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The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… ethical responsibilities of the artist with regard to the Apartheid State , calling for recognition of state control … that of cultural worker, as someone…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… school made her well-suited for work as a nurse and a anti-Apartheid activist. Nontsikelelo Albertina’s role as a … brought about through defining moments in…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious 1913 Land Act , passed three … Party won the 1948 general…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… political activist. Ngakane served South Africa during the apartheid era outside the country, by contributing to the advancement of Black filmmaking, and…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… because of the continual hardships and injustices of the apartheid state. Hallett grew up in a fishing village outside … George Hallett, Photography,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… galvanized the party. As a result of the establishment of apartheid, its aversion to dissent by Black people and brutal … pressure and the collapse of the…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… an anomalous position within the politics of the anti-apartheid struggle. He brokered Zulu ethnic nationalism, feeding a measure of credibility into…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… outside of the ANCWL would be the only way to defeat the Apartheid system, they worked hard to form valuable alliances … them to learn under the Bantu…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
… career choice as a nurse, and her involvement in the anti-apartheid struggle. Her profession as a midwife at … people, she preserved through personal…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary … separate chambers, a supposed reform and improvement…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… programme, which included the enactment of new apartheid laws, as well as the stricter application of … to remove Coloureds from the common roll was enacted…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… 1948 The historic election that brought the party of Apartheid policies, the Nationalist Party to power. 1953 An … 1958 This is an election that made the…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… struggle waged by Black and Colored musicians against the apartheid regime, from the early 1950s until the 1990s, … career is entrenched in South Africa’s…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… controversy. In the 1960s, as international criticism of apartheid grew, the Springboks became increasingly isolated … arena as they were seen as…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… these are words that were used to explain South Africa’s Apartheid regime, which officially lasted from 1948-1994 (Thompson, 1990). Millions were affected by…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… after his family forfeited their home during Apartheid. His sisters were all sent to orphanages, but he … Robben Island at a time of powerful resistance…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and … opposed the use of violence as a…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… unions revolted. Then with the emergence of the Apartheid regime they eventually left and by 1954 formed the … “sweetheart union” that closely aligned itself…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… explosive idea during colonization, as well as during the Apartheid period which begun in 1948. Race is defined as a … distinct and similar physical…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… (1950s) After the Second World War and the rise of apartheid, football's mass popularity brought it into close … to form the South African Soccer Federation,…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… of young Blacks were committed to the struggle against apartheid under the slogan 'Liberation before education'. … for an understanding of the direction the…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… human rights atrocities throughout South Africa during apartheid and beyond. This essay examines the Black Sash … ending with the reestablishment of the…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small town, a hub for the … infant mortality and the breakdown of…
The CASA Conference
… The Anti-Apartheid Beweging Nederland (AABN), which was part of the Dutch Anti-Apartheid Movement, organised the Culture in Another South … their activities…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… AND CONDITION ON THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM: The old anti-apartheid icons Oliver Tambo, Walter and Albertina Sisulu, … a leading light for decades through the…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… and Indians and to bring a renewed legitimacy to the Apartheid regime, developments in the country moved at a pace … groupings accelerated the challenge to…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid were set in motion. These plans culminated in the … By the mid 1980s, resistance against the…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… political movements. The BCM urged a defiant rejection of apartheid, especially among Black workers and the youth. The … (MPLA) in Angola, stimulated further…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… spreading awareness about his country during the times of apartheid. Born on 4 April, 1939 in Witbank, South Africa, … onset of racial discrimination that…