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… and theatres. He also created the first radio broadcasting organisation run on a commercial basis, and from this the …
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… fold. Not only would this make it the largest student organisation in the country, but it would also bring into the …
Bantu Women’s League
… The Bantu Women's League was the first women's organisation in South Africa. It was started in 1918 by one …
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
The shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the core is a struggle for equality and visibility. Over the course of the…