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ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… society, including the urban areas, were passed in the 1950s. Among others, two pieces of legislation passed in 1950 … from the city became undisguised…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… Malan as his deputy. NP Ascendancy and Apartheid (1939-1950s) The split decision in 1939 to take South Africa into … of Africa (founded 1919 by Clements…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… of a progressive trade union movement, and during the 1950s Port Elizabeth became the heartland for a number of …
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… - the first time since the political “stay at home” of the 1950s – and to exercise the power of factory based mass …
Polokwane an Overview
… and the homelands in the region. The uprisings of the late 1950s and mid-1980s in Sekhukhuneland had a marked effect on …
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… the league began withdrawing from the organisation in the 1950s, fearing state repression. In 1953 Neville Alexander … 1952 and served as vice-president of…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… segregated lines. A mini population boom began in the 1950s and 60s, and the White population increased from 2186 …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… Campaign and the Congress of the People. During the 1950s the National Party (NP), which came into power in 1948 … conspicuous and prominent in national…
List of ANC and MK members killed in combat
This is a list is part of the The ANC and the turn to the armed struggle: UMkhonto we Sizwe, MK Feature. Unknown |1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… that started to bring women together during the 1950s to demonstrate their opposition to the South African … in the 1980s commemorated FEDSAW’s actions in…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… division of labour in the industry was striking. By the 1950s, Coloured women constituted over 30 per cent of the … of the FCWU’s creation of “union schools”…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… Nationalism and Working-Class and Popular Resistance 1900-1950s , and The Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance …
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… from their Sotho/Tswana neighbours, which, during the 1950s were manifesting themselves in numerous tribal … recognition by Apartheid's planners, and as…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… occurrence in the gold mines of South Africa during the 1950s and 1960s (and even now) (Dunbar Moodie, Vivienne …
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… for human rights. Race in USA A billboard in the 1950s in USA. Image source In the 19th century … and had had taken their land. On the other side, in the…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… The Witness, From www.witness.co.za By the mid-to-late 1950s SOYA was wracked by internal problems, and debates …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central and East Africa. On the Southern African…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… that Coloured politics took another direction in the 1950s. Before the introduction of Apartheid, there were … a major campaign like the SAIC and ANC in the…
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… organisation had been active in the ANC Women’s League in 1950s. For instance, Dorothy Zihlangu, Mildred Lesia and Dora …
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… would elect four members at separate elections. In the 1950s, the NP came to dominate the white vote, and it used … Campaign, among other political ventures…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… identity searching within the organization throughout the 1950s, the majority of the members were generally unconcerned … this stigma did not remain, as the…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… an alliance of the anti-apartheid forces of the 1950s composed of the African National Congress, the South …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… the heritage of struggle in black sport before the 1950s. It laid the foundation from which the anti-apartheid … for racial integration, equality, and human…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… that Coloured politics took another direction in the 1950s. Before the introduction of Apartheid, there were … a major campaign like the SAIC and ANC in the…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… echoed the million-signature campaign of the ANC in the 1950s. Elleck began to work for the Community Resources and … activist who had been involved with…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… the rights of Black people in South Africa. However, the 1950s and the early 1960s, showed the intension by the South … leading to the decision to take up…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… Tuch and OR joined the law company of Solomon Kowalsky. 1950s 1951 24 July, Qualifies as an attorney 1952 Establishes …
Women at the start of the 20th century
… then in 1956 or today. Issues that concerned women in the 1950s can be described as 'bread and butter' matters, such as … who did not belong to any political…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
How did the Cold War period shape international relations after the Second World War? After the Second World War, there was a struggle between two world…
ArticlePan-Africanism
Pan-Africanism is the belief that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified. Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape…