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Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… in the call, the Transvaal UDF did endorse the call in early November. The strike was very effective, with numbers … luxuries and not holding parties from 16…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… Congress of Democrats (SACOD) in 1953 was completed early in 1956. The SAIC had members among the Treason Trial … and membership were broken by state…
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… Natal and began fighting against apartheid from an early age. He was involved in the student political movement … he became a coordinator of the school…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… or tenants’ evictions predominantly in the 1950's and early 1960's. As a result, the following relocation sites … and Emakhosini. These evictions were part…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… race to be taxed and exploited to the utmost limits. ”¦The settlers proclaim that [the conquered Arabs] are totally …
PlaceTulbagh, Western Cape
… Tulbagh). The valley was first discovered by European settlers in 1658 and land grants were made to 14 farming …
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
… of its segregation policies. It was reinstated in the early 1990s, where it staged and won the Rugby World Cup in … former Minister of Cooperation and …
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… places as wells and cellars to understand domestic life in early Cape Town. They study military life from the remains at …
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… famous ‘corbelled huts’ that captured the imagination of early travellers. Located on the edge of the central cattle …
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… escaped death and injury when a bomb exploded at the Early Learning Centre in Athlone where they had a meeting. …
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… As the struggle for freedom reached a new intensity in the early fifties, the ANC saw the need for a clear statement on …
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… to take a more sympathetic view of its history, and its early history in particular. In many ways the Society became … African Drawing Club (SADC), founded…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… (founded 1919 by Clements Kadalie ). In the 1950s and early 1960s there were various protests against the National … of the few remaining White-ruled nations…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… the steering committee for the organisation. During the early stages of the federation lifespan, Nontsikelelo … to continued police surveillance of her in…
PlaceNqamakwe
… to their former rural tribal economy and, at a relatively early stage, came under the guidance of European … during the Mfecane wars, the Mfengu were…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
… the new maximum-security prison was established in the early 1960s. The living conditions were, particularly in the early years, extremely bad. Prisoners had…
PlaceMpofu Nature Reserve
… in 1985, on land that belonged to family of the original settlers of 1820. The homes on the property were built in a …
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… to women in Afrikaner society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was bounded by the notion’. In … The popular image of women in the late…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… to plan and coordinate the protest march. During the early hours, on 16 June 1976, Tsietsi Mashinini led the … Affairs, said; “Natives [Africans] must be…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… AZAPO and the Independent trade union movement. In early 1983 the UDF leadership sought unions support. ( For …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… saw many Sactu leaders and members arrested during the early 1960s, and by 1965 Sactu was decimated, leading to … activity, although some unions did come…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… Early History Few Southern African indigenous groups have so … be assumed to have taken place during the 1930s or the early 1940s Leadership of the…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… children used to play. Johnny showed a passion for music early in his life as he also played two self-made … He was undoubtedly influenced by this type of…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… Colored musicians against the apartheid regime, from the early 1950s until the 1990s, focusing on the work of one … examine his life and the role of jazz…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… at the Cape was held on board on 14th April 1652. After settlers landed, provision was made in the complex of …
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… lumbered on, when war broke out between the Pedi and white settlers in the eastern Transvaal towards the end of 1876, …
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… the Swazi nation was secure. During the 1800s European settlers, traders, missionaries and hunters moved into the …
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… can be explored in the area. In Port Elizabeth, the 1820 Settlers were introduced to their new land, and there they …
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… non racial South Africa, entered the political discourse. Early in the 1980s, AZAPO was forced to consider “class … rent protests and campaigning for strikes…